Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable Ap.lijit.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ap.lijit.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Ap.lijit.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ap.lijit.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices regarding the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you want goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a reminder regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such an advertising technique is almost free of charge – this aspect is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Ap.lijit.com |
| IP Address | 216.52.2.30 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Guroshied.com, Notifstar.com, Smart-back.xyz |
Ap.lijit.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, and with a text which is totally different from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Ap.lijit.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your PC, then starts suggesting you various ads. Their subject often has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally show you a significant quantity of different Ap.lijit.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to rub out the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of ads in addition to Ap.lijit.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will be difficult to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Ap.lijit.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you require to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Ap.lijit.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your computer, including Ap.lijit.com 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each 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.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Ap.lijit.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, 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 Ap.lijit.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.
