Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser shows me unwanted News-jowenu.cc pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these News-jowenu.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus creators started a wide adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the irritating News-jowenu.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-jowenu.cc) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices regarding the most up to date information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its abrupt showing up. Also it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this stuff, and also 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 retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to buy. And also such a marketing approach is almost free – this element is really important for firms.
| Site | News-jowenu.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.117.220 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Unsoning.com, Rehis.xyz, Dizans.live |
News-jowenu.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with an information which is totally different from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted News-jowenu.cc pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts showing you numerous promotions. Their subject usually has no match with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also display you a substantial quantity of various News-jowenu.cc pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be influenced by adware virus. A huge amount of advertisements together with News-jowenu.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With News-jowenu.cc Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this infection, you require to utilize virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-jowenu.cc pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 computer, including News-jowenu.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 observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed 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 cannot be intercepted by News-jowenu.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 anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may choose 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-jowenu.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.
