Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted Defim.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Defim.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus creators began a large adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the annoying Defim.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Defim.live) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices about the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a reminder about the item he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Defim.live |
| IP Address | 159.223.153.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Adblock-chrome.net, Foundedscan.com, Updaterlife.com |
Defim.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is completely various from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Defim.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins suggesting you various ads. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a big number of different Defim.live pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. 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 PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be impacted by adware virus. A significant quantity of advertisements together with Defim.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will certainly be impossible to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Defim.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to use security program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Defim.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your computer, including Defim.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, 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 virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Defim.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, 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:
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 Defim.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.