Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser displays me undesirable News-kuyolu.cc pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-kuyolu.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and also forget about the annoying News-kuyolu.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-kuyolu.cc) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its abrupt appearance. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient marketing tool. If you want products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising approach is practically cost-free – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | News-kuyolu.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.221 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Cellphone-protection.com, News-labazu.cc, Tidywarden.store |
News-kuyolu.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with a text which is completely different from your present interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable News-kuyolu.cc pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your PC, after that starts demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their material often has no correlation with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally display you a substantial amount of various News-kuyolu.cc pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions along with News-kuyolu.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be impossible to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With News-kuyolu.cc Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to utilize antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of News-kuyolu.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 eliminate all unwanted applications on your PC, including News-kuyolu.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every 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.
Reset 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 counteracted by News-kuyolu.cc virus, 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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-kuyolu.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.
