Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser presents me undesirable News-hifape.cc pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-hifape.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying News-hifape.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-hifape.cc) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts about the current news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. And it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising mechanism. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely obtain a tip regarding the product he/she intended to purchase. And such a marketing technique is practically free – this element is very crucial for firms.
| Site | News-hifape.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.118.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Adblockultra.com, Zoutubephaid.com, Ppdmqp.com |
News-hifape.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, as well as with a text which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted News-hifape.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no connection with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a huge amount of different News-hifape.cc pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of promotions along with News-hifape.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will be impossible to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With News-hifape.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-hifape.cc pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 delete all malicious applications on your PC, including News-hifape.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by News-hifape.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
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:
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-hifape.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.