Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser shows me undesirable Luckymedia.fun pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Luckymedia.fun pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators started a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Luckymedia.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Luckymedia.fun) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts about the most up to date news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion about the product he/she planned to purchase. And such a marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Luckymedia.fun |
| IP Address | 178.62.225.201 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Top1-news.site, Artepigr.com, Viralnewsobserver.com |
Luckymedia.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and also with a material which is totally different from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Luckymedia.fun pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, after that begins suggesting you various ads. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise display you a huge amount of various Luckymedia.fun pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are displayed 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 earnings. And to end up the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of promotions in addition to Luckymedia.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be difficult to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Luckymedia.fun Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Luckymedia.fun pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 applications on your desktop, including Luckymedia.fun 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 directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware 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 cannot be counteracted by Luckymedia.fun malware, 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing 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 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 Luckymedia.fun 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.
