Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser shows me undesirable News-kucega.cc pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these News-kucega.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors began a vast adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying News-kucega.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-kucega.cc) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices relating to the most up to date news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and can just distract you with its unexpected appearance. Also it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a tip about the item he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is almost free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | News-kucega.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.118.44 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Trust-core.xyz, Lightredstep.com, Hynomanhete.com |
News-kucega.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your permission, and also with a content which is entirely various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable News-kucega.cc pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins showing you numerous promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also suggest you a significant quantity of different News-kucega.cc pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of ads along with News-kucega.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will be difficult to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With News-kucega.cc Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you need to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of News-kucega.cc pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your computer, including News-kucega.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 viruses, 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 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 every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware 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 is not able to be intercepted by News-kucega.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, 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 tools for browser restoration, you can 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-kucega.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.
