Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Battourwig.live pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Battourwig.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus creators began a wide adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Battourwig.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Battourwig.live) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discounts?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. Moreover, it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising method is practically cost-free – this aspect is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Battourwig.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-tuhija.cc, Merlinizinid.com, News-tiwigo.cc |
Battourwig.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and also with a content which is entirely different from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Battourwig.live pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your computer, then starts showing you various ads. Their content typically has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also display you a massive amount of various Battourwig.live pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be affected by adware virus. A huge number of promotions along with Battourwig.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Battourwig.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Battourwig.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs 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 desktop, including Battourwig.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 observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every 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.
Reverting 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 Battourwig.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you can 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 Battourwig.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.
