Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser shows me unwanted News-heceye.cc pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these News-heceye.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus suppliers started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the pc virus from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating News-heceye.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-heceye.cc) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices regarding the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable advertising tool. If you want goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a tip concerning the item he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing method is almost free of charge – this aspect is very essential for firms.
| Site | News-heceye.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.117.96 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ellernodde.com, Worldcoolfeed.com, Protective-system.com |
News-heceye.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with a content which is completely different from your existing cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted News-heceye.cc pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your PC, then starts demonstrating you various promotions. Their subject usually has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also display you a big quantity of different News-heceye.cc pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of promotions in addition to News-heceye.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common tasks will be impossible to do in usual way.
How Can I Deal With News-heceye.cc Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-heceye.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs 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 personal computer, including News-heceye.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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-heceye.cc malware, 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 making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, 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-heceye.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.
