Stop unauthorized redirects to/from weads32.com

What is weads32[.]com?

Weads32[.]com is a rogue site, sharing many similar traits with naneso.com, pushmobilenews.com, clckworld.club  and thousands of others. It operates by redirecting visitors to unreliable and potentially malicious sites, as well as presenting highly questionable content for user consumption.

In most cases, weads32[.]com is accessed unintentionally/unwillingly. Users either get redirected from other compromised sites (specifically, by clicking intrusive advertisements hosted there) or have this dubious website force-opened by PUAs (potentially unwanted applications).

What should be known about PUAs is that they do not need explicit user permission to be installed onto their device, and are considered to be a high security risk. These undesired apps cause unauthorized redirects, deliver invasive ad campaigns and track data.

PUAs promote weads32[.]com by force-opening new browser tabs/windows and redirecting users to it. Intrusive advertisements can also redirect to this site. Geolocation is key to determining what course of action weads32[.]com takes; this information it gets from visitors' IP (Internet Protocol) addresses.

Once the geolocation is known, the website either redirects users elsewhere or begins feeding them dubious content. Many rogue sites employ browser notifications to deliver aggressive advertising campaigns - weads32[.]com does this also.

Often users are tricked into allowing browser notifications, due to the "click-bait" tactics that these sites use (e.g. "your page is loading, click here to continue", "no internet connection, click here to reload", "click here to verify that you're not a robot" and similar).

Intrusive ads themselves carry significant risks; they can redirect to untrustworthy/malicious websites, even execute scripts to autonomously download/install PUAs. As previously mentioned unwanted apps cause redirects and run invasive advert campaigns.

By using a wide array of tools, these applications can enable third party graphical content. Hence, the ads (pop-ups, banners, coupons and etc.) they deliver can cover original site content, seriously diminishing the browsing experience.

PUAs can also track data; gathering information on user browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and inferring personal information from it (IP address, geolocation, identity details). All PUAs are made to generate revenue for their creators.

Unwanted apps that possess data tracking abilities do so by selling the data they gather to third parties, who could potentially use it for criminal purposes. To summarize, users with PUAs present in their device are in danger of possible system infections, severe privacy issues and even identity theft. Therefore all rogue apps must be removed immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	weads32.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.
Distribution Methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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PUAs are innumerous and share many similarities in-between. Most are successfully designed to appear legitimate. To help their proliferation, they also offer "useful" and "beneficial" features. However, nearly always, all these features turn out to be nonfunctional.

It must be stressed that these unwanted applications serve only to create profit for their designers and have no genuine value for users. Instead of any promised uses, PUAs cause redirects to compromised/malicious sites, deliver invasive advertisement campaigns and gather vulnerable information.

How did adware install on my computer?

There are two main ways of PUA infiltrations - intrusive advertisements and installation packs/bundles. By visiting unreliable websites and clicking ads hosted therein, users may trigger an undesired app invasion. Additionally, by downloading from untrustworthy sources, it is more likely to download the desired program bundled together with PUAs.

When installing software, ignoring terms, using pre-set options and accepting all supplementary offers - are a likely cause for rogue applications within a device. Within install packs the presence of these malicious apps can be hidden behind terms, "Custom/Advanced" settings and other install procedure sections.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is seriously inadvisable to download software from untrustworthy sources, i.e. peer-to-peer sharing networks (BitTorrent, eMule, Gnutella, etc.) and other third party downloaders. Users should use official and verified sources instead (with direct download links getting the highest recommendation).

When installing programs, users are advised to: explore terms and possible options, use "Custom/Advanced" settings, opt-out from any additional applications/features. Browsing habits should include a careful approach to advertisements. Intrusive ads can appear legitimate and harmless, easily fooling the inexperienced user.

However, the sites these adverts redirect to, tend to be more obviously unreliable (e.g. gambling, adult-dating, pornographic and similar websites). In general, knowledge and caution are essential to ensure device and user safety.

In case of an encounter with such ads/redirects, users should inspect their device for dubious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins and immediately remove them. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of weads32[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is weads32.com pop-up?
• STEP 1. Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome
• STEP 2. Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome (Android)
• STEP 3. Remove spam notifications from Mozilla Firefox
• STEP 4. Remove spam notifications from Microsoft Edge
• STEP 5. Remove spam notifications from Safari (macOS)

Disable unwanted browser notifications:

Video showing how to disable web browser notifications:

Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome:

Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and select "Settings". In the opened window select "Privacy and security", then click on "Site Settings" and choose "Notifications".

In the "Allowed to send notifications" list search for websites that you want to stop receiving notifications from. Click on the three dots icon near the website URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome (Android):

Tap the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and select "Settings". Scroll down, tap on "Site settings" and then "Notifications".

In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and tap on them one-by-one. Once the pop-up shows up, select either "Block" or "Remove" (if you tap "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen. Select "Settings" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen. Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications".

In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and block them using the drop-down menu or either remove them by clicking "Remove Website" at the bottom of the window (if you click "Remove Website" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Microsoft Edge:

Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window and select "Settings". Click on "Cookies and site permissions" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen and select "Notifications".

Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL under "Allow" section and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Safari (macOS):

Click "Safari" button on the left upper corner of the screen and select "Preferences...". Select the "Websites" tab and then select "Notifications" section on the left pane.

Check for suspicious URLs and apply the "Deny" option using the drop-down menu or either remove them by clicking "Remove" at the bottom of the window (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

How to avoid browser notification spam?

Internet users should be very skeptical when being asked to allow notifications. While this is a useful feature that allows you to receive timely news from websites you like, deceptive marketers frequently abuse it.

Only allow notifications from websites that you fully trust. For added security - use an anti-malware application with a real-time web browsing monitor to block shady websites that tries to trick you into allowing spam notifications. We recommend using Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows.

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