How to Remove NEWSSOCIAL.ORG Homepage

Can’t Remove NEWSSOCIAL.ORG hijacker virus? This page includes detailed NEWSSOCIAL.ORG Removal instructions!

Someone uninvited must have used your computer because your homepage is changed to Newssocial.org? Well, you are only partly correct. Something entered your computer uninvited. But it wasn’t a person. A nasty browser hijacker has managed to invade your PC. This nasty infection changed your homepage as well as your default search engine. It is the reason you feel like sinking in a sea of advertisements. The newssocial.org utility is designed to generate revenue for its owners. It does so by the so-called pay-per-click marketing system. For every advert you click on, the people behind this hijacker get paid. There is nothing bad in this system. In fact, all big search engines use it. The nature of the ads you are exposed to is the problem. The newssocial.org hijacker will not check its clients. Anyone willing to spend some money can use its services to promote. Neither is the hijacker checking where its advertisements are leading to. It is a common practice among hackers to use such services for malware distribution. The scheme is quite simple. They design ads that will catch the user’s attention. Once you click on them, you will be redirected to a malicious site. One click is all it takes for a dangerous virus to be distributed to your computer. Have you heard of drive-by downloads? These types of downloads are automatic and almost completely invisible. They start without the user’s interaction. You won’t even notice them until it’s too late. Don’t risk your computer’s security. Track this intruder down and delete it on the spot!

How did I get infected with?

This infection did not appear as if by magic. The newssocial.org hijacker was installed on your machine. And guess what?! You were the one who did it. You gave it your approval. Unfortunately, the developers of these types of parasites have found a way to mislead the user into giving such permissions. Don’t think that they will come to you and ask you openly. No! They use trickery to slip their malicious program together with other software. This method is known as freeware bundling. When you install a free program, opt for an advanced button or tab. Don’t hesitate to use it. Only under the custom installation can you see all additional programs that come along. We recommend against installing them. These extras will be presented as useful tools. Don’t rush! Consider the situation. Do you really need such applications? If you truly needed them, you would have downloaded them by yourself! Don’t fall for such dishonorable tricks. This is your computer. You are the one who decides what will be installed on it! Also, forget about the next-next-finish technique when installing a program. Read the terms and conditions. This step can be annoying and time-consuming, yet, it can spare you tons of troubles in the future.

Why is this dangerous?

Let’s begin with the good news first. The newssocial.org hijacker is relatively easy to be removed. But, there is a catch. You must act promptly. Otherwise, you risk losing money or even becoming a victim of identity theft. This is not a joke. This parasite is spying on you. It is also selling the collected data to third parties. Your usernames and passwords can be among that data. It can see all your online moves too. Thus, for example, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the hijacker will start displaying ads about similar items. The obvious adverts are not the only ads you are exposed to. The newssocial.org utility is also injecting ads among the search results you are seeing. Those ads, however, will not be marked as promoted entries. You will never be sure which search results are organic and which are sponsored. It doesn’t matter which search provider you will use. All of them will be affected. The newssocial.org hijacker is a program that is installed on your computer. It can control what you are seeing on your display. The malicious utility creates a virtual layer which forces advertisements even on websites that are ad-free. It can also block content from its competitors. You will see only what the malicious app allows you to see. It is turning you into an easy target. Put an end to this harassment! Use our guide to remove the newssocial.org hijacker manually. If you are not confident in your computer skills, use a trustworthy anti-virus program to delete all infected files and folders.

How to Remove NEWSSOCIAL.ORG virus

The NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate NEWSSOCIAL.ORG startup location

STEP 3: Delete NEWSSOCIAL.ORG traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG

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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG, 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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 NEWSSOCIAL.ORG 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.