Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted L2l.li pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these L2l.li pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus suppliers began a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the annoying L2l.li pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a L2l.li) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the current information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are fairly an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a suggestion about the product he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is almost cost-free – this factor is very essential for companies.
| Site | L2l.li |
| IP Address | 104.21.9.130 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-cetugu.cc, News2world.xyz, Musmentportal.com |
L2l.li Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is totally various from your current interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted L2l.li pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts displaying you numerous ads. Their material typically has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise suggest you a huge amount of different L2l.li pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of ads along with L2l.li pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will certainly be impossible to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With L2l.li Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle L2l.li pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses 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 desktop, including L2l.li 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 apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses 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 L2l.li malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, 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 L2l.li 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.
