How to remove Thekolnews.site pop-ups (Virus removal guide)

What is Thekolnews.site?

There are many scam web-sites on the Internet and Thekolnews.site is one of them. It is a website which uses social engineering techniques to mislead people into subscribing to browser push notifications. Scammers use push notifications to bypass popup blocker and therefore display lots of unwanted adverts. These ads are used to promote dubious internet browser plugins, giveaway scams, adware bundles, and adult web-pages.

When you visit the Thekolnews.site web-page which wants to send you push notifications, you will be greeted with a confirmation request that asks whether you want to agree to them or not. Your options will be ‘Block’ and ‘Allow’. Once enabled, the Thekolnews.site spam notifications will start popping up in the right bottom corner of the desktop randomly and spam you with intrusive advertisements.

Threat Summary

Name	Thekolnews.site popup
Type	browser notification spam, spam push notifications, pop-up virus
Distribution	shady popup ads, social engineering attack, PUPs, adware software
Symptoms	popup ads in bottom right corner of screen your browser settings has replaced without your permission you experience a lot of of unwanted pop-up windows your browser slows to a crawl
Removal	Thekolnews.site removal guide

How did you get infected with Thekolnews.site pop ups

These Thekolnews.site popups are caused by shady advertisements on the web-pages you visit or adware. Adware software can make big problems to your PC. Adware also known as ‘adware software’ covers harmful programs which are specifically created to display a ton of adverts in form of popup windows, coupons, promos or even fake alerts on the personal computer. Adware can seriously affect your privacy, your computer’s performance and security. Adware software can be installed onto your computer without your knowledge.

Adware usually come together with some free programs that users download off of the Net. So, think back, have you ever download and run any freeware. In order to avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other setup screens, as well as to always choose the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ installation method, when installing anything downloaded from the Internet.

Remove Thekolnews.site notifications from web browsers

If you’re in situation where you don’t want to see push notifications from the Thekolnews.site website. In this case, you can turn off web notifications for your web browser in Microsoft Windows/Mac OS/Android. Find your web-browser in the list below, follow step-by-step guidance to remove web browser permissions to show notifications.

Google Chrome	Android
Just copy and paste the following text into the address bar of Google Chrome. chrome://settings/content/notifications Press Enter. Remove the Thekolnews.site site and other questionable URLs by clicking three vertical dots button next to each and selecting ‘Remove’.	Tap ‘Settings’. Tap ‘Notifications’. Find and tap the web browser that displays Thekolnews.site browser notifications ads. In the opened window, locate Thekolnews.site, other questionable sites and set the toggle button to ‘OFF’ on them one-by-one.
Mozilla Firefox	Edge
Click the Menu button (three horizontal stripes) on the top-right corner. In the drop-down menu select ‘Options’. In the left side select ‘Privacy & Security’. Scroll down to ‘Permissions’ and then to ‘Settings’ next to ‘Notifications’. Find sites you down’t want to see notifications from (for example, Thekolnews.site), click on drop-down menu next to each and select ‘Block’. Click ‘Save Changes’ button.	In the top right corner, click the Edge menu button (it looks like three dots). Click ‘Settings’. Click ‘Advanced’ on the left side of the window. In the ‘Website permissions’ section click ‘Manage permissions’. Right-click the Thekolnews.site site. Click ‘Delete’.
Internet Explorer	Safari
In the right upper corner of the Internet Explorer, click on the menu button (gear icon). Go to ‘Internet Options’ in the menu. Select the ‘Privacy’ tab and click ‘Settings below ‘Pop-up Blocker’ section. Locate the Thekolnews.site domain and click the ‘Remove’ button to remove the URL.	Click ‘Safari’ button on the left-upper corner of the browser and select ‘Preferences’. Select the ‘Websites’ tab and then select ‘Notifications’ section on the left panel. Check for Thekolnews.site domain, other questionable URLs and apply the ‘Deny’ option for each.

How to remove Thekolnews.site pop-up ads (removal instructions)

In the steps below, we’ll try to cover the Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Chrome and provide general advice to delete Thekolnews.site pop ups. You may find some minor differences in your Microsoft Windows install. No matter, you should be okay if you follow the steps outlined below: delete all suspicious and unknown software, reset web-browsers settings, fix web-browsers shortcuts, get rid of malicious scheduled tasks, use free malware removal utilities. Certain of the steps will require you to restart your PC or exit this web-site. So, read this instructions carefully, then bookmark this page or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove Thekolnews.site pop ups, complete the steps below:

1. Remove Thekolnews.site notifications from web browsers
2. How to remove Thekolnews.site pop-up ads without any software
   • Removing the Thekolnews.site, check the list of installed applications first
   • Remove Thekolnews.site pop-up ads from Google Chrome
   • Remove Thekolnews.site ads from IE
   • Remove Thekolnews.site from Firefox by resetting browser settings
3. Automatic Removal of Thekolnews.site ads
4. Stop Thekolnews.site popup advertisements

How to remove Thekolnews.site pop-up ads without any software

The step-by-step tutorial will allow you manually delete Thekolnews.site pop-ups from a device. If you have little experience in using computers, we advise that you use the free utilities listed below.

Removing the Thekolnews.site, check the list of installed applications first

Some potentially unwanted programs, browser hijacking applications and adware software may be removed by uninstalling the freeware they came with. If this way does not succeed, then looking them up in the list of installed software in Microsoft Windows Control Panel. Use the “Uninstall” command in order to delete them.

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 open the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, press “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will show a list of all apps installed on the device.
6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown applications. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort software by date.

See more details in the video instructions below.

Remove Thekolnews.site pop-up ads from Google Chrome

If you’re getting Thekolnews.site pop ups, then you can try to get rid of it by resetting Google Chrome to its original settings. It will also clear cookies, content and site data, temporary and cached data. Keep in mind that resetting your browser will not remove your history, bookmarks, passwords, and other saved data.

1. First, start the Google Chrome and press the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will open the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then press Extensions.
3. You’ll see the list of installed add-ons. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, press the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, click “Advanced” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Google Chrome will display the reset settings dialog box as shown on the screen above.
8. Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Remove Thekolnews.site ads from IE

By resetting IE internet browser you return your internet browser settings to its default state. This is good initial when troubleshooting problems that might have been caused by adware that causes multiple intrusive pop-ups.

First, start the IE, click ) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, click Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the Reset Internet Explorer settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.

You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will delete adware related to the Thekolnews.site advertisements, disable malicious and ad-supported web browser’s extensions and restore the Microsoft Internet Explorer’s settings like search provider, startpage and new tab to default state.

Remove Thekolnews.site from Firefox by resetting browser settings

The Mozilla Firefox reset will get rid of redirects to intrusive Thekolnews.site web page, modified preferences, extensions and security settings. When using the reset feature, your personal information such as passwords, bookmarks, browsing history and web form auto-fill data will be saved.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and click the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu as shown below.

A small menu will appear, press the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, press “Refresh Firefox” button like below.

Follow the onscreen procedure to return your Mozilla Firefox web browser settings to their original settings.

Automatic Removal of Thekolnews.site ads

Spyware, adware, PUPs and browser hijackers can be difficult to delete manually. Do not try to remove this software without the help of malware removal utilities. In order to completely remove adware software from your device, run professionally designed utilities, such as Zemana Anti-Malware, MalwareBytes AntiMalware and Hitman Pro.

Run Zemana Anti-Malware to delete Thekolnews.site advertisements

Zemana Anti-Malware is an extremely fast tool to remove Thekolnews.site pop-ups from the Microsoft Edge, Firefox, IE and Google Chrome. It also removes malicious software and adware from your computer. It improves your system’s performance by removing PUPs.

Zemana Free can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your MS Windows desktop or in any other place.

When downloading is done, close all apps and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as displayed below.

When the installation starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) on your device.

Once installation is done, you will see window as shown in the following example.

Now click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the adware responsible for Thekolnews.site ads. This process may take quite a while, so please be patient. When a malicious software, adware or potentially unwanted programs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.

Once Zemana Free has finished scanning, the results are displayed in the scan report. All found items will be marked. You can remove them all by simply click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti Malware will get rid of adware software related to the Thekolnews.site pop-up ads.

Get rid of Thekolnews.site ads and malicious extensions with Hitman Pro

Hitman Pro is a free removal utility which can scan your personal computer for a wide range of security threats like malware, adware softwares, potentially unwanted applications as well as adware software which causes the intrusive Thekolnews.site advertisements. It will perform a deep scan of your computer including hard drives and Windows registry. When a malware is found, it will allow you to delete all detected threats from your PC with a simple click.

1. Please go to the link below to download HitmanPro. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
   
   

   HitmanPro
   12243 downloads
   Author: Sophos
   Category: Security tools
   Update: June 28, 2018
   
2. After downloading is done, run the Hitman Pro, double-click the HitmanPro.exe file.
3. If the “User Account Control” prompts, click Yes to continue.
4. In the HitmanPro window, click the “Next” to find adware software that causes multiple annoying pop ups. Depending on your device, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the HitmanPro tool is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malware.
5. When the scan is done, it will show the Scan Results. When you’re ready, press “Next”. Now, click the “Activate free license” button to start the free 30 days trial to delete all malware found.

Run MalwareBytes to remove Thekolnews.site advertisements

You can remove Thekolnews.site pop-ups automatically with a help of MalwareBytes Free. We suggest this free malicious software removal utility because it can easily get rid of hijackers, adware, PUPs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

1. Installing the MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) is simple. First you will need to download MalwareBytes on your device by clicking on the following link.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
   327220 downloads
   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. At the download page, click on the Download button. Your web browser will display the “Save as” dialog box. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
3. After the download is complete, please close all applications and open windows on your PC system. Double-click on the icon that’s called MBSetup.
4. This will launch the Setup wizard of MalwareBytes Free onto your PC system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
5. When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the MalwareBytes Free will launch and show the main window.
6. Further, press the “Scan” button for scanning your PC for the adware software related to the Thekolnews.site pop up ads. This process may take quite a while, so please be patient. While the MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) utility is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified as being affected by malicious software.
7. When the system scan is complete, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will open a list of found items.
8. Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and press the “Quarantine” button. When the process is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.
9. Close the AntiMalware and continue with the next step.

Video instruction, which reveals in detail the steps above.

Stop Thekolnews.site popup advertisements

It is important to use ad blocking programs like AdGuard to protect your device from harmful web sites. Most security experts says that it is okay to block advertisements. You should do so just to stay safe! And, of course, the AdGuard may to stop Thekolnews.site and other unwanted websites.

1. Visit the following page to download the latest version of AdGuard for Windows. Save it to your Desktop.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26883 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. After downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the installation is done, press “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your PC system, AdGuard will start automatically and stop undesired advertisements, block Thekolnews.site, as well as other harmful or misleading webpages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which may be found on your desktop.

To sum up

We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop-ups and intrusive harmful webpages) and Zemana Free (to periodically scan your computer for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijackers, malicious apps and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Thekolnews.site pop-up ads from your internet browser, then ask for help here.