Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser displays me unwanted Meovideo.ru pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Meovideo.ru pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the bothersome Meovideo.ru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Meovideo.ru) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications relating to the latest information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a suggestion regarding the product he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising technique is practically free – this aspect is really vital for companies.
| Site | Meovideo.ru |
| IP Address | 104.248.207.50 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Workhovdi.com, News-hejali.cc, Micalcove.com |
Meovideo.ru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and with a material which is totally different from your existing attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Meovideo.ru pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your system, and then begins displaying you different promotions. Their content typically has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a substantial quantity of various Meovideo.ru pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of ads along with Meovideo.ru pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will certainly be impossible to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Meovideo.ru Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Meovideo.ru pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your PC, including Meovideo.ru pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected virus 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.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Meovideo.ru virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you may 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 Meovideo.ru 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.
