Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable New-pressroom.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these New-pressroom.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers began a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the irritating New-pressroom.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a New-pressroom.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most up to date information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt arrival. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a pointer about the product he/she planned to pay for. And also such a marketing approach is practically cost-free – this element is really important for corporations.
| Site | New-pressroom.com |
| IP Address | 95.168.170.165 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Pushcollection.net, Catedlittlem.xyz, Phonestar.info |
New-pressroom.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your permission, as well as with a content which is completely different from your existing attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable New-pressroom.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your PC, then starts showing you different advertisements. Their content typically has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate to you a massive quantity of various New-pressroom.com pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of ads in addition to New-pressroom.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With New-pressroom.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this infection, you require to make use of virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle New-pressroom.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your computer, including New-pressroom.com 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by New-pressroom.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can choose 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:
After choosing this option, you will see the next message:
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 New-pressroom.com 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.
