Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Agam.live pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Agam.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the aggravating Agam.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Agam.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices about the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a suggestion concerning the item he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing method is almost free – this aspect is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Agam.live |
| IP Address | 159.223.153.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Baaramfor.live, Salesseasonc1.click, Salesseasond2.click |
Agam.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is completely different from your existing cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Agam.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your personal computer, after that starts demonstrating to you numerous advertisements. Their content usually has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise show you a huge amount of different Agam.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads in addition to Agam.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Agam.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you need to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Agam.live pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 malicious applications on your computer, including Agam.live 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious 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.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Agam.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser reset, you may 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 Agam.live 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.
