Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Donemagbuy.live pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Donemagbuy.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers started a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the bothersome Donemagbuy.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Donemagbuy.live) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a tip about the item he/she intended to pay for. And such a marketing method is practically free of charge – this element is very important for corporations.
| Site | Donemagbuy.live |
| IP Address | 54.37.5.34 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mountaincaller.top, News-ziyike.cc, Choalauysurvey.top |
Donemagbuy.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is totally different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Donemagbuy.live pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, then starts displaying you different ads. Their content usually has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally show you a big quantity of various Donemagbuy.live pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to rub out the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of ads together with Donemagbuy.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Donemagbuy.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, along with your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Donemagbuy.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware 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 desktop, including Donemagbuy.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. 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 cannot be intercepted by Donemagbuy.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 software
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can 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 Donemagbuy.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.
