Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted News-hafyzik.cc pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-hafyzik.cc pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers began a broad adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the bothersome News-hafyzik.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-hafyzik.cc) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications relating to the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its unexpected appearance. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy 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 concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a suggestion about the item he/she planned to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free of charge – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | News-hafyzik.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.223 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ngwehear.fun, Bisguste.club, Storequick-themostfile.best |
News-hafyzik.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and also with a material which is entirely various from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable News-hafyzik.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, and then begins demonstrating you different ads. Their material usually has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate to you a substantial quantity of various News-hafyzik.cc pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be affected by adware virus. A substantial amount of promotions in addition to News-hafyzik.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will be impossible to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With News-hafyzik.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a major risk. To quit this infection, you need to use anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with News-hafyzik.cc pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your PC, including News-hafyzik.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware 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 is not able to be counteracted by News-hafyzik.cc virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, you may 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-hafyzik.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.
