Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser displays me unwanted Kojiks.live pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Kojiks.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors began a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Kojiks.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Kojiks.live) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its abrupt appearance. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective advertising tool. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a suggestion about the product he/she meant to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing approach is nearly free of charge – this factor is extremely vital for corporations.
| Site | Kojiks.live |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Driser.live, Thebestcaptcha.top, Steerdibsurvey.space |
Kojiks.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, and with a content which is entirely different from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Kojiks.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your computer, after that begins displaying you various ads. Their content typically has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise display you a significant amount of various Kojiks.live pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be affected by adware virus. A huge amount of ads along with Kojiks.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will certainly be impossible to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Kojiks.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Kojiks.live pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your PC, including Kojiks.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm 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 choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 is not able to be counteracted by Kojiks.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, 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:
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 Kojiks.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.