Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted News-mexobi.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these News-mexobi.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the frustrating News-mexobi.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-mexobi.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most up to date news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a reminder about the item he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing method is almost cost-free – this factor is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | News-mexobi.com |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.207 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-jobava.cc, Fices.live, Circuitguardian.shop |
News-mexobi.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, and with a material which is completely various from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable News-mexobi.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your PC, then begins suggesting you numerous ads. Their material often has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a big amount of different News-mexobi.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements in addition to News-mexobi.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be impossible to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With News-mexobi.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this virus, you need to utilize virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of News-mexobi.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not return the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including News-mexobi.com 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait 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 virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting 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-mexobi.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you may 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-mexobi.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.
