Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted News-besofi.cc pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-besofi.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the aggravating News-besofi.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-besofi.cc) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices about the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its abrupt arrival. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion concerning the product he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is almost cost-free – this element is really important for firms.
| Site | News-besofi.cc |
| IP Address | 172.99.190.24 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Yourdesktopguardian.com, Blue-messenger-wn1.click, Setupcurrentextremelythefile.vip |
News-besofi.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, and with an information which is entirely different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-besofi.cc pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your PC, after that begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their material usually has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally suggest you a massive number of various News-besofi.cc pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads together with News-besofi.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With News-besofi.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your information, is in a serious risk. To quit this virus, you need to use security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with News-besofi.cc pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not change the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including News-besofi.cc pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize 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 observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious 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 News-besofi.cc virus, 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular 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 News-besofi.cc 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.
