Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser demonstrates me undesirable Magic5.biz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Magic5.biz pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the frustrating Magic5.biz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Magic5.biz) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a tip concerning the product he/she planned to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this aspect is really essential for firms.
| Site | Magic5.biz |
| IP Address | 188.166.64.127 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Apel.top, Alwaysnewvideos.com, Syncrenewedintenselythefile.vip |
Magic5.biz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your approval, as well as with a material which is entirely various from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Magic5.biz pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your PC, and then begins showing you various advertisements. Their subject often has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a massive amount of various Magic5.biz pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive number of advertisements together with Magic5.biz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common work will be impossible to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Magic5.biz Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, and your information, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to make use of anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Magic5.biz pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your PC, including Magic5.biz 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 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 wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Magic5.biz malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools 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 Magic5.biz 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.
