Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Bankbookgag.live pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Bankbookgag.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus creators started a wide adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the irritating Bankbookgag.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Bankbookgag.live) show you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the most up to date news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this stuff, and as quickly as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such a marketing approach is practically cost-free – this aspect is very essential for companies.
| Site | Bankbookgag.live |
| IP Address | 91.195.240.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-xezofi.cc, Download4world.com, Cyberguardforchrome.com |
Bankbookgag.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and also with a content which is entirely various from your existing cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Bankbookgag.live pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your computer, after that begins demonstrating to you different advertisements. Their content typically has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also demonstrate you a huge amount of different Bankbookgag.live pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements together with Bankbookgag.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Bankbookgag.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you need to utilize antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Bankbookgag.live pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Bankbookgag.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Bankbookgag.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 antivirus 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 Bankbookgag.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.
