Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Read-new-post.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Read-new-post.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus suppliers started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the bothersome Read-new-post.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Read-new-post.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only distract you with its sudden showing up. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to purchase. And such an advertising method is almost free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | Read-new-post.com |
| IP Address | 95.168.170.165 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Hotnews1.me, Rplnd20.com, Safewinodws.com |
Read-new-post.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and with a text which is completely various from your current interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Read-new-post.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which infiltrates into your system, then starts demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise show you a huge quantity of different Read-new-post.com pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be influenced by adware virus. A huge quantity of promotions along with Read-new-post.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal activities will be impossible to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Read-new-post.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you require to utilize antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Read-new-post.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your PC, including Read-new-post.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during 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 set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed 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 counteracted by Read-new-post.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Read-new-post.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.
