Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser displays me unwanted Solog.live pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Solog.live pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the irritating Solog.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Solog.live) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a tip concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And such a marketing approach is almost free – this factor is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Solog.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 | Stabilitysupport.com, Wasabisys.com, Ebbaybrinmacake.tk |
Solog.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and with a text which is entirely various from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Solog.live pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your computer, then begins demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their content typically has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise suggest you a substantial amount of different Solog.live pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial amount of promotions in addition to Solog.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will certainly be impossible to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Solog.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Solog.live pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your computer, including Solog.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 directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Solog.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser recovery, 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:
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 Solog.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.
