The newsonlyonline.net popup ads should not be underestimated, because the reason for their appearance within your browser is penetration an adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) into your system. It can bring a security risk to your personal computer. So, do not ignore it! Of course, the newsonlyonline.net is just a web page, but the adware uses it to show intrusive and annoying advertisements, even without your permission and desire to see it. The annoying advertisements can be just the beginning, because your personal computer is hijacked by malicious software, so the amount of advertisements in the future may increase. Its appearance will prevent you normally browse the web sites, and more, can lead to crash the browser.
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The adware usually affects only the Google Chrome, IE, FF and Edge by changing the browser’s settings or installing a dangerous extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other internet browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the system for browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the web-browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you run the web browser, you will see an annoying newsonlyonline.net site.
The ad supported software is the part of the software that is used as an online promotional tool. It is created with the sole purpose to show dozens of pop-ups, and thus to promote the goods and services in an open web-browser window. So, the newsonlyonline.net is just one of the many sites of the so-called ‘ad-support’ type. It’s designed to fill the browser’s constant stream of ads, or redirect the browser to not expected and intrusive advertising sites. Moreover, the adware can substitute the legitimate advertising links on misleading or even banners that can offer to visit malicious sites. The reason is simple, many advertisers agree on any ways to attract users to their web-pages, so the creators of adware, often forcing users to click on an advertising link. For each click on a link, the authors of the ‘ad supported’ software receive income. It is the so-called ‘Pay-Per-Click’ method.
We recommend to delete the adware, which redirects your web-browser on the newsonlyonline.net annoying site, as soon as you found this problem, as it can direct you to web-resources which may load other harmful software on your PC system.
How to newsonlyonline.net pop-ups get installed onto machine
Most commonly, the adware is bundled within the install packages from a free hosting and file sharing web sites. So, install a freeware is a a good chance that you will find some bundled ‘ad supported’ software. If you do not know how to avoid it, then use a simple trick. During installation, choose the Custom or Advanced installation option. Next, click ‘Decline’ button and clear all checkboxes on offers that ask you to install an unknown software. Moreover, please carefully read Term of use and User agreement before installing any applications or otherwise you can end up with another unwanted application on your computer like this ad supported software that redirect the Chrome, IE, Firefox and MS Edge onto the annoying newsonlyonline.net site.
How to manually remove newsonlyonline.net redirect
Without a doubt, the adware is harmful to your system. So you need to quickly and completely delete this malicious software. To get rid of this ad supported software, you can use the manual removal that are given below, or use an anti-malware utility for removing dangerous programs, such as Malwarebytes Anti-malware and AdwCleaner (both are free). I note that we recommend that you use automatic removal, that will allow you to delete newsonlyonline.net advertisements easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you are well versed in computer or in the case where adware is not removed automatically.
- Remove suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove newsonlyonline.net redirect
- Get rid of newsonlyonline.net pop-up ads from Chrome
- Get rid of newsonlyonline.net redirect from Firefox
- Get rid of newsonlyonline.net advertisements from Internet Explorer
- Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Remove suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel
The best way to begin the PC system cleanup is to delete unknown and suspicious applications. Using the Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded applications can clean up your web-browser from ads, hijackers and so on.
- If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows key, click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
- If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
- It’ll open the Windows Control Panel.
- Click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
- You will see a list of all installed programs.
- Scroll through the all list, and delete suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date.
See more details in the video instructions below.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove newsonlyonline.net redirect
Once the adware is started, it can also alter the browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument such as “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you launch the browser, it will be redirected to an annoying ads.
To clear the internet browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text which begins with “http://” which has been added here. You need to remove it.
When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your web browsers, as they may be infected too.
Get rid of newsonlyonline.net pop-up ads from Chrome
Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Settings” option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown in the figure below and click the “Reset settings” button.
Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.
Get rid of newsonlyonline.net redirect from Firefox
If the FF settings have been modified by the adware, then resetting it to the default state can help you to remove the reroute onto newsonlyonline.net web-page.
First, run the Firefox and click button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Next, click the Help button (
) as shown below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the internet browser address bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page as on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will show the confirmation prompt, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will begin a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the adware. When it’s finished, click the “Finish” button
Get rid of newsonlyonline.net advertisements from Internet Explorer
First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click 
button. Next, press “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.
In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click the “Reset” button. The IE will open the “Reset Internet Explorer” settings prompt. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.
You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will restore the IE’s settings such as homepage and search engine by default to default state, disable ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and thereby remove the reroute to newsonlyonline.net annoying web page.
Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks
If the unwanted newsonlyonline.net page opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all the tasks that have been created by adware.
Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This opens a dialog box that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown below.
Task scheduler
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be display just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your personal computer. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need delete it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it’s a component of the unwanted software, then this task also should be removed.
Having defined the task that you want to remove, then click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as on the image below.
Delete a task
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by unwanted applications. Once is complete, close the Task Scheduler window.
How to get rid of newsonlyonline.net redirect automatically
We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install this tool to detect newsonlyonline.net threat and delete it, by clicking on the link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the system.
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Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this task is finished, press “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the adware and malware. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your system. In order to get rid of all threats, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.
The Malwarebytes is a free program that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about the Malwarebytes, we recommend you to read and follow the few simple steps or the video guide below.
How to stop newsonlyonline.net pop-up ads
To increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted advertisements and malicious sites, you need to use an application that stops access to dangerous advertisements and sites. Moreover, the application can stop the display of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
- Download AdGuard application by clicking on the following link.
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- After downloading is finished, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
- Once the installation is finished, press “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
- In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and stop advertisements, newsonlyonline.net redirects, as well as other harmful or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.
Get rid of newsonlyonline.net advertisements and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.
If MalwareBytes cannot delete the annoying newsonlyonline.net from the Firefox, Google Chrome, IE and Microsoft Edge, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs and toolbars.
Download AdwCleaner from the link below.
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Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
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When the download is complete, open the file location. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.
Now, press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the malicious extensions and adware that opens ads from newsonlyonline.net web-page. Once the scan is done, it will display a scan report as shown below.
Review the report and then press “Clean” button. It will open a prompt. Click “OK”. Once the clean-up is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer.
Look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the AdwCleaner to remove adware, browser hijackers and other malicious programs.
Finish words
Now your personal computer should be clean of the newsonlyonline.net redirect. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and unwanted harmful sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your system for new malware and ‘ad supported’ software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.
If you are still having problems while trying to remove newsonlyonline.net pop-ups from your personal computer, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.
