Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Fodus.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Fodus.live pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus creators started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the annoying Fodus.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Fodus.live) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications relating to the current information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective marketing instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a reminder about the product he/she intended to pay for. And such a marketing technique is practically free – this element is extremely important for companies.
| Site | Fodus.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 | Enimpdoor.live, Qualitydating.top, News-wivotu.cc |
Fodus.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is totally various from your present attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Fodus.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts suggesting you various ads. Their content often has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally suggest you a massive amount of various Fodus.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge amount of advertisements along with Fodus.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will certainly be impossible to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Fodus.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Fodus.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your PC, including Fodus.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Fodus.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools 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:
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 Fodus.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.