Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Refems.live pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Refems.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus creators began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the bothersome Refems.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Refems.live) use you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its sudden showing up. Also it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a reminder concerning the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising approach is almost free – this factor is very essential for firms.
| Site | Refems.live |
| IP Address | 159.223.153.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Block-ad-easy.net, Gavens.live, News-wuhimi.com |
Refems.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Refems.live pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, after that starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their material usually has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big amount of various Refems.live pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be affected by adware virus. A big quantity of promotions in addition to Refems.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Refems.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this infection, you require to utilize antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Refems.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected 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 erase all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Refems.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 hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious 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 counteracted by Refems.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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Refems.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.