Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser displays me unwanted Bestbonus-zone.life pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Bestbonus-zone.life pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus suppliers began a wide adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the frustrating Bestbonus-zone.life pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Bestbonus-zone.life) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices concerning the latest information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. And it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a tip about the item he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is very essential for firms.
| Site | Bestbonus-zone.life |
| IP Address | 5.101.45.14 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-kuyavo.cc, Hydbng.com, Macappleservice.com |
Bestbonus-zone.life Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, and with a text which is totally various from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Bestbonus-zone.life pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your system, and then starts demonstrating to you numerous ads. Their subject typically has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also display you a significant quantity of different Bestbonus-zone.life pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of ads together with Bestbonus-zone.life pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will be difficult to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Bestbonus-zone.life Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you require to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Bestbonus-zone.life pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the antivirus 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 PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your computer, including Bestbonus-zone.life 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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Bestbonus-zone.life virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, 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 tools for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Bestbonus-zone.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.
