Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Optcodbow.live pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Optcodbow.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers began a wide adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, and forget about the bothersome Optcodbow.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Optcodbow.live) show you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications about the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a tip concerning the product he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing approach is nearly free – this element is really important for companies.
| Site | Optcodbow.live |
| IP Address | 185.155.184.55 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Gossipfeast.club, Networkrushconnection.com, Check-tl-ver-176-3.com |
Optcodbow.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is entirely various from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Optcodbow.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then starts demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their content usually has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise display you a huge quantity of various Optcodbow.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Ads, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions along with Optcodbow.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Optcodbow.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to make use of security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Optcodbow.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious applications on your desktop, including Optcodbow.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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose 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 is not able to be intercepted by Optcodbow.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, 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 Optcodbow.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.
