Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Longlog.live pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Longlog.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers started a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your personal computer, and forget about the annoying Longlog.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Longlog.live) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications about the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a suggestion about the product he/she meant to purchase. And also such a marketing method is almost cost-free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | Longlog.live |
| IP Address | 95.179.155.83 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mp3juices.cc, Effukectivetr.xyz, Trafficmoose.com |
Longlog.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is totally different from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Longlog.live pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your PC, and then begins displaying you different advertisements. Their content typically has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a big amount of different Longlog.live pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of ads in addition to Longlog.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Longlog.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you need to make use of antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Longlog.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your 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 erase all malicious programs on your computer, including Longlog.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Longlog.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may pick 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 Longlog.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.
