Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Lionopal.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Lionopal.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus suppliers started a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your PC, and forget about the bothersome Lionopal.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Lionopal.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the most recent information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is almost cost-free – this aspect is extremely important for firms.
| Site | Lionopal.com |
| IP Address | 52.15.219.59 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Blackicef2.click, Septbahear.live, Hironums.xyz |
Lionopal.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can show up without your permission, as well as with a text which is completely different from your present cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Lionopal.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your computer, then begins demonstrating you different promotions. Their content often has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate to you a big quantity of different Lionopal.com pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge number of ads along with Lionopal.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Lionopal.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you need to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Lionopal.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. Another downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Lionopal.com 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted 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.
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 Lionopal.com 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, 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 Lionopal.com 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.
