How to remove apps that promote addresses like odrivicdriv.top?

Odrivicdriv[.]top redirect removal instructions

What is odrivicdriv[.]top?

As a rule, users do not visit websites like odrivicdriv[.]top intentionally. It is common that they end up on such sites after clicking some deceptive advertisement, visiting unreliable page, or when they have some potentially unwanted application (PUA) installed on a browser and/or the operating system. A couple of examples of pages that are quite similar or virtually identical to odrivicdriv[.]top are hilycover[.]top, urtheredevo[.]top, lumnyalcolm[.]top.

When visited, sites like odrivicdriv[.]top either display some shady content, or they open other untrustworthy pages (about two or three of them). Therefore, neither odrivicdriv[.]top or websites that it opens can be trusted. It is worthwhile to mention that odrivicdriv[.]top is designed to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button which allows websites to show their notifications. Like most pages of this type, odrivicdriv[.]top uses a certain clickbait technique to trick visitors into that - it suggests that visitors need to click the aforementioned button in order to be able to continue browsing/loading the page. Websites like odrivicdriv[.]top should not be given a permission to show notifications because their notifications contain links to questionable sites, deceptive ads, etc. A couple of examples of notifications that odrivicdriv[.]top shows are provided below. As mentioned in the first paragraph, it is common that questionable pages often get opened by browsers that have some PUA installed on them. It is common that apps of this type are designed to serve advertisements (e.g., coupons, banners, surveys, etc.) that are designed to open untrustworthy websites. In some cases they can cause unwanted downloads and/or installations by executing certain scripts. Also, PUAs tend to be designed to gather various data. For example, IP addresses, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations and other browsing data, or even sensitive information. Gathered information could be misused to generate revenue by selling it to third parties (potentially cyber criminals) or in other ways. Therefore, their users might experience problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, or even become victims of identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by odrivicdriv.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	ESET (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	52.206.71.220
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.
Distribution Methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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To summarize, it is common that pages like odrivicdriv[.]top are promoted by PUAs can be designed to gather various data and/or serve advertisements. Most PUAs do not improve browsing experience, include any features and/or are useful in some other way. In other words, in most cases they are designed only to generate revenue for their developers. They are called PUAs because users download and/or install them unknowingly.

How did adware install on my computer?

Quite often unwanted apps are distributed through deceptive advertisements and download, installation setups of other programs. There are advertisements that, if clicked, can be designed to download and/or install unwanted software by running certain scripts. In other cases users download and/or install PUAs together with some wanted programs - when they do not check and change "Custom", "Advanced" or other settings, or untick checkboxes that are available in download and/or installation setups. it is common that the aforementioned settings can be used to decline offers to download and/or install additionally included apps. This distribution method for potentially unwanted software is known as "bundling".

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended to download software from official, legitimate pages and via direct download links. Tools, sources like third party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule), unofficial websites, and so on, should not be used. Third party installers should not be used too. Also, it is advised not to leave "Advanced", "Custom" and other options/settings of any download and/or installation setup unchecked (or checkboxes unticked). It is common that they can be used to decline offers to download and/or install unwanted apps. Advertisements that are displayed on shady pages should not be clicked as well: when clicked, they could open untrustworthy websites or cause unwanted downloads, installations. And lastly, there should be no unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons, plug-ins installed on a browser and software of this kind installed on the operating system. Especially if a browser opens shady pages by itself and/or it displays unwanted advertisements. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Malwarebytes for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of odrivicdriv[.]top website (GIF):

Notifications by odrivicdriv[.]top:

IMPORTANT NOTE! This deceptive site asks to enable web browser notifications.

Therefore, before commencing, perform these steps:

Google Chrome (PC):

• Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Settings", scroll down to the bottom and click "Advanced"
• Scroll down to the "Privacy and security" section, select "Content settings" and then "Notifications"
• Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

Google Chrome (Android):

• Click on the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and click "Settings"
• Scroll down, click on "Site settings" and then "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and click on them one-by-one
• Select "Notifications" in the "Permissions" section and set the toggle button to "OFF"

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Options" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen
• Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs, click the drop-down menu and select "Block"

Internet Explorer:

• Click the Gear button on the right upper corner of the IE window
• Select "Internet options"
• Select the "Privacy" tab and click "Settings" under "Pop-up Blocker" section
• Select suspicious URLs under and remove them one by one by clicking the "Remove" button

Microsoft Edge:

• Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window
• Scroll down, find and click "Settings"
• Scroll down again and click "View advanced settings"
• Click "Manage" under "Website permissions"
• Click the switch under each suspicious website

Safari (Mac):

• Click "Safari" button on the left upper corner of the screen and select "Preferences..."
• Select the "Websites" tab and then select "Notifications" section on the left pane
• Check for suspicious URLs and apply the "Deny" option for each

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Quick menu:

• What is odrivicdriv[.]top?
• STEP 1. Uninstall adware applications using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove rogue plug-ins from Google Chrome.
• STEP 3. Remove adware-type extensions from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 4. Remove malicious extensions from Safari.
• STEP 5. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.
• STEP 6. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.

Adware removal:

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

Windows XP users:

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.

Windows 10 and Windows 8 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Mac OSX users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for any potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted application that causes odrivicdriv[.]top redirects, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and remove them.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by odrivicdriv.top, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by odrivicdriv.top removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by odrivicdriv.top, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by odrivicdriv.top, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

Removal assistance:
If you are experiencing problems while trying to remove ads by odrivicdriv.top from your computer, please ask for assistance in our malware support forum.

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