Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser presents me unwanted Pecog.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Pecog.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus suppliers began a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Pecog.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Pecog.live) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have notifications about the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a tip regarding the product he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising technique is almost free – this factor is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Pecog.live |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Pecot.live, Pefog.live, News-cahico.cc |
Pecog.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and with a content which is totally various from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Pecog.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts demonstrating to you various ads. Their subject usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also suggest you a big quantity of different Pecog.live pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be influenced by adware virus. A huge amount of promotions along with Pecog.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be impossible to perform in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Pecog.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to make use of anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Pecog.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 remove all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Pecog.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait 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 malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Pecog.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may 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 Pecog.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.
