Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser demonstrates me undesirable Fices.live pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Fices.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators began a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Fices.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Fices.live) show you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a suggestion about the item he/she meant to buy. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this aspect is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | Fices.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 | Expocaptcha.top, News-yenuji.cc, Czgovd.com |
Fices.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your permission, as well as with a text which is completely different from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Fices.live pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, after that begins demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their content typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a huge quantity of various Fices.live pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Ads, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be affected by adware virus. A big number of ads along with Fices.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will be impossible to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Fices.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of security program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Fices.live pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
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 malicious applications on your PC, including Fices.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Fices.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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Fices.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.
