Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Polid.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Polid.live pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors began a vast adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, and forget about the irritating Polid.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Polid.live) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices concerning the latest information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Also 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 products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a tip concerning the item he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising approach is nearly free of charge – this element is very essential for corporations.
| Site | Polid.live |
| IP Address | 147.182.255.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Celeb-hot-gossip.com, Jammennaps.com, Defenderpage.xyz |
Polid.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is completely different from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Polid.live pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, after that starts showing you different promotions. Their subject usually has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise suggest you a big amount of various Polid.live pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads along with Polid.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular tasks will certainly be impossible to do in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Polid.live Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a major danger. To stop this virus, you need to use security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Polid.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your PC, including Polid.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 malware. By default, all malware 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 is not able to be counteracted by Polid.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools 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 Polid.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.
