Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Minedomax.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Minedomax.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus creators started a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and forget about the irritating Minedomax.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Minedomax.live) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a pointer concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And also such an advertising approach is practically cost-free – this element is really important for corporations.
| Site | Minedomax.live |
| IP Address | 81.19.136.248 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Orticayspilly.com, Propolixte.com, Informblurb.com |
Minedomax.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Minedomax.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that starts showing you numerous promotions. Their material usually has no match with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also show you a massive quantity of various Minedomax.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big number of advertisements in addition to Minedomax.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will certainly be impossible to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Minedomax.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this infection, you need to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Minedomax.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 delete all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Minedomax.live 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, 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 malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Minedomax.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you can choose 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 Minedomax.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.
