Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Goldmegwide.live pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Goldmegwide.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Goldmegwide.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Goldmegwide.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications relating to the most recent information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its sudden visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective marketing mechanism. If you are interested in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising method is practically free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Goldmegwide.live |
| IP Address | 185.155.186.25 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ensabest.com, Install1check.com, Woaisn.com |
Goldmegwide.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is completely different from your current cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Goldmegwide.live pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts showing you various advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a big amount of various Goldmegwide.live pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements in addition to Goldmegwide.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will be impossible to execute in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Goldmegwide.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this infection, you need to use security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Goldmegwide.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your PC, including Goldmegwide.live 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 apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware 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 set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Goldmegwide.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you may choose 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 Goldmegwide.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.
