Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser presents me unwanted Glixaing.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Glixaing.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus suppliers started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the bothersome Glixaing.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Glixaing.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the current news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a tip about the item he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising method is almost cost-free – this aspect is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Glixaing.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.236 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Continuesubscript.xyz, Shoesday.xyz, Pizzaday.xyz |
Glixaing.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and with a content which is completely various from your present attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Glixaing.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your computer, then begins suggesting you various ads. Their subject , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also show you a massive amount of different Glixaing.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads together with Glixaing.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular tasks will certainly be difficult to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Glixaing.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, and your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you require to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Glixaing.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 programs on your desktop, including Glixaing.com 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 folders.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with 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 each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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 intercepted by Glixaing.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may 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 Glixaing.com 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.
