How To Remove Somid.live Ads

The unwanted advert pop ups or browsers only cause issues to users and it simply means something happened wrong with computers. Probably, such deceptive pop ups erupt on screen when the user attempts to browse web sessions, even when the browsers are not in use and some notification pop ups appear with some promotional links. If you are facing off such issues too with your Windows system, this means a browser hijacker or a pop up virus might have installed there. Although, there’s a long list of such pop up virus, the term Somid.live is a newly discovered identity which is being discussed under this article.

Summary About Somid.live

Name: Somid.live
Type: Browser hijacker, Redirect virus, Pop up virus
Description: Another newly discovered pop up virus that abuses push notification feature in browser to promote just deceptive contents. It use to trick users to click some unsafe links, enroll with some fake online surveys, download a fake software updater or tool, and even more.
Symptoms: The infected browsers can easily be identified if its showing redirects to unwanted pages, pop ups or banners loaded with fake claims, sluggish performance while surfing the web, unintentionally changed browser settings, and even more.
Motive of Criminals: As a rule, the criminals develop traits like Somid.live just to promote their illicit partners to earn commissions.
Distribution: Bundled software distribution, malicious links or advert campaigns, spam email campaigns, etc.
Removal: If unfortunately you suspect your machine is infected by a malware, it’s suggested to scan your computer with a powerful security application to detect and delete Somid.live soon.

Descriptive Details About Somid.live

Based on what the security practitioners have discovered, if a system frequently shows Somid.live pop ups or banners, then it might be a resultant of an adware. This kind of malware basically meant to demonstrate various pay per view or pay per click promotions that helps its authors to generate quite large overall revenue. The advert may probably load explicit content, links to malicious websites, rogue software downloads, fake surveys, and even more. To sum up, the adverts by Somid.live will bring no goodness before users, thus should not be entertained.

As mentioned, the Somid.live use to abuse Push Notifications to show or promote its deceptive contents. Technically, the push notification is quite effective marketing method allowing web admins to promote their products, services, and contents easily to their audience. Even the subscribers can get benefited with those. But in case specific to Somid.live like pop up viruses, the targeted users are somehow tricked to subscribe notifications from unsafe channels, which starts to show just illicit contents in form of promotions. And even if the users keep interacting with those, will get deceived.

Apart from these, the pop up viruses can be even more drastic to users in form of a browser hijacker. Means, it will take almost all control over active browser variants on computer like Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc to replace its default set values. Such changes can be identified in face of altered homepage, new tab, search engine, etc, which creates chaos to users throughout the online sessions. Thus, Somid.live is quite deceptive for a user’s prospect.

How a malware infects computer?

Most probably, the malware objects are installed on targeted devices without user’s intention, and this easily means the targeted individuals are somehow tricked to install such objects. In order to accomplish penetration of traits like Somid.live on devices, the criminals prefer using various illicit marketing measures like software bundling, email spam campaigns, advert campaigns, etc. so, in case if the user interact with any such disguised web resources, their device gets in touch with illicit or rogue installer packages that enables Somid.live like traits in background.

FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions]

Should I avoid subscribing to notifications from websites?

Probably, you mean here to subscribing to push notifications from sites. Obviously you can subscribe to push notifications from portals which are trusted ones and meets your personal interests. Otherwise, you should avoid subscribing to sites which appears to be not safe or false promising ones.

What to do if I notice Somid.live for the first time?

Many times, a user end up visiting unwanted resources in search of some freebies, and this might also be a case with you and you reached Somid.live. In this case, you should avoid interaction with the page or its content. You should instantly shut the page off to avoid further risks.

Are all the malware similar to Somid.live?

No, the term malware is just a class under which various sorts are categorized based on their attributes. Somid.live is classified as a browser hijacker or pop up virus and mainly meant to affect your browsing sessions, but this never means it can’t bring other chaos to your device. So, it’s better to avoid such traits to affect your device.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Somid.live:

Remove the related items of Somid.live using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Somid.live issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Somid.live) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Somid.live removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Somid.live still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Somid.live plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Somid.live removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Somid.live (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.