Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable News-hiquze.cc pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these News-hiquze.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus suppliers began a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the frustrating News-hiquze.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-hiquze.cc) show you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notifications about the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a pointer concerning the item he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing method is almost cost-free – this aspect is very essential for corporations.
| Site | News-hiquze.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 | News-adopi.cc, Centralheat.net, Turtlelocation2.xyz |
News-hiquze.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable News-hiquze.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your PC, and then begins suggesting you numerous advertisements. Their material , in most cases, has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also suggest you a big quantity of various News-hiquze.cc pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A huge number of ads together with News-hiquze.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be difficult to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With News-hiquze.cc Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with News-hiquze.cc pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not revert the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your personal computer, including News-hiquze.cc pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize 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 viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by News-hiquze.cc virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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-hiquze.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.
