What is Gofenews.com?

Gofenews.com is adware that aims to push its notifications to the user’s system. To do this, it continuously offers to turn on Gofenews.com notifications. Once allowed, it starts carrying out extremely annoying activities, for example, a bunch of ads popping up whether your browser is launched or not. Furthermore, the user will encounter random redirects taking him to affiliate websites. Apart from the fact that this activity is really frustrating for users, the main risk of the adware is that most of the sites it promotes may spread other malware. In this article, we are going to explain how to remove Gofenews.com pop-up ads and avoid the potential consequences this adware brings.

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Step 1: Remove Gofenews.com pop-up from browsers

Uninstall Gofenews.com from Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find suspicious and unfamiliar extensions.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
  7. Push Alt + F.
  8. Select Settings.
  9. Type notifications into the search bar.
  10. Select Content settings.
  11. Select Notifications.
  12. Find Gofenews.com in the Allow list.
  13. Click on three dots next to Gofenews.com and select Remove.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Remove Gofenews.com from Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose Gofenews.com.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Remove Gofenews.com from Microsoft Edge:

  1. Press Settings and more button
  2. Choose and Click on Extensions
  3. Find Gofenews.com extension and click settings
  4. Press Uninstall button
  5. Start Edge again

Learn more about removing extensions from Edge.

Remove Gofenews.com from Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable Gofenews.com.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Gofenews.com from Opera:

  1. Launch Opera and select Settings.
  2. Scroll down to the Privacy and security section and click Site Settings
  3. Go to Notifications to see the sites whose notification permissions you’ve already allowed or denied.
  4. Find Gofenews.com and block it

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Gofenews.com pop-up from Chrome on Android:

  1. Open the Chrome app.
  2. To the right of the address bar, tap More.
  3. Choose and open Settings
  4. Tap Site settings and then find Gofenews.com.
  5. Turn of Gofenews.com pop-up from Allowed to Block.

Learn more about removing viruses from Android.

If you still got that problem, most likely there is a rogue application that causes Gofenews.com pop-ups and redirects installed on your system. To finally get rid of Gofenews.com adware, you should remove all recent suspicious programs that you are sure you didn’t install.

Step 2: Remove Gofenews.com pop-up from system

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find the app.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find the app and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find the app, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on Apps & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate the app and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

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