Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Youfigcome.live pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Youfigcome.live pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus suppliers started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying Youfigcome.live pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Youfigcome.live) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an reliable advertising instrument. If you want goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a tip about the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising approach is practically free of charge – this aspect is really important for companies.
| Site | Youfigcome.live |
| IP Address | 141.95.100.100 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-voyezo.cc, News-zenupe.cc, Ezadblocker.com |
Youfigcome.live Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is completely various from your present attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Youfigcome.live pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts showing you numerous ads. Their content often has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a significant quantity of various Youfigcome.live pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of advertisements together with Youfigcome.live pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to execute in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Youfigcome.live Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Youfigcome.live pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Youfigcome.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 observe the detected malicious programs 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 set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. 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 cannot be intercepted by Youfigcome.live virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Youfigcome.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.
