Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Rokens.live pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Rokens.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your computer system, and forget about the annoying Rokens.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rokens.live) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices regarding the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising tool. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a reminder concerning the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such an advertising technique is almost cost-free – this aspect is very crucial for firms.
| Site | Rokens.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 | Prowimoniser.com, Robens.live, Cooldatingplace.top |
Rokens.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your approval, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Rokens.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their content typically has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a massive number of different Rokens.live pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be impacted by adware virus. A big number of ads together with Rokens.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Rokens.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you require to utilize antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Rokens.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 malicious programs on your personal computer, including Rokens.live pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait 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 the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Rokens.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can pick 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:
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 Rokens.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.