Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser displays me unwanted News-maposa.cc pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these News-maposa.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus creators began a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the bothersome News-maposa.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-maposa.cc) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts about the most recent news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden arrival. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective advertising tool. If you want products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a tip regarding the product he/she planned to purchase. And such a marketing technique is nearly free – this aspect is very important for corporations.
| Site | News-maposa.cc |
| 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 | Slimona.xyz, News-colaxa.cc, Getdispadsshop.com |
News-maposa.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with a text which is completely various from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted News-maposa.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their content typically has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise show you a big number of various News-maposa.cc pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. 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 PC may still be impacted by adware virus. A huge amount of promotions along with News-maposa.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical activities will certainly be impossible to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With News-maposa.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your information, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of News-maposa.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your PC, including News-maposa.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 folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed 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-maposa.cc virus, 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 shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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-maposa.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.
