Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable News-majewe.cc pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these News-majewe.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the bothersome News-majewe.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-majewe.cc) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its sudden appearance. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising tool. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a pointer concerning the item he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | News-majewe.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.118.106 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Suchnicetub.live, Withdocreal.live, N.wigglewurm.com |
News-majewe.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your permission, as well as with a material which is totally different from your present attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted News-majewe.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your personal computer, then begins demonstrating you various promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise display you a big amount of various News-majewe.cc pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to News-majewe.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will certainly be difficult to carry out in typical way.
How Can I Deal With News-majewe.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you require to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle News-majewe.cc pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including News-majewe.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, 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 the viruses will be moved 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 counteracted by News-majewe.cc virus, 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, 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-majewe.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.
