Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Hardhugedan.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Hardhugedan.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the bothersome Hardhugedan.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hardhugedan.live) use you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and may just distract you with its sudden appearance. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising tool. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a reminder about the product he/she meant to buy. And such an advertising approach is nearly free – this element is very vital for firms.
| Site | Hardhugedan.live |
| IP Address | Hardhugedan.live |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-zedege.cc, Qpndbp.com, Dailysurveyreward.online |
Hardhugedan.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and also with a content which is completely various from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Hardhugedan.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then begins displaying you various promotions. Their content typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate you a huge amount of different Hardhugedan.live pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A huge amount of advertisements along with Hardhugedan.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will certainly be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Hardhugedan.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Hardhugedan.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not return the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your desktop, including Hardhugedan.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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. 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 cannot be counteracted by Hardhugedan.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can choose 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:
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 Hardhugedan.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.
