Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable News-kewafe.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-kewafe.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors started a massive adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the aggravating News-kewafe.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-kewafe.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the most recent information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may just distract you with its sudden appearance. Plus it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing mechanism. If you want products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a pointer concerning the item he/she planned to pay for. And also such a marketing approach is practically free of charge – this aspect is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | News-kewafe.com |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.231 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Nuothmen.com, Open.hillsword.top, News-cufune.com |
News-kewafe.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is totally different from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted News-kewafe.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts demonstrating you various advertisements. Their subject usually has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally show you a huge number of different News-kewafe.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements along with News-kewafe.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will certainly be difficult to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With News-kewafe.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this infection, you need to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with News-kewafe.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not return the browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your desktop, including News-kewafe.com 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 spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during 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 each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed 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-kewafe.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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-kewafe.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.
