Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Leefmylife.info pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Leefmylife.info pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the bothersome Leefmylife.info pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Leefmylife.info) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its abrupt showing up. Also it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a pointer concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising technique is almost free of charge – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Leefmylife.info |
| IP Address | 104.31.74.147 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Jod-news2.club, News-best.site, Luckwinner.site |
Leefmylife.info Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your permission, and with a content which is completely various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Leefmylife.info pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your computer, and then starts demonstrating you different ads. Their material usually has no connection with your normal search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally suggest you a huge quantity of different Leefmylife.info pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to ruin the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of ads in addition to Leefmylife.info pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will be impossible to execute in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Leefmylife.info Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Leefmylife.info pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your PC, including Leefmylife.info 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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Leefmylife.info virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, 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 programs for browser recovery, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Leefmylife.info 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.
