Stop redirects to and from bestgamesvault.com

What is bestgamesvault[.]com?

bestgamesvault[.]com is a rogue website designed to present visitors with dubious content and redirect them to other untrustworthy and even malicious web pages. Most visitors do not access this site intentionally - they are redirected by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into devices.

After successful installation, PUAs cause redirects, deliver ads, hijack browsers, and collect browsing-related information. The bestgamesvault[.]com site shares many similarities with bestflowingstuff.co, aleailarm.com, rednews7.com, and countless others.

bestgamesvault[.]com first checks visiting users' IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to learn their geolocations. According to this information, users are then redirected and/or presented with dubious content.

Additionally, this web page requests browser notifications to be enabled, the consent option to which it disguises within 'clickbait' ("Press 'Allow' to verify, that you are not [a] robot"). If consent is given to notifications, bestgamesvault[.]com begins running intrusive ad campaigns.

Advertisements of this type are more than just a nuisance, they are a threat due to the harmful pages to which they redirect and for their capability to stealthily download/install PUAs. As mentioned, unwanted apps can redirect to similarly dangerous websites and run intrusive ad campaigns.

By employing various tools, PUAs enable third party graphical content to be displayed on any site. Therefore, they deliver ads that have the aforementioned capabilities and significantly diminish the browsing experience. These advertisements (e.g. pop-ups, banners, surveys, coupons, etc.) limit browsing speed and site visibility by overlaying web page content.

Other PUAs can modify browsers and deny access to settings - or they are automatically reset when any user changes are made. Regardless of specifications, most PUAs have data tracking abilities. They record users' browsing habits (URLs visited, search queries typed, etc.) and gather personal information (IP addresses, geolocations and other details).

This vulnerable data can be passed on to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) seeking to generate profit by misusing it. In summary, PUAs can lead to browser and system infiltration and infections, severe privacy issues, financial loss, and even identity theft.

Therefore, due to endangering device integrity and user safety, all dubious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins must be removed immediately upon detection.

Threat Summary:

Name	bestgamesvault.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	69.16.175.42
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 often seem legitimate and tempt users into downloading/installing by offering a wide variety of "useful" features. Despite how good these offers may sound, the advertised features are rarely operational.

The only purpose of these apps is to generate revenue for the developers - they are not created for user convenience and have no genuine value. PUAs cause redirects to untrustworthy/malicious sites, deliver intrusive ads, hijack browsers, and track private data.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are often downloaded/installed together with other software. This deceptive marketing tactic of packing regular programs with unwanted or malicious content is called "bundling". Rushing download/installation processes (e.g. ignoring terms, using presets, skipping steps and sections, etc.) endangers devices with potential system infiltration and infections.

Some of these applications have "official" download web pages. When clicked, intrusive ads can execute scripts to download/install PUAs without users' permission.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Content should be researched carefully, prior to being downloaded/installed. Use only official and verified download channels, as opposed to untrustworthy sources such as P2P sharing networks (BitTorrent, eMule, Gnutella, etc.), free-file hosting websites, and other third party downloaders.

When downloading/installing, read the terms, explore all possible options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings, and opt-out of supplementary apps, tools, functions and so on. Intrusive advertisements typically seem normal and innocuous, however, they can redirect to dubious/harmful web pages (e.g. gambling, pornography, adult-dating, and others).

If you encounter these ads/redirects, check the system and remove all suspicious applications and/or browser extensions/plug-ins immediately. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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Quick menu:

• What is bestgamesvault.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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