Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Domet.live pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Domet.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Domet.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Domet.live) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its sudden appearing. Moreover, it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely get a tip regarding the item he/she planned to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is nearly free – this element is extremely important for firms.
| Site | Domet.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 | Eyeheatmop.live, Pitcatet.live, Totalhotnewz.com |
Domet.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and also with a material which is totally various from your current cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Domet.live pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, after that begins suggesting you various ads. Their material often has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally suggest you a substantial number of different Domet.live pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial number of promotions along with Domet.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical activities will be difficult to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Domet.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Domet.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your PC, including Domet.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 directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware 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 Domet.live malware, 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 shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Domet.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.