Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser shows me undesirable Cigens.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Cigens.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators started a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the aggravating Cigens.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Cigens.live) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can just distract you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a suggestion about the product he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | Cigens.live |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Taitlastwebegan.com, News-vaxafu.cc, Justcoolcaptcha.top |
Cigens.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, and also with an information which is entirely various from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Cigens.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your personal computer, then begins demonstrating you different promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big number of various Cigens.live pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be impacted by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions in addition to Cigens.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common tasks will be difficult to do in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Cigens.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Cigens.live pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted applications on your PC, including Cigens.live 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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Cigens.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs 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 Cigens.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.
