Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Check-this-special-video.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Check-this-special-video.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Check-this-special-video.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Check-this-special-video.live) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices about the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Plus it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising instrument. If you want items of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a reminder regarding the item he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is really vital for firms.
| Site | Check-this-special-video.live |
| IP Address | Check-this-special-video.live |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Promusicsearch.com, Eesumewhi.top, Executive-story.com |
Check-this-special-video.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and with a content which is entirely various from your present interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Check-this-special-video.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your computer, after that begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their content typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also display you a huge number of different Check-this-special-video.live pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant number of ads along with Check-this-special-video.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Check-this-special-video.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Check-this-special-video.live pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 delete all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Check-this-special-video.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Check-this-special-video.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may pick 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 Check-this-special-video.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.
