Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Flymylife.info pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Flymylife.info pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Flymylife.info pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Flymylife.info) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the most up to date news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its sudden arrival. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion about the item he/she planned to pay for. As well as such an advertising technique is practically cost-free – this factor is very vital for firms.
| Site | Flymylife.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 | Webprotectionsurveys.live, Notoolput.link, News-poracu.cc |
Flymylife.info Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and with a content which is entirely different from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Flymylife.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 advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your computer, after that starts displaying you various promotions. Their subject usually has no correlation with your typical search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise display you a substantial number of different Flymylife.info pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to finish the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads along with Flymylife.info pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be impossible to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Flymylife.info Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Flymylife.info pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your computer, including Flymylife.info 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 checks 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 choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Flymylife.info virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Flymylife.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.