Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser shows me unwanted Directpu.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Directpu.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers started a large adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the aggravating Directpu.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Directpu.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the most recent information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden showing up. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will surely get a reminder about the product he/she planned to buy. And such a marketing method is nearly cost-free – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Directpu.live |
| IP Address | 178.128.241.54 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Neradire.online, Sionaliffeea.biz, Yigotmyn.online |
Directpu.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and with a text which is totally different from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Directpu.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, then begins demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise display you a big number of different Directpu.live pop-up promotions, which appear 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 injected in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of ads in addition to Directpu.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be impossible to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Directpu.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you require to use security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Directpu.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 delete all unwanted programs on your computer, including Directpu.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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware 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 cannot be counteracted by Directpu.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Directpu.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.
