Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Flyislife.info pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Flyislife.info pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Flyislife.info pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Flyislife.info) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. And it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a pointer concerning the item he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this factor is very vital for firms.
| Site | Flyislife.info |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ourhugenews.com, Tamus.live, Testserverlp.pro |
Flyislife.info Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and also with a content which is totally different from your present interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Flyislife.info pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their subject typically has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a massive quantity of various Flyislife.info pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to rub out the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions together with Flyislife.info pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Flyislife.info Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Flyislife.info pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Flyislife.info 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 apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus 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 Flyislife.info malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you can 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 Flyislife.info 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.
