Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Thenicenewz.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Thenicenewz.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus creators started a broad adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer, and forget about the aggravating Thenicenewz.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thenicenewz.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices concerning the most recent information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a tip regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. As well as such an advertising method is almost free of charge – this element is extremely important for firms.
| Site | Thenicenewz.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.175 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ctcodeinfo.com, Tingmorea.online, Ddingagen.online |
Thenicenewz.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a material which is completely various from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Thenicenewz.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, then starts demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their material , in most cases, has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate to you a huge amount of various Thenicenewz.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant amount of advertisements together with Thenicenewz.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular tasks will be impossible to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Thenicenewz.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you need to make use of security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Thenicenewz.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 erase all malicious programs on your computer, including Thenicenewz.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 spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Thenicenewz.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Thenicenewz.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.
