Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted News-cuwix.cc pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these News-cuwix.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors began a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the annoying News-cuwix.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-cuwix.cc) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the most recent news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its unexpected appearing. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she intended to buy. And such a marketing method is nearly cost-free – this element is very crucial for firms.
| Site | News-cuwix.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.246 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Templatemusic1.xyz, News-duvuco.cc, 1vpnfree.xyz |
News-cuwix.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and also with a material which is totally different from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides undesirable News-cuwix.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins showing you numerous advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a massive number of various News-cuwix.cc pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of promotions in addition to News-cuwix.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will certainly be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With News-cuwix.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this virus, you require to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with News-cuwix.cc pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your desktop, including News-cuwix.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 directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by News-cuwix.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware 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-cuwix.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.
