Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted News-putomo.cc pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-putomo.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus creators started a vast adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the frustrating News-putomo.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-putomo.cc) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices about the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the item he/she planned to buy. And such a marketing method is almost free of charge – this factor is really essential for companies.
| Site | News-putomo.cc |
| IP Address | 149.7.16.231 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Analysissoftwarecentr.com, Grindeu.click, Howgrewchi.live |
News-putomo.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted News-putomo.cc pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your system, after that starts showing you different promotions. Their subject , in most cases, has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a big quantity of different News-putomo.cc pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be influenced by adware virus. A big number of promotions together with News-putomo.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be difficult to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With News-putomo.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of News-putomo.cc pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your desktop, including News-putomo.cc 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 folders.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by News-putomo.cc malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you can 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-putomo.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.
