Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me undesirable Drirer.live pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Drirer.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors began a wide adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, and forget about the frustrating Drirer.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Drirer.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a tip about the item he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising method is almost free – this factor is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Drirer.live |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Abwiswry.live, Kojiks.live, Driser.live |
Drirer.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and also with a text which is totally various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Drirer.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, and then starts demonstrating you numerous ads. Their content typically has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise suggest you a big amount of different Drirer.live pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to end up the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be influenced by adware virus. A significant quantity of promotions along with Drirer.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Drirer.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Drirer.live pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
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 delete all unwanted programs on your computer, including Drirer.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 observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved 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 is not able to be counteracted by Drirer.live virus, 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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Drirer.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.
