Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable News-figije.cc pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-figije.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers began a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the frustrating News-figije.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-figije.cc) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the most up to date news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. As well as such an advertising approach is practically free of charge – this aspect is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | News-figije.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.117.25 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Securesoftwarepc.com, Power-cleaner.xyz, Reistivelbife.com |
News-figije.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your approval, and with a text which is entirely different from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-figije.cc pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your computer, and then starts displaying you different ads. Their subject usually has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally display you a massive number of different News-figije.cc pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of promotions along with News-figije.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be impossible to carry out in typical way.
How Can I Deal With News-figije.cc Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a major danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of News-figije.cc pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your PC, including News-figije.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 malware, because it scans 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 malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed 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-figije.cc virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, 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-figije.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.
