Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable News-xezanu.cc pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these News-xezanu.cc pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the pc virus from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating News-xezanu.cc pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a News-xezanu.cc) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts about the current news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly get a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is almost cost-free – this factor is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | News-xezanu.cc |
| IP Address | 193.108.118.14 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Uidtime.com, Easylifescan.com, News-rozuwe.cc |
News-xezanu.cc Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, and with a content which is entirely different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable News-xezanu.cc pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your computer, then begins suggesting you different advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate you a huge amount of different News-xezanu.cc pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of advertisements together with News-xezanu.cc pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With News-xezanu.cc Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, and your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with News-xezanu.cc pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
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 delete all unwanted applications on your desktop, including News-xezanu.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by News-xezanu.cc virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 applications
Besides using antivirus 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-xezanu.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.
