Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Worldcoolnewz.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Worldcoolnewz.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Worldcoolnewz.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Worldcoolnewz.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its sudden visual appeal. Also it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such an advertising technique is practically free – this factor is really important for companies.
| Site | Worldcoolnewz.com |
| IP Address | 172.64.199.16 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Tabsorg.com, Hcafpg.com, Harmonypix.com |
Worldcoolnewz.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and with a text which is entirely various from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Worldcoolnewz.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your computer, then begins suggesting you various advertisements. Their subject typically has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big quantity of various Worldcoolnewz.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big quantity of ads together with Worldcoolnewz.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Worldcoolnewz.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Worldcoolnewz.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Worldcoolnewz.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware 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 is not able to be counteracted by Worldcoolnewz.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, 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 programs for browser recovery, 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:
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 Worldcoolnewz.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.
