Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Onlynewstoday.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Onlynewstoday.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the annoying Onlynewstoday.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Onlynewstoday.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications about the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are fairly an effective advertising mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a pointer about the item he/she meant to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is nearly free – this factor is really crucial for companies.
| Site | Onlynewstoday.com |
| IP Address | 162.241.50.157 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Eandthepe.work, Webprotectionprogram.com, Protectionrequired.com |
Onlynewstoday.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is entirely various from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Onlynewstoday.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, after that starts showing you numerous promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally demonstrate you a big quantity of various Onlynewstoday.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements together with Onlynewstoday.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will be impossible to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Onlynewstoday.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, and your data, is in a significant danger. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Onlynewstoday.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
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 malicious programs on your desktop, including Onlynewstoday.com 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose 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 virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Onlynewstoday.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Onlynewstoday.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.
