Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted News-guminu.cc pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-guminu.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators started a large adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome News-guminu.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-guminu.cc) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective advertising mechanism. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire 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 alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a reminder about the item he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising approach is nearly cost-free – this factor is extremely vital for firms.
| Site | News-guminu.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.236 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Andlawleg.live, Shoesstove.website, News-pewuce.com |
News-guminu.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and with a content which is entirely different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-guminu.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your system, and then starts demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their content typically has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally display you a huge amount of different News-guminu.cc pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of promotions in addition to News-guminu.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will certainly be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With News-guminu.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your information, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you require to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with News-guminu.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your desktop, including News-guminu.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see 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 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 malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting 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-guminu.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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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-guminu.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.
