Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Activealibi.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Activealibi.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus suppliers started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, and forget about the bothersome Activealibi.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Activealibi.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing instrument. If you want goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising approach is nearly cost-free – this element is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Activealibi.com |
| IP Address | 192.243.59.13 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Nakedstreaming.com, Stoutlionslick.com, Sigekopyapa.com |
Activealibi.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, as well as with a text which is totally various from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Activealibi.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins suggesting you various ads. Their content typically has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a significant number of different Activealibi.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be affected by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements in addition to Activealibi.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Activealibi.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Activealibi.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Activealibi.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Activealibi.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, which is usually embedded in all popular web browsers.
Reset Microsoft Edge ⚙ Settings
- Open "Settings and more" tab in upper right corner, then find here "Settings" button. In the appeared menu, choose "Reset settings" option:
- After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original:
Reset Mozilla Firefox ⚙ Settings
- Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the "Help" button. In the appeared menu choose "troubleshooting information":
- In the next screen, find the "Refresh Firefox" option:
- Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click "Advanced" option, and choose "Browser" button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there "Restore settings to their original defaults" option:
- After clicking the "Restore settings..." button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown:
- Open Settings tab, find the "Advanced" button. In the extended tab choose the "Reset and clean up" button:
- In the appeared list, click on the "Restore settings to their original defaults":
- Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default:
After choosing this option, you will see the next message:
Reset Opera ⚙ Settings
Reset Google Chrome ⚙ Settings
As an afterword, I want to say that the time plays against you and your PC. The activity of browser hijacker Activealibi.com must be stopped as soon as possible, because of possibility of other malware injection. This malware can be downloaded autonomously, or offered for you to download in one of the windows with advertisements, which are shown to you by the hijacker. You need to act as fast as you can.
