Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Ownaidcue.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ownaidcue.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the irritating Ownaidcue.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ownaidcue.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices regarding the most up to date information?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising and marketing method is practically free – this element is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Ownaidcue.live |
| IP Address | Ownaidcue.live |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Blueeicef2.click, Defendcare.site, Av-live.shop |
Ownaidcue.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and also with an information which is completely various from your present cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Ownaidcue.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, then starts demonstrating you different advertisements. Their content typically has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally show you a significant number of various Ownaidcue.live pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements in addition to Ownaidcue.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will certainly be impossible to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Ownaidcue.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Ownaidcue.live pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your 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 malicious programs on your personal computer, including Ownaidcue.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Ownaidcue.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, 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:
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 Ownaidcue.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.