If the Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge shows the internet-life.org annoying web-site then most probably that your PC is infected with an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software). This ‘ad supported’ software changes the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and MS Edge settings to show a ton of unwanted advertisements on all web sites, including web pages where previously you advertisements have never seen. These advertisements can be varied: pop-up windows, boxes, in-text ads, different sized banners and so on. What is more, the adware, that opens the internet-life.org pop-up ads, can cause your Internet connection to be slow or freeze your internet browser so that the interface is not updated anymore.
The adware usually affects only the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Edge by changing the internet browser’s settings or installing a harmful extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other internet browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the PC system for browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the internet browser shortcuts, it will add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you open the web-browser, you will see an annoying internet-life.org web-page.
While your computer is infected with the ad-supported software, the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge may be redirected to internet-life.org unwanted page. Of course, the adware may not cause damages to your files or Windows system, but it may show lots of unwanted advertisements. These ads will be injected within the content of web sites that are you opening in your internet browser and can be varied: pop-up ads, in-text ads, different sized banners, offers to install an questionable software. The advertisements will appear on all web sites, including web-pages where previously you have never seen any advertising links.
Instructions, which is shown below, will allow you to clean your personal computer from the adware as well as remove internet-life.org unwanted pop-up ads from the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge and other browsers.
How does internet-life.org pop-up ads get installed onto PC system
The ad-supported software usually gets onto personal computer by being attached to another program in the same setup package. The risk of this is especially high for the various free applications downloaded from the Internet. The creators of the applications are hoping that users will use the quick installation mode, that is simply to click the Next button, without paying attention to the information on the screen and don’t carefully considering every step of the install procedure. Thus, the ad-supported software can infiltrate your personal computer without your knowledge. Therefore, it is very important to read all the information that tells the application during setup, including the ‘Terms of Use’ and ‘Software license’. Use only the Manual, Custom or Advanced installation mode. This mode will allow you to disable all optional and unwanted software and components.
How to manually remove internet-life.org pop-ups
If you perform exactly the step-by-step instructions below you should be able to get rid of the internet-life.org pop-ups. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your web-browser or restart your personal computer.
- Remove suspicious and unknown programs by using Windows Control Panel
- Get rid of internet-life.org pop-up ads from Chrome
- Delete internet-life.org pop-up ads from Firefox
- Get rid of internet-life.org advertisements from Internet Explorer
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of internet-life.org redirect
- Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Remove suspicious and unknown programs by using Windows Control Panel
We recommend that you start the personal computer cleaning process by checking the list of installed software and uninstall all unknown or suspicious software. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious software such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free applications. Delete the unwanted programs may remove the unwanted ads or internet browser redirect to unknown or annoying web sites.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10
Press Windows key , then click Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
Windows XP, Vista, 7
First, click “Start” and select “Control Panel”.
It will display the Windows Control Panel as shown on the image below.
Next, click “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and delete any suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort software by date of installation in the Control panel.
Get rid of internet-life.org pop-up ads from Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the internet browser’s home page, newtab page and search provider by default that have been changed by adware.
- Open the Google Chrome, then click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Click the “Settings” menu.
- Next, click the “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- Further, click the “Reset settings” button, that located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
- The Google Chrome will show the reset settings dialog box as on the image above.
- Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, look the post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Delete internet-life.org pop-up ads from Firefox
First, launch the Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Help” button ().
In the Help menu, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page, click “Refresh Firefox” button.
Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.
Get rid of internet-life.org advertisements from Internet Explorer
First, launch the Internet Explorer, then click button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown on the image below.
In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click the “Reset” button. The IE will display the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.
You will now need to reboot your system for the changes to take effect. It will restore the IE’s settings such as startpage, new tab page and default search engine to default state, disable ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and thereby get rid of the reroute to internet-life.org annoying web page.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of internet-life.org redirect
Once the adware is started, it can also change the web-browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument similar “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you open the web-browser, it will be redirected to an annoying ads.
To clear the internet browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text that starts with “http://” that has been added here. You need to remove it.
When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web browsers, as they may be infected too.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
If the unwanted internet-life.org web-page opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all the tasks that have been created by malicious program.
Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This displays a dialog box that titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, like below.
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be show just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your machine. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the unwanted software, then this task also should be removed.
Having defined the task that you want to remove, then press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete like below.
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious applications. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.
Get rid of internet-life.org pop-up ads with Malwarebytes
Get rid of internet-life.org pop-ups manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your computer. The Malwarebytes is a reputable malware removal program. It can automatically detect and remove the adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) of the your computer. Moreover, this free program will help you to remove web-browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your machine may be infected too. You can follow the few simple steps below to remove the internet-life.org annoying redirect completely.
Download Malwarebytes Free from the link below.
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Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
Once downloaded, close all software and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.
When the setup starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Malwarebytes on your computer.
When installation is finished, you will see window as shown below.
Now press on the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the ‘ad supported’ software which causes the reroute to internet-life.org web-site. This process can take some time, so please be patient.
When the system scan is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will begin removing the adware related files, folders, registry keys. When the disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the system.
The following video explains the few simple steps above on how to remove adware with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.
Stop internet-life.org and other unwanted web sites
To increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted advertisements and malicious web pages, you need to use program that blocks access to malicious advertisements and pages. Moreover, the program can stop the display of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.
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Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
After the download is complete, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen like below.
Follow the prompts. Once the installation is complete, you will see a window like below.
You can click “Skip” to close the setup application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and block pop-up ads, web-sites like internet-life.org, as well as other harmful or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.
If the problem with internet-life.org is still remained
If MalwareBytes cannot remove internet-life.org pop-up ads, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs, toolbars.
- Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
AdwCleaner download
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Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024
- Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once the tool is opened the main screen will appear as shown on the image above.
- Now, click the “Scan” button . This will start scanning the whole system to find out ‘ad supported’ software that generates internet-life.org ads.
- When it has finished scanning, AdwCleaner will open a scan report. Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box, click “OK” button.
The following video explains the step-by-step instructions above on how to delete ad-supported software with AdwCleaner.
Finish words
Once you have finished the step-by-step instructions above, your personal computer should be clean from malware and adware. The Firefox, Chrome, IE and Edge will no longer open internet-life.org unwanted pop-ups and redirect you to unknown pages. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new type of adware, and then the best way – ask for help.
- Download HijackThis by clicking on the link below and save it to your Desktop.
HijackThis download
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Version: 2.0.5
Author: OpenSource
Category: Security tools
Update: November 7, 2015
- Double-click on the HijackThis icon. Next click “Do a system scan only” button.
- When it has finished scanning your machine, the scan button will read “Save log”, click it. Save this log to your desktop.
- Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.
- Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
- Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying internet-life.org pop-ups.