Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted News-jihexa.cc pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these News-jihexa.cc pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus suppliers started a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the frustrating News-jihexa.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-jihexa.cc) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices concerning the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its abrupt appearing. Plus it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective advertising mechanism. If you want items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely get a suggestion about the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising technique is practically free of charge – this aspect is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | News-jihexa.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 | Hukelpfulin.xyz, 123prize.net, 2345.cn |
News-jihexa.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is entirely various from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-jihexa.cc pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your personal computer, and then starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their material usually has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise show you a massive quantity of different News-jihexa.cc pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of promotions along with News-jihexa.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With News-jihexa.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you require to use security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-jihexa.cc pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including News-jihexa.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 folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait 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 app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by News-jihexa.cc malware, 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 programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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-jihexa.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.
