How to Remove News-true.net Redirect

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You must be wondering how did the News-true.net website become your new homepage. Well, the answer is quite simple. Your PC got infected with a browser hijacker. This nasty parasite has infected thousands of computers worldwide. You are one of many irritated PC users who needs help to remove this pest for good. Luckily, browser hijackers are relatively easy to be removed. Of course, there is a catch. To remove them easily, you must act promptly. Delete this parasite upon detection. Do not hesitate to do it. You cannot gain anything from this program. However, you can lose your privacy, personal and financial details. The News-true.net hijacker jeopardizes everything. Once on board, this furtive program turns your web browser into a spying device. Yes, that’s right. Your loyal browser is working against you. Everything you do online is now monitored. Your browsing history, habits and preferences are recorded and the data is sent to the owners of the hijacker. What will they do with it? Well, whatever they want. They can use it to target you with advertisements, or they can sell it for a bigger profit. This is an extremely dangerous situation. The News-true.net hijacker can steal your usernames and password. Imagine what can happen if a hacker buys this information. You may lose money or become a victim of identity theft, or something entirely different. In any case, you must take actions.

How did I get infected with?

The News-true.net website is just the face of a nasty program. The browser hijacker that haunts your web browser did not appear as if by magic. It was installed on your system. And the one who did it was you. There is no way to put this milder. Your negligence is the reason you suffer now. The News-true.net hijacker needs your approval to operate. There is no other way. But don’t be too harsh on yourself. This furtive app deceived you. First, it was not the program you thought it was. Second, it didn’t ask you openly. The technique it used to trick you is known as freeware bundling. Developers tend to add additional programs to the installation files of many free programs. If the user picks the standard installation method, all those attachments will be installed without further ado. The only way to prevent this is by using the custom/advanced installation method. Don’t worry. This option is not complicated. It is a simple step-by-step installation wizard. Don’t rush through this process. Read the terms and conditions/EULA. Your caution can spare you many troubles in the future. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. If you choose to be careless, however, you may invite some dangerous virus. The bundling method is commonly used for virus distribution nowadays. Other invasive methods involve spam email attachments, corrupted ads or links. Your computer’s health is your responsibility. Always do your due diligence when installing a program.

Why is this dangerous?

The News-true.net hijacker tricked you into installing it. You have seen the consequences. At least you think you do. It is not just your homepage that was changed. This malicious utility replaced your default search engine with another, untrustworthy one. Yes, the search results you are seeing do appear as if provided by a well-known search engine. Yet, in reality, they are not. The News-true.net hijacker “injects” fake entries among the search results. Those entries are advertisements. However, they are not marked as such. You can never be sure which results are organic and which are paid to be there. As if this is not irritating enough, but the hijacker will start to open websites by itself. Your web browsing will become a nightmare. The worst part is that some of those sites can be corrupted. If such an unfortunate event occurs, a drive-by download will be executed. These types of downloads are completely automatic. They start without the user’s interaction and, therefore, are often used by hackers for virus distribution. The Internet is bursting with all sorts of dangerous parasites. This time you were lucky. The News-true.net utility is relatively easy to be removed. However, what will you catch the next time you are careless? The hijacker acts as an open door for many of those pests. Don’t leave it to chance. Remove the News-true.net tool as soon as possible!

How to Remove News-true.net virus

The News-true.net infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the News-true.net infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down News-true.net related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate News-true.net startup location

STEP 3: Delete News-true.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down News-true.net related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate News-true.net startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean News-true.net virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean News-true.net traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the News-true.net by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by News-true.net

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for News-true.net, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove News-true.net argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove News-true.net Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.