Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser shows me unwanted Mecor.live pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Mecor.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a wide adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the frustrating Mecor.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Mecor.live) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the most recent news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may just distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a pointer about the product he/she intended to purchase. As well as such an advertising approach is practically cost-free – this aspect is really vital for corporations.
| Site | Mecor.live |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Reianter.com, Cosmovideo.cam, Divans.live |
Mecor.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, and with a text which is entirely different from your present attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Mecor.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins demonstrating you various promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate you a massive quantity of various Mecor.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements together with Mecor.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Mecor.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Mecor.live pop-ups virus. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your computer, including Mecor.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Mecor.live 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Mecor.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.
