How to remove Check-this-message.xyz pop-ups (Virus removal guide)

What is Check-this-message.xyz?

Check-this-message.xyz is a website which uses social engineering to force users into accepting push notifications via the browser. Push notifications are originally developed to alert users of recently published blog posts. Cybercriminals abuse ‘browser notification feature’ to avoid antivirus and ad blocker applications by showing annoying adverts. These advertisements are displayed in the lower right corner of the screen urges users to play online games, visit dubious web-pages, install web-browser addons & so on.

The Check-this-message.xyz web site shows the message ‘Click Allow to’ (enable Flash Player, connect to the Internet, access the content of the web-site, watch a video, download a file), asking the user to subscribe to notifications. If you click the ‘Allow’ button, then you will start seeing unwanted adverts in form of popups on the screen.

Threat Summary

Name	Check-this-message.xyz popup
Type	browser notification spam, spam push notifications, pop-up virus
Distribution	dubious popup ads, adware, potentially unwanted applications, social engineering attack
Symptoms	pop-up advertisements in bottom right corner of screen unexpected changes in your web-browser popups ads are loaded without your request low ping but slow Internet
Removal	Check-this-message.xyz removal guide

How did you get infected with Check-this-message.xyz pop ups

Computer security specialists have determined that users are re-directed to Check-this-message.xyz by adware software or from misleading advertisements. Adware is a part of malicious applications that designed to display unwanted ads, modify computer settings, download and install malicious browser add-ons. All the time, while adware is running, your browser will be fill with annoying advertisements. Most likely, adware has been installed on your personal computer without your’s knowledge and you don’t even know how and where adware software has got into your computer

Adware software spreads together with various free applications. This means that you need to be careful when installing anything downloaded from the Web, especially from file sharing web sites. Be sure to read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only the Manual, Advanced or Custom setup type, switch off all additional browser plugins and programs are offered to install.

Remove Check-this-message.xyz notifications from web browsers

If you are in situation where you don’t want to see browser notifications from the Check-this-message.xyz web page. In this case, you can turn off web notifications for your internet browser in MS Windows/Mac OS/Android. Find your browser in the list below, follow few simple steps to remove browser permissions to display notifications.

Google Chrome	Android
Click the Menu button (three dots) on the top right corner of the browser window When the drop-down menu appears, click on ‘Settings’. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on ‘Advanced’. In the ‘Privacy and Security’ section, click on ‘Site settings’. Click on ‘Notifications’. Find the Check-this-message.xyz URL and get rid of it by clicking the three vertical dots on the right to the site and select ‘Remove’.	Open Google Chrome. In the top-right corner of the browser window, tap on Google Chrome’s main menu button, represented by three vertical dots. In the menu tap ‘Settings’, scroll down to ‘Advanced’. Tap on ‘Site settings’ and then ‘Notifications’. In the opened window, locate the Check-this-message.xyz URL, other rogue notifications and tap on them one-by-one. Tap the ‘Clean & Reset’ button and confirm.
Mozilla Firefox	Edge
In the right upper corner, click the Firefox menu (three horizontal stripes). In the menu go to ‘Options’, in the menu on the left go to ‘Privacy & Security’. Scroll down to the ‘Permissions’ section and click the ‘Settings’ button next to ‘Notifications’. Select the Check-this-message.xyz domain from the list and change the status to ‘Block’. Click ‘Save Changes’ button.	In the top right corner, click the Edge menu button (it looks like three dots). Scroll down to ‘Settings’. In the menu on the left go to ‘Advanced’. In the ‘Website permissions’ section click ‘Manage permissions’. Click the switch below the Check-this-message.xyz site and each dubious domain.
Internet Explorer	Safari
Click the Gear button on the right upper corner of the window. In the drop-down menu select ‘Internet Options’. Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab and select ‘Settings’ in the pop-up blockers section. Select the Check-this-message.xyz URL and other questionable sites under and remove them one by one by clicking the ‘Remove’ button.	On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select the ‘Websites’ tab and then select ‘Notifications’ section on the left panel. Check for Check-this-message.xyz site, other questionable URLs and apply the ‘Deny’ option for each.

How to remove Check-this-message.xyz popup ads (removal guide)

There are a few ways which can be used to delete Check-this-message.xyz ads. But, not all potentially unwanted software like this adware can be completely uninstalled utilizing only manual methods. In many cases you are not able to uninstall any adware software utilizing standard Windows options. In order to delete Check-this-message.xyz pop up advertisements you need complete a few manual steps and run reliable removal tools. Most security experts states that Zemana Anti-Malware, MalwareBytes or HitmanPro tools are a right choice. These free applications are able to search for and get rid of Check-this-message.xyz pop ups from your PC system and return your web browser settings to defaults.

To remove Check-this-message.xyz pop ups, execute the following steps:

1. Remove Check-this-message.xyz notifications from web browsers
2. Manual Check-this-message.xyz popups removal
   • Uninstall recently installed adware software
   • Remove Check-this-message.xyz pop-up ads from Chrome
   • Get rid of Check-this-message.xyz popup advertisements from IE
   • Get rid of Check-this-message.xyz from Mozilla Firefox by resetting browser settings
3. Automatic Removal of Check-this-message.xyz pop ups
4. Stop Check-this-message.xyz pop up ads

Manual Check-this-message.xyz popups removal

Most adware can be uninstalled manually, without the use of antivirus or other removal utilities. The manual steps below will show you how to remove Check-this-message.xyz pop-ups step by step. Although each of the steps is simple and does not require special knowledge, but you doubt that you can finish them, then use the free utilities, a list of which is given below.

Uninstall recently installed adware software

The best way to begin the computer cleanup is to uninstall unknown and questionable applications. Using the MS 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 the Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer from pop-up ads, hijackers and so on.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows button, next press Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then click “Start” button and press “Control Panel”.
3. It will display the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will display a list of all software installed on the computer.
6. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort applications by date.

See more details in the video tutorial below.

Remove Check-this-message.xyz pop-up ads from Chrome

Reset Chrome will assist you to remove Check-this-message.xyz pop ups from your web-browser as well as to restore browser settings affected by adware software. All unwanted, malicious and adware addons will also be deleted from the internet browser. However, your themes, bookmarks, history, passwords, and web form auto-fill information will not be deleted.

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.

Carefully browse through the list of installed add-ons. If the list has the add-on labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.

Open the Chrome main menu again, click to “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as on the image below and click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.

Confirm your action, press the “Reset” button.

Get rid of Check-this-message.xyz popup advertisements from IE

If you find that IE web browser settings like home page, newtab page and search engine had been modified by adware which causes popups, then you may restore your settings, via the reset internet browser procedure.

First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, press ) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as displayed on the image below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Internet Explorer will display the Reset Internet Explorer settings dialog box. 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 remove adware software related to the Check-this-message.xyz pop up ads, disable malicious and ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings such as search provider, startpage and newtab to default state.

Get rid of Check-this-message.xyz from Mozilla Firefox by resetting browser settings

If the Mozilla Firefox browser application is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring Mozilla Firefox settings such as new tab, home page and default search engine to their default state. However, your themes, bookmarks, history, passwords, and web form auto-fill information will not be deleted.

First, start the Mozilla Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu press the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as displayed in the figure below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Automatic Removal of Check-this-message.xyz pop ups

Using a malicious software removal utility to scan for and delete adware hiding on your computer is probably the simplest method to remove the Check-this-message.xyz pop ups. We recommends the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) program for MS Windows computers. HitmanPro and MalwareBytes Anti Malware are other anti-malware utilities for Windows that offers a free malicious software removal.

Get rid of Check-this-message.xyz pop ups with Zemana Anti Malware

Zemana Anti-Malware is a free program for Microsoft Windows operating system to detect and remove adware that causes Check-this-message.xyz pop ups in your internet browser, and other undesired programs like PUPs, harmful internet browser addons, browser toolbars.

Please go to the following link to download Zemana Free. Save it on your MS Windows desktop or in any other place.

After the downloading process is done, start it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana Anti Malware will try to update itself and when this task is finished, click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the adware which causes pop-ups.

A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Review the results once the tool has done the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti Malware will get rid of adware that causes the unwanted Check-this-message.xyz pop-up advertisements and move the selected items to the Quarantine.

Remove Check-this-message.xyz pop-up advertisements and harmful extensions with HitmanPro

The Hitman Pro tool is free (30 day trial) and easy to use. It may check and remove malware, PUPs and adware in Chrome, MS Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer internet browsers and thereby remove all unwanted Check-this-message.xyz popup ads. HitmanPro is powerful enough to find and delete malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the device.

Installing the Hitman Pro is simple. First you will need to download HitmanPro on your Windows Desktop by clicking on the link below.

Once the download is finished, open the file location and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will start the HitmanPro tool. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to run the application, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” to perform a system scan for the adware which causes the annoying Check-this-message.xyz popup advertisements. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your PC system and the speed of your device. While the HitmanPro program is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as threat.

Once the scanning is finished, Hitman Pro will open you the results as displayed below.

Next, you need to click “Next” button. It will open a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button. The Hitman Pro will start to delete adware software that causes the intrusive Check-this-message.xyz ads. After finished, the tool may ask you to restart your PC system.

Remove Check-this-message.xyz pop up ads with MalwareBytes

Delete Check-this-message.xyz pop ups manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the MalwareBytes Anti Malware which are completely clean your device. Moreover, this free program will help you to delete malware, PUPs, toolbars and browser hijackers that your computer may be infected too.

1. Visit the following page to download the latest version of MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) for MS Windows. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
   326460 downloads
   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. When the downloading process is finished, close all programs and windows on your computer. Open a file location. Double-click on the icon that’s named MBsetup.
3. Select “Personal computer” option and click Install button. Follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is finished, click the “Scan” button to locate adware that causes Check-this-message.xyz popups in your internet browser. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Free application is checking, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.
5. Once MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) has finished scanning, MalwareBytes will produce a list of unwanted programs and adware. Next, you need to press “Quarantine”. When the clean-up is finished, you can be prompted to restart your personal computer.

The following video offers a steps on how to remove hijackers, adware and other malware with MalwareBytes Anti Malware.

Stop Check-this-message.xyz pop up ads

If you surf the Net, you cannot avoid malicious advertising. But you can protect your web-browser against it. Download and run an adblocker application. AdGuard is an ad blocking which can filter out lots of of the malicious advertising, blocking dynamic scripts from loading malicious content.

AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

When downloading is done, double-click the downloaded file to launch it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guide as shown in the figure below.

Press “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick guide that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your PC, AdGuard will start automatically and stop undesired advertisements, block Check-this-message.xyz, as well as other harmful or misleading web pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that can be found on your desktop.

To sum up

Now your PC system should be clean of the adware that causes the annoying Check-this-message.xyz pop ups. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop ups and annoying malicious webpages) and Zemana Anti-Malware (to periodically scan your PC system for new adwares and other malicious 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 delete Check-this-message.xyz ads from the Google Chrome, Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox, then ask for help here here.