Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Nicklusia.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Nicklusia.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Nicklusia.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Nicklusia.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the most up to date information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its unexpected showing up. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely get a suggestion about the item he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is practically free of charge – this aspect is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Nicklusia.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.132.78 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | The-chefs-wife.com, Justpush.biz, Basicnetworkpc.com |
Nicklusia.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is totally various from your current cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Nicklusia.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, and then begins demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their material often has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally display you a significant number of various Nicklusia.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of ads together with Nicklusia.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to carry out in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Nicklusia.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Nicklusia.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Nicklusia.com 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 malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 malicious program. By default, all malware 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 Nicklusia.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Nicklusia.com 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.
