Newcityinworld.ru Removal Guide

Newcityinworld.ru is a website, evidently, targeting people who speak Russian. Since only one version (in Russian) exists, it is not surprising that it is the most popular in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Armenia. In other words, it has affected the most users there. People find Newcityinworld.ru set as their homepages because a browser hijacker finds a way to their computers. In some cases, Newcityinworld.ru is not set as the homepage. Instead, new tabs with this website are opened for users every 23 minutes because this computer infection creates a Scheduled Task in the Task Scheduler. No matter you find it set as your homepage or it is opened for you as a new tab from time to time, you should go to eliminate this website as soon as possible and definitely do not use its search box or click on links that should open the latest news in the meantime. Keep in mind that not all the users see Newcityinworld.ru in the URL bar. There might be a different website causing redirections to Newcityinworld.ru visible there instead. In such a case, it still means that a browser hijacker infection has successfully sneaked onto the computer and needs to be erased.

There is only one way to make Newcityinworld.ru gone – users need to detect and delete a browser hijacker from their systems. If you choose to do nothing, this dubious website will be opened for you every day. You might even cause harm to your computer if you keep it and use its search box to find the information on the web. Even though search results returned look completely harmless, it has been found by researchers that third-party links promoting untrustworthy websites might be placed among them, meaning that users might be taken to bad websites if they use the search box of Newcityinworld.ru. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that links (on the main page) that should open the latest news will not take you to bad websites too. Actually, these third-party links is not the only problem of Newcityinworld.ru. This website should be eliminated from browsers as soon as possible also because it seems that it gathers important details about users, e.g. search queries, websites visited, links clicked, websites opened, and a number of technical details (IP address, type of browser, time and date, version of Windows OS, etc.). All this data might be recorded and sold to third parties. In this sense, Newcityinworld.ru is similar to other Russian websites: Smartinf.ru, Time-to-read.ru, and Funday24.ru.

Researchers at 411-spyware.com say that there are two ways Newcityinworld.ru is distributed. First of all, it might be spread through fake installers that can be found on Russian P2P websites and downloaded from there. Second, this browser hijacker could have been dropped by a Trojan infection. In this case, you will need to delete Trojan from your system too in order not to allow it to download other malicious programs again. Once the Newcityinworld.ru browser hijacker is inside the system, it immediately makes modifications. As has been mentioned in the first paragraph, it creates a Scheduled Task in the Task Scheduler, it might create a Value in the Run registry key, and, finally, it places a shortcut on Desktop that opens Newcityinworld.ru. Unfortunately, because of all these changes it applies, it will not be easy to remove this infection and make Newcityinworld.ru leave browsers. Actually, there are much more serious computer infections out there, so you should always be very cautious. Users might not always be able to protect their computers from dangers alone, so security specialists highly recommend installing a security application on the computer too.

Follow the step-by-step manual removal instructions you will find below this article. They will help you to delete Newcityinworld.ru fully from browsers. If you find that too many changes have to be undone manually, and you do not have time for the manual removal of this threat, you should scan your computer with an automatic malware remover, e.g. SpyHunter. You will no longer see a dubious website Newcityinworld.ru set on browsers after a single scan. On top of that, all other malicious applications that might be performing activities on your PC without your consent will be found and deleted for you too.

Remove Newcityinworld.ru

Undo the changes applied

1. Press Win+R.
2. Type Taskschd.msc and click OK to open the Task Scheduler.
3. Locate a Scheduled Task having Argument http://newcityinworld.ru/gvotesm.
4. Delete this task (right-click on it and select Delete).
5. Launch Run again (repeat the 1ststep).
6. Type regedit.
7. Click OK.
8. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
9. Find the Value belonging to this ransomware infection (it has a random name).
10. Delete it.
11. Remove the shortcut Вoйти в Интeрнет.lnk that opens Newcityinworld.ru from Desktop.

Remove Newcityinworld.ru from browsers

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser and press Alt+T.
2. Click Internet Options.
3. Click the Advanced tab to open it and then click Reset.
4. Mark the Delete personal settings box.
5. Click Reset.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Launch Mozilla Firefox and press Alt+H.
2. Click Troubleshooting information.
3. Click Refresh Firefox.
4. When the pop-up confirmation window shows up, click Refresh Firefox again.

Google Chrome

1. Launch your browser.
2. Press Alt+F and then click Settings.
3. At the bottom of the page you will find Show advanced settings.
4. Click it.
5. Click the Reset settings button.
6. Click Reset.