Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Cottiwent.live pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Cottiwent.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a vast adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your personal computer, and also forget about the bothersome Cottiwent.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Cottiwent.live) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices about the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising technique is nearly free – this element is very vital for corporations.
| Site | Cottiwent.live |
| IP Address | 91.195.240.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-pekota.cc, Abyssalminer.top, Allsidestv.com |
Cottiwent.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and with an information which is totally different from your current interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Cottiwent.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your system, then starts demonstrating you different ads. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a massive number of different Cottiwent.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements along with Cottiwent.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Cottiwent.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you require to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Cottiwent.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your computer, including Cottiwent.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 programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be counteracted by Cottiwent.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, you can choose 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 Cottiwent.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.
