Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted News-kehafo.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-kehafo.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the irritating News-kehafo.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-kehafo.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications concerning the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to buy. And such a marketing technique is almost cost-free – this aspect is really crucial for companies.
| Site | News-kehafo.com |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.92 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ourcommonwords.com, Notifpushnext.net, Serasearchtop.com |
News-kehafo.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and with a text which is completely various from your current interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable News-kehafo.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your computer, and then starts demonstrating you different ads. Their subject typically has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally demonstrate you a substantial amount of different News-kehafo.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be impacted by adware virus. A big number of advertisements in addition to News-kehafo.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With News-kehafo.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-kehafo.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented 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 implanted to your desktop.
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 computer, including News-kehafo.com 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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted 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 need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by News-kehafo.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you can 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-kehafo.com 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.
