Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser demonstrates me undesirable Shortlog.live pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Shortlog.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a large adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Shortlog.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Shortlog.live) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Shortlog.live |
| IP Address | 137.184.85.42 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Inteukrestinaf.work, Loaduberreneweddlfile.digital, Rememberbyshop.top |
Shortlog.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, as well as with a material which is completely different from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Shortlog.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your system, after that begins demonstrating you different ads. Their subject often has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge quantity of various Shortlog.live pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to rub out the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements in addition to Shortlog.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be impossible to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Shortlog.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Shortlog.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 delete all malicious applications on your desktop, including Shortlog.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs 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 finished, 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 reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Shortlog.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Shortlog.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.
