Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Rex-news.org pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Rex-news.org pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a wide adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying Rex-news.org pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rex-news.org) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discounts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can only distract you with its sudden visual appeal. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing mechanism. If you want goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a tip about the item he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising and marketing approach is nearly free of charge – this element is very crucial for firms.
| Site | Rex-news.org |
| IP Address | 173.214.250.52 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News08.biz, News07.biz, News06.biz |
Rex-news.org Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can come out without your approval, and also with a material which is totally different from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Rex-news.org pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their material usually has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a substantial quantity of different Rex-news.org pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A huge quantity of advertisements together with Rex-news.org pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be impossible to perform in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Rex-news.org Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this infection, you require to use anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Rex-news.org pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your desktop, including Rex-news.org 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 spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Rex-news.org virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may choose 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:
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 Rex-news.org 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.