Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Codslife.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Codslife.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators began a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the frustrating Codslife.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Codslife.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most recent information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing approach is almost free – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Codslife.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Avcod.xyz, Re-captha-version-2-5.top, Newjackpot4you.com |
Codslife.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, and also with a text which is totally different from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Codslife.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then begins demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their content often has no match with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise suggest you a massive amount of different Codslife.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A huge amount of advertisements along with Codslife.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common tasks will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Codslife.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, along with your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you require to use virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Codslife.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your PC, including Codslife.com 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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Codslife.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can 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 Codslife.com 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.
