Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Komet.live pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Komet.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus creators began a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Komet.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Komet.live) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the latest information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden arrival. Also it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this aspect is very important for firms.
| Site | Komet.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 | Darig.live, Sopid.live, Bythecoastroadf.com |
Komet.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and also with a material which is completely different from your current interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Komet.live pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your computer, and then starts demonstrating you different promotions. Their subject , in most cases, has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally show you a massive amount of various Komet.live pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A substantial number of promotions along with Komet.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will be difficult to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Komet.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Komet.live pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Komet.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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed 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 is not able to be counteracted by Komet.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Komet.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.
