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How to remove jurnal-life.org pop-ups [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Myantispyware team March 29, 2017    

The jurnal-life.org popup ads should not be underestimated, because the reason for their appearance within your web-browser is penetration an adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) into your machine. It can bring a security risk to your machine. So, do not ignore it! Of course, the jurnal-life.org is just a web page, but the adware uses it to display intrusive and unwanted ads, even without your permission and desire to see it. The unwanted advertisements can be just the beginning, because your machine is hijacked by dangerous software, so the amount of pop-ups in the future may increase. Its appearance will prevent you normally browse the sites, and more, can lead to crash the web browser.

The adware usually affects only the Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge by changing the web-browser’s settings or installing a malicious extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other web-browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the PC for browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the web browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you start the internet browser, you will see an annoying jurnal-life.org web site.

The ‘ad supported’ software is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, alters web-browser settings and blocks them from changing. Also the adware can install additional internet browser extensions, addons and modules that will inject advertising links within the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and MS Edge’s screen. Moreover, the adware may install web browser hijacker that once started, will change the web-browser’s homepage and search engine. And finally, the adware can collect a wide variety of personal information such as what pages you are opening, what you are looking for the Internet and so on. This information, in the future, may be transferred to third parties.

So, obviously, you need to remove the ‘ad supported’ software as soon as possible. Use the free guide below. This guide will help you clean your PC and thereby get rid of the jurnal-life.org unwanted pop-ups.

How can you prevent your personal computer from the attack of jurnal-life.org pop-up ads

Probably, the ‘ad supported’ software get installed onto your personal computer when you have installed a free software like E-Mail checker, PDF creator, video codec, etc. Because, most commonly the ‘ad supported’ software is bundled within the setup packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web-sites. Even removing the program that contains ad-supported software, does not help you remove the jurnal-life.org advertisements. Therefore, you must follow the few simple steps below to remove all annoying advertisements.

How to manually remove jurnal-life.org pop-up ads

This useful removal guide for the jurnal-life.org pop-ups. The detailed procedure can be followed by anyone as it really does take you step-by-step. If you follow this process to delete jurnal-life.org let us know how you managed by sending us your comments please.

  1. Delete suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel
  2. Remove jurnal-life.org redirect from Mozilla Firefox
  3. Get rid of jurnal-life.org pop-ups from Chrome
  4. Remove jurnal-life.org advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer
  5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove jurnal-life.org redirect
  6. Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If you are using an Apple computer running Mac OS, then use the following step-by-step instructions How to get rid of virus, pop-ups, ads on Mac

Delete suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel

The best way to start the computer cleanup is to uninstall unknown and suspicious applications. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded software can clean up your web-browser from advertisements, hijackers and so on.

  1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows key, click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
  2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
  3. It’ll display the Windows Control Panel.
  4. Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
  5. You will see a list of all installed applications.
  6. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall suspicious and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Remove jurnal-life.org redirect from Mozilla Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been changed by the ‘ad supported’ software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the reroute onto jurnal-life.org web-site.

First, run the Firefox and click Mozilla Firefox menu button button. It will open the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Next, click the Help button (FF help button) as shown below.

Firefox settings menu

In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the browser address bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

Firefox troubleshooting info window

It will open the confirmation prompt, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the adware. When it’s complete, click the “Finish” button

Get rid of jurnal-life.org pop-ups from Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Google Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby delete the redirect to jurnal-life.org unwanted advertisements which is caused by the ad supported software.

At first, start the Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (google chrome menu button). It will appear the main menu. Click on the option named “Settings”. Another way to display the Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the internet browser adress bar and press Enter.

chrome drop-down menu

The browser will show the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, like below and press the “Reset settings” button.

chrome advanced settings

The Google Chrome will open the confirmation dialog box. You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The program will start the process of cleaning. When it’s finished, the web browser settings including the ‘block pop-ups’ option back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your PC.

Remove jurnal-life.org advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer

First, run the Internet Explorer, then press Internet Explorer tools menu icon button. Next, press “Internet Options” as on the image below.

reset IE tools menu

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click the “Reset” button. The IE will display the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.

reset Internet Explorer settings

You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. It will restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings like homepage, new tab and default search engine to default state, disable ad-supported browser’s extensions and thereby remove the redirect to jurnal-life.org annoying web site.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove jurnal-life.org redirect

When the ad-supported software is started, it can also alter the internet browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you launch the web-browser, it will be redirected to an annoying advertisements.

To clear the web 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 which starts with “http://” which has been added here. You need to remove it.

clean a shorcut

When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your internet browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Once installed, the ad supported software can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you run your computer, it will display jurnal-life.org unwanted web-site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ program.

Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will show a prompt which titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown on the image below.

Task scheduler, list of tasks

Task scheduler, list of tasks

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. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the malicious programs, then this task also should be removed.

Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the figure below.

Task scheduler, delete a task

Task scheduler, delete a task

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious programs. Once is complete, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to remove jurnal-life.org pop-up ads with free malware remover

Remove jurnal-life.org advertisements manually is difficult and often the ad supported software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your computer. Moreover, the free program will help you to delete malware, web-browser hijacker and toolbars that your computer may be infected too.

  1. Download Malwarebytes from the link below.
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    327113 downloads
    Author: Malwarebytes
    Category: Security tools
    Update: April 15, 2020
  2. Close all applications and windows on your computer. Open the directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
  3. This will run the install of Malwarebytes. Next, press Next button and follow the prompts.
  4. Once install is finished, click on the “Scan Now” button to begin scanning your computer for the adware which redirects your browser to the jurnal-life.org annoying web-site. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
  5. When the system scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected”. Once the disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to restart your system.

These steps above are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Block jurnal-life.org ads and other unwanted web-sites

To increase your security and protect your computer against new annoying advertisements and malicious sites, you need to use program that blocks access to dangerous advertisements and web sites. Moreover, the program can stop the show of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program from the following link.

Adguard
Adguard download
26854 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018

When downloading is finished, launch the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown below.

adguard installer

Follow the prompts. When the installation is finished, you will see a window as on the image below.

adguard setup is done

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program 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 machine, AdGuard will launch automatically and block pop-up ads, pages like jurnal-life.org, as well as other malicious or misleading web pages. 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.

Remove jurnal-life.org and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes cannot delete the annoying jurnal-life.org redirect from the Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Internet Explorer, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs and toolbars.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner download
225561 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

After downloading is done, open the directory in which you saved it. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is opened, you will see a screen like below.

adwcleaner win10

Now, click the “Scan” button for checking your computer for the malicious extensions and adware that opens advertisements from jurnal-life.org site. Once the checking is complete, it will open a scan report as shown below.

adwcleaner win10 scan for jurnal-life.org done

Review the report and then press “Clean” button. It will show a prompt. Click “OK”. Once the cleaning procedure is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC system.

Look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the AdwCleaner to get rid of adware, browser hijackers and other harmful applications.

Finish words

Now your computer should be free of the jurnal-life.org redirect. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and annoying dangerous pages) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new malware and adware). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of jurnal-life.org redirect from your system, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.

 

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