Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Thisweekf1.live pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Thisweekf1.live pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer, and forget about the aggravating Thisweekf1.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thisweekf1.live) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the current information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a tip regarding the product he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing technique is nearly free – this element is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Thisweekf1.live |
| IP Address | 46.101.221.17 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-tuyulu.cc, Secure-your-device.com, News-dizaja.com |
Thisweekf1.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and also with an information which is completely various from your current attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Thisweekf1.live pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your computer, then starts showing you different promotions. Their material often has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate you a big amount of different Thisweekf1.live pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads along with Thisweekf1.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Thisweekf1.live Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Thisweekf1.live pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 PC, including Thisweekf1.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 app. By default, all malware will be moved 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 intercepted by Thisweekf1.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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can 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 Thisweekf1.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.
