Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Taskqicol.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Taskqicol.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a wide adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your personal computer, and forget about the bothersome Taskqicol.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Taskqicol.live) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices about the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its abrupt appearing. Also it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a reminder about the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing approach is nearly free – this factor is very vital for firms.
| Site | Taskqicol.live |
| IP Address | 91.195.240.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Teensykids.com, News-fiyame.com, News-hozaze.com |
Taskqicol.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and with a content which is totally various from your existing attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Taskqicol.live pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their content typically has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally show you a significant amount of various Taskqicol.live pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of ads together with Taskqicol.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be difficult to do in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Taskqicol.live Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Taskqicol.live pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated 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 remove all malicious applications on your desktop, including Taskqicol.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware 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 intercepted by Taskqicol.live malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
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 Taskqicol.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.
