Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser displays me undesirable Sifenews.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Sifenews.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the pc virus from your computer, as well as forget about the frustrating Sifenews.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Sifenews.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and can only distract you with its abrupt appearance. And it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free of charge – this aspect is very vital for companies.
| Site | Sifenews.com |
| IP Address | Sifenews.com |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Klemusvid.cc, News-hovupi.cc, Sinknslide.xyz |
Sifenews.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is completely different from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Sifenews.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, and then starts demonstrating you numerous ads. Their material often has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also suggest you a substantial amount of different Sifenews.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Ads, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements along with Sifenews.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Sifenews.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a serious risk. To stop this infection, you require to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Sifenews.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not return the browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious programs on your desktop, including Sifenews.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Sifenews.com malware, 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 applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you may choose 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 Sifenews.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.
