Removing Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads (Adware/PUP)

What is Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads? And how does it work?
Newchannel.club is a shady website that displays tons of pop-up ads which is why it is referred to as “Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads”. You can inadvertently visit this site when you click on some ads online. But if redirects to this site becomes a regular occurrence, then it simply means that there is an adware installed in your computer that’s causing these redirects.
The adware behind Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads can sneak into a computer unnoticed as it travels the web using software bundles. Once it is installed, it will quickly change the settings of the browsers and force users to deal with the Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads. From then on, you will be bombarded with tons of ads that you’ll find it hard to browse the web peacefully. Some of these ads can get a bit intrusive as they pop up out of nowhere and won’t disappear unless you click on them. So obviously, the longer you let Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads stay on your computer, the more your browsing experience gets annoying. It doesn’t take a genius to know that this dubious program gets its profit by displaying these ads. You have to be careful though as some of them could redirect you to unfamiliar web pages that may convince you to answer a survey to win some kind of a prize or any ploy to get you to join the survey. This is something you shouldn’t do as you will only risk exposing your personal information to cyber criminals. The sooner you remove Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads, the better and safer your personal information and computer will be.
In addition, this ad-supported program also has the ability to monitor your online activities to gather personal information. This information consist of the websites you often visit, IP address, email address, ads you’ve clicked, search queries, browsing history and many more, are shared with third parties with the goal to display customized ads based on your interests. So it’s obvious that the best thing you’ve got to do is to remove this unwanted program ASAP.
How does Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads circulate the internet?
Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads circulate the internet through free software packages. It is added as an optional component in a package where it stays hidden during the installation unless you opt for the Custom or Advanced setup, which unfortunately most users do not use. That is why the next time you install any freeware or shareware, do so using the recommended Custom or Advanced setup and not the quick or standard one.
Remove Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads from your browsers and computer as well as the adware program that triggers it with the help of the following removal instructions.
Step 1: Close all the browsers affected by Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads. If you’re having a hard time closing them, you can close them using the Task Manager just tap on Ctrl + Shift + Esc.
Step 2: Next, go to Processes and look for the process of the browser you’re unable to close as well as other dubious processes that could be related to Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads and then right click on each one of them and select End Process or End Task to kill their processes.
Step 3: Then open the Programs and Features section in Control Panel. To do so, tap the Windows key + R, then type in appwiz.cpl and then click OK or press Enter.
Step 4: From the list of programs installed, look for any suspicious program that could be related to Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads and then Uninstall them.

Step 5: Edit your Hosts File

Tap the Win + R keys to open then type in %WinDir% and then click OK.
Go to System32/drivers/etc.
Open the hosts file using Notepad.
Delete all the entries containing Newchannel.club.
After that, save the changes you’ve made and close the file.

Step 6: Reset all your browsers to default to their default state.
Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox and click the icon that looks like a three stacked lines located at the top-right section of the browser.
Next, select the question mark icon from the drop-down menu.
Then select “Troubleshooting information” from the slide-out menu.
After that, click on the “Reset Firefox” button located at the top-right section of the newly opened web page.
Now select “Reset Firefox” in the confirmation pop-up window that appears.

Google Chrome

Open Google Chrome, then tap the Alt + F keys.
After that, click on Settings.
Next, scroll down until you see the Advanced option, once you see it, click on it.
After clicking the Advanced option, go to the “Restore and clean up option and click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” option to reset Google Chrome.
Now restart Google Chrome.

Internet Explorer

Launch Internet Explorer.
Next, click the wrench icon for Settings.
Then click Internet Options.
After that, go to the Advanced tab.
From there, click the Reset button. This will reset Internet Explorer’s settings to their default condition.
Now click OK to save the changes made.

Step 7: Hold down Windows + E keys simultaneously to open File Explorer.
Step 8: Navigate to the following directories and look for suspicious files associated to Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads as well as the adware program that’s behind it and delete it/them.

%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%TEMP%

Step 9: Close the File Explorer.
Step 10: Empty the Recycle Bin and afterwards, you have to flush the DNS cache. To do that, just, right click on the Start button and click on Command Prompt (administrator). From there, type the “ipconfig /flushdns” command and hit Enter to flush the DNS.
Follow the advanced instructions below to ensure the removal of Newchannel.club Pop-up Ads using [product-name] as well as all the file residues it left behind.
Perform a full system scan using [product-code]. To do so, follow these steps:

Turn on your computer. If it’s already on, you have to reboot it.
After that, the BIOS screen will be displayed, but if Windows pops up instead, reboot your computer and try again. Once you’re on the BIOS screen, repeat pressing F8, by doing so the Advanced Option shows up.

To navigate the Advanced Option use the arrow keys and select Safe Mode with Networking then hit
Windows will now load the Safe Mode with Networking.
Press and hold both R key and Windows key.

If done correctly, the Windows Run Box will show up.
Type in the URL address, [product-url] in the Run dialog box and then tap Enter or click OK.
After that, it will download the program. Wait for the download to finish and then open the launcher to install the program.
Once the installation process is completed, run [product-code] to perform a full system scan.