Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable News-gazifo.cc pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-gazifo.cc pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors began a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, and forget about the bothersome News-gazifo.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-gazifo.cc) offer you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts about the latest information?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its sudden visual appeal. Also it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a suggestion concerning the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is almost free – this element is extremely important for companies.
| Site | News-gazifo.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.207 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Detectmus.com, Mostongou.com, News-seluba.cc |
News-gazifo.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, and also with a text which is totally different from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-gazifo.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your system, then starts suggesting you different ads. Their material typically has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a huge amount of various News-gazifo.cc pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of promotions in addition to News-gazifo.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With News-gazifo.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this virus, you need to use virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle News-gazifo.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including News-gazifo.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by News-gazifo.cc virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you may pick 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-gazifo.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.
