Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Cumos.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Cumos.live pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus creators started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Cumos.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Cumos.live) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices regarding the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective marketing mechanism. If you want items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a suggestion regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing approach is nearly free of charge – this factor is really important for firms.
| Site | Cumos.live |
| IP Address | 147.182.255.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Internalnetworkpc.com, Exhibitnotice.com, Portpotvow.live |
Cumos.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and with a material which is completely different from your existing cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Cumos.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your PC, and then starts demonstrating to you numerous ads. Their subject typically has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a significant number of different Cumos.live pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A big number of ads together with Cumos.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular activities will be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Cumos.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a serious risk. To stop this infection, you require to use anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Cumos.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated 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 eliminate all unwanted applications on your PC, including Cumos.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during 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 choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Cumos.live malware, 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs 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 Cumos.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.
