Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser shows me undesirable Highwayf1.click pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Highwayf1.click pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a large adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Highwayf1.click pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Highwayf1.click) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices relating to the most recent information?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are fairly an effective advertising mechanism. If you are interested in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a reminder concerning the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising method is almost free – this element is very essential for companies.
| Site | Highwayf1.click |
| IP Address | 46.101.221.17 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Dualopttar.live, Advmonie.com, Adrgyounow.com |
Highwayf1.click Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and with a content which is completely various from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Highwayf1.click pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your computer, and then begins demonstrating to you different advertisements. Their material often has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also show you a huge quantity of different Highwayf1.click pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive number of advertisements along with Highwayf1.click pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will certainly be difficult to carry out in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Highwayf1.click Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Highwayf1.click pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your PC, including Highwayf1.click 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Highwayf1.click malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found 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 applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can 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 Highwayf1.click 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.
