Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser shows me unwanted Best-prizes.life pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Best-prizes.life pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus creators started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the frustrating Best-prizes.life pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Best-prizes.life) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices about the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a tip concerning the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising technique is almost free of charge – this element is really crucial for companies.
| Site | Best-prizes.life |
| IP Address | 5.101.45.18 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-nebuko.cc, Yrecomem.xyz, Itchytidying.com |
Best-prizes.life Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with a text which is entirely various from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Best-prizes.life pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins suggesting you various ads. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise suggest you a substantial amount of various Best-prizes.life pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of promotions together with Best-prizes.life pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Best-prizes.life Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to use security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Best-prizes.life pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 unwanted programs on your desktop, including Best-prizes.life 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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed 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 cannot be intercepted by Best-prizes.life 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Best-prizes.life 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.
