Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser displays me undesirable News-potika.cc pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these News-potika.cc pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus suppliers started a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the irritating News-potika.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-potika.cc) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its sudden showing up. Plus it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder about the item he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | News-potika.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.227 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Towerfriend1.xyz, Www.social-searcher.com, Ligamedia.club |
News-potika.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, and with an information which is completely various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable News-potika.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their subject usually has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally suggest you a significant amount of various News-potika.cc pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to News-potika.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With News-potika.cc Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize security program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle News-potika.cc pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
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 remove all malicious programs on your desktop, including News-potika.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses 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 intercepted by News-potika.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, 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-potika.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.
