new-posts.support: A Technical Report On

 

Conception Of new-posts.support

new-posts.support is the newest detection of adware family which was discovered by Stelian Pilici in September, 2018. These pop-ups are a social engineering attack which always tries to trick the victimized users into its pushed notifications subscription so that unwanted advertisements can be directly displayed on the system screen. It has been detected as HIJACK.NEW-POSTS. Its Domain Registrar is NameCheap, Inc. and Registry Domain ID is c20bf208154d45e1bd7202c79382ee5d-DONUT which was registered on 08-06-2018 & updated on 20-08-2018. Its server names are drew.ns.cloudflare.com, dara.ns.cloudflare.com and whose given status is clientTransferProhibited. These new-posts.support pop-up ads are intensionally caused by malicious ads on the visited sites or adware. It has been developed by the team of cyber crooks with the key purpose of earning online revenue from the victimized user by displaying various types of pop-ups, ads, discount coupons etc on user’s computer screen.

new-posts.support: Causing Of

new-posts.support is a brutal system infection which can perform several malicious activities and hide deep into the compromised system. This browser hijacker adware may disable anti-virus security tool or the windows firewall applications which is a protection mechanism, make your infected system an easy target. This harmful malware infection can display fake warnings or messages on affected system and may also steal your confidential personal as well as financial informations like user Id, passwords, IP address, account details etc send to cyber criminal in order to get illegal beneficial revenue and also stops users from accessing other desired web pages. It can be easily spread through suspicious websites, fake Java update, pirated free software, porn sites, gaming sites, video downloading sites, and Spam email attachments.

 

new-posts.support: Annoying Problems Occurrence

There are number of annoying problematic issues have been occurred due to the cunning behavior of this new-posts.support malware virus into the infected system some are as given:

  • It keep bombarding of unwanted pop-up ads to the opening websites.
  • It may risk your privacy and help remote hacker to steal your crucial informations.
  • It can modify the default browser setting and its homepage also.
  • It disables the anti virus programs and firewall protection applications.
  • It can decreases the system speed and working performance too.
  • It can easily install other harmful malware into the targeted system.
  • It can facilitates to backdoor entry of cyber attackers.

new-posts.support: Its Termination

If you have detected new-posts.support in your currently working system it should be remove by using two ways either manually or automatically.

 

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Learn To Remove new-posts.support Using Manual Methods

Phase 1 : Show Hidden Files To Delete new-posts.support Related Files And Folders

1. For Windows 8 or 10 Users : From the Ribbon’s View in My PC click on Options icon.

Folder search option Win 10 or 8

2. For Windows 7 or Vista Users : Open My Computer and tap on Organize button on the upper left corner and then to Folder and Search Options from the drop down menu.

Folder search options Win vista or 7

3. Now go to the View tab and enable Show hidden files and folder options and then uncheck the Hide protected system operating files checkbox option below.

Folder and Search options step 3

4. Finally look for any suspicious files in the hidden folders as given below and delete it.

Temp-Application-Data-Folder-Contents

  • %AppData%\[adware_name]
  • %Temp%\[adware_name]
  • %LocalAppData%\[adware_name].exe
  • %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
  • %CommonAppData%\[adware_name]

Phase 2 : Get Rid of new-posts.support Related Extensions Related From Different Web Browsers

From Chrome :

1. Click on Menu icon, hover through More Tools then tap on Extensions.

chrome tools extensions

2. Now click on Trash icon on the extensions tab there next to suspicious extensions to remove it.

chrome extensions trash

From Internet Explorer :

1. Click on Manage add-ons option from the drop down menu on going through Gear icon.

IE manage add-ins

2. Now if you find any suspicious extension in the Toolbars and Extensions panel then right click on it and Delete option to remove it.

IE toolbar and extensions

From Mozilla Firefox :

1. Tap on Add-ons on going through Menu icon.

mozilla add-ons

2. In the Extensions tab click on Disable or Remove button next to new-posts.support related extensions to remove them.

mozilla extensions

From Opera :

1. Press Opera menu, hover to Extensions and then select Extensions manager there.

Opera Extension 1

2. Now if any browser extension looks suspicious to you then click on (X) button to remove it.

Opera Extension 2

From Safari :

1. Click Preferences… on going through Settings Gear icon.

safari settings - preferences

2. Now on Extensions tab click on Uninstall button to remove it.

Safari Extension tab

From Microsoft Edge :

Note:–As there is no option for Extension Manager in Microsoft Edge so in order to sort out issues related with adware programs in MS Edge you can change its default homepage and search engine.

Change Default Homepage of Ms Edge –

1. Click on More(…) followed by Settings and then to Start page under Open With section.

Microsoft Edge View advanced settings

2. Now select View advanced settings button and then in Search in the address bar with section, you can select Google or any other homepage as your preference.

Ms Edge Homepage 2

Change Default Search Engine Settings of Ms Edge –

1. Select More(…) then Settings followed by View advanced settings button.

Microsoft Edge View advanced settings

2. Under Search in the address bar with box click on <Add new>. Now you can choose from the available list of search providers or add you preferred search engine and click Add as default.

Ms Edge Search Engine 2

Phase 3 : Block Unwanted Pop-ups from new-posts.support On Different Web Browsers

1. Google Chrome : Click Menu icon → Settings → Show advanced settings… → Content Settings… under Privacy section → enable Do not allow any site to show pop-ups (recommended) option → Done.

Chrome Block pop-ups

2. Mozilla Firefox : Tap on Menu icon → Options → Content panel → check Block pop-up windows in Pop-ups section.

Mozilla Block Pop-ups in Content tab

3. Internet Explorer : Click Gear Settings icon → Internet Options → in Privacy tab enable Turn on Pop-up Blocker under Pop-up Blocker Section.

Pop-up Blocker Internet Explorer

4. Microsoft Edge : Press More(…) option → Settings → View advanced settings → toggle on Block pop-ups.

Ms Edge Block Pop-ups

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