Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser displays me unwanted Breakingnewsnow.net pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Breakingnewsnow.net pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the bothersome Breakingnewsnow.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Breakingnewsnow.net) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the current news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt arrival. Also it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a pointer about the item he/she planned to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing method is nearly free – this factor is really crucial for companies.
| Site | Breakingnewsnow.net |
| IP Address | 104.28.29.96 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Brainberries.co, Presslayand-3.live, Pdf.plugin |
Breakingnewsnow.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can appear without your approval, and also with a material which is totally different from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Breakingnewsnow.net pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your computer, and then starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their subject usually has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also suggest you a huge amount of various Breakingnewsnow.net pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of ads along with Breakingnewsnow.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will be impossible to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Breakingnewsnow.net Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you require to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Breakingnewsnow.net pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Breakingnewsnow.net pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Breakingnewsnow.net virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may pick 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:
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 Breakingnewsnow.net 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.