Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable Agins.live pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Agins.live pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus suppliers began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the annoying Agins.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Agins.live) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Plus it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a pointer about the item he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is practically free – this aspect is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Agins.live |
| IP Address | 147.182.255.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Reamsan.buzz, Midcopyhave.live, News-hexuma.com |
Agins.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, as well as with a content which is completely different from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Agins.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then begins displaying you different ads. Their subject usually has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a big number of different Agins.live pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads along with Agins.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will be impossible to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Agins.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To stop this virus, you require to utilize virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Agins.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not return the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your PC, including Agins.live pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Agins.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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular 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 Agins.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.
