Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted News-puzifu.cc pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these News-puzifu.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus creators started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer system, and forget about the annoying News-puzifu.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a News-puzifu.cc) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the latest news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you want goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a suggestion about the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this factor is really crucial for corporations.
| Site | News-puzifu.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.118.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Manageoriginalextremelytheproduct.vip, Manageextremelyrenewedtheproduct.vip, Advtstudio.com |
News-puzifu.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is completely different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable News-puzifu.cc pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, and then starts demonstrating to you various ads. Their content typically has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also demonstrate you a massive number of different News-puzifu.cc pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big amount of ads together with News-puzifu.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With News-puzifu.cc Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you require to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with News-puzifu.cc pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 unwanted applications on your desktop, including News-puzifu.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till 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 malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by News-puzifu.cc virus, 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 utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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-puzifu.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.
