Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my browser presents me unwanted Recif.click pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Recif.click pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Recif.click pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Recif.click) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices about the current information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a reminder about the item he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing method is almost free of charge – this aspect is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Recif.click |
| IP Address | 172.67.139.90 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-mewaji.cc, Misstarbone.live, Offgifttime.link |
Recif.click Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and with an information which is totally various from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Recif.click pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your computer, then starts displaying you different advertisements. Their content often has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge quantity of different Recif.click pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant quantity of advertisements in addition to Recif.click pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal activities will be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Recif.click Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to make use of antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Recif.click pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t return the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Recif.click 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved 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 cannot be intercepted by Recif.click virus, 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may 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:
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 Recif.click 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.