Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted Firevideo.ru pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Firevideo.ru pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a broad adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the aggravating Firevideo.ru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Firevideo.ru) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices relating to the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its sudden showing up. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a tip about the item he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing method is practically free – this factor is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Firevideo.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 | U3bqo.rbngdm.com, Wvzcr.efukheretool.com, Spervicear.com |
Firevideo.ru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is totally different from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Firevideo.ru pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your computer, then starts suggesting you different ads. Their material , in most cases, has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also suggest you a big number of different Firevideo.ru pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of ads in addition to Firevideo.ru pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Firevideo.ru Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Firevideo.ru pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Firevideo.ru 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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed 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 Firevideo.ru malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Firevideo.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.
