Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser shows me undesirable News-cekuyi.cc pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these News-cekuyi.cc pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a vast adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating News-cekuyi.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-cekuyi.cc) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices about the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a reminder concerning the product he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising method is almost free of charge – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | News-cekuyi.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.227 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Hedesignofi.top, Monerohush.com, Thejornal.xyz |
News-cekuyi.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, and also with a text which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-cekuyi.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins suggesting you various promotions. Their content typically has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a big number of different News-cekuyi.cc pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to rub out the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant quantity of ads together with News-cekuyi.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With News-cekuyi.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you need to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle News-cekuyi.cc pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted 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 advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your PC, including News-cekuyi.cc 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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset 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 intercepted by News-cekuyi.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found 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 can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 News-cekuyi.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.
