Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Headcaptcha.live pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Headcaptcha.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Headcaptcha.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Headcaptcha.live) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications about the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Plus it can be quickly turned off, in case alerts from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a tip concerning the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising approach is almost free – this factor is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Headcaptcha.live |
| IP Address | 5.8.45.98 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Orpic.live, Uchadmir.buzz, Wasverym.buzz |
Headcaptcha.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your existing cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Headcaptcha.live pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which injects into your PC, after that starts displaying you various advertisements. Their material usually has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a substantial amount of various Headcaptcha.live pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of ads together with Headcaptcha.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common jobs will certainly be impossible to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Headcaptcha.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Headcaptcha.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Headcaptcha.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected 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 need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Headcaptcha.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, 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 Headcaptcha.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.
