Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser shows me unwanted Personal-video.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Personal-video.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer system, and also forget about the frustrating Personal-video.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Personal-video.live) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most recent information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective advertising tool. If you want items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly get a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising approach is almost free of charge – this aspect is extremely important for firms.
| Site | Personal-video.live |
| IP Address | 213.227.149.216 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Sex-and-flirt.com, Todaysdailyreports.com, Bestdealfor31.life |
Personal-video.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and with an information which is totally various from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Personal-video.live pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, and then starts displaying you numerous promotions. Their subject typically has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally show you a significant amount of various Personal-video.live pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A huge number of ads together with Personal-video.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be difficult to perform in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Personal-video.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Personal-video.live pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: 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 eliminate all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Personal-video.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Personal-video.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 software for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Personal-video.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.
