How to uninstall apps that open mediazone.mobi

What is mediazone[.]mobi?

mediazone[.]mobi is a rogue website and should be avoided, however, many people arrive at this site inadvertently. Examples of similar web pages are toobotnews[.]biz, glagolinius[.]com and mayfootekvideo[.]com. Browsers usually open websites such as mediazone[.]mobi when potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) are installed on them.

When opened, these sites load dubious content or open other untrustworthy websites. Most PUAs also open dubious sites, gather browsing data, and display unwanted, intrusive advertisements.

As mentioned, mediazone[.]mobi loads dubious content or opens other (about 2-3) dubious web pages. This depends on visitors' geolocations. Note that mediazone[.]mobi is one of many websites that uses a 'clickbait' technique to trick visitors into allowing notifications: mediazone[.]mobi asks visitors to prove that they are not robots by clicking the "Allow" button.

If clicked, this gives permission for the site to show notifications. Typically, websites such as mediazone[.]mobi show notifications that contain links to other untrustworthy sites, or display deceptive ads and other dubious content. Furthermore, most PUAs operate as data tracking tools.

Typically, they collect information such as users' IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited pages, and other browsing data. In some cases, PUAs also gather personal (confidential) details. Developers sell the recorded data to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who also misuse it to generate revenue.

Many PUAs feed users with intrusive, often deceptive advertisements. For example, pop-ups ads, coupons, banners, surveys, and other content of this kind. Typically, the ads redirect people who click them to untrustworthy, potentially malicious sites or they execute scripts designed to download/install unwanted software (other PUAs or potentially malicious software).

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by mediazone.mobi
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	178.62.225.201
Observed Domains	1.mediazone[.]mobi, 3.mediazone[.]mobi, 4.mediazone[.]mobi, 5.mediazone[.]mobi, 6.mediazone[.]mobi, 7.mediazone[.]mobi, 8.mediazone[.]mobi, 9.mediazone[.]mobi, 0.mediazone[.]mobi
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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Typically, developers advertise PUAs as useful, legitimate applications, however, they deliver no real value and are designed only to help the developers to generate revenue.

Furthermore, people who have apps of this type installed on their browsers and/or computers risk becoming victims of identity theft, experiencing problems relating to online privacy, browsing safety, and so on. We strongly recommend that you uninstall all PUAs immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are typically distributed via a deceptive marketing method called "bundling", which developers use to trick people into downloading and/or installing unwanted apps together with other software. I.e., they include unwanted apps into the download and/or installation set-ups of other programs.

Generally, offers to download and/or install additional apps can be found in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings or options of the set-ups. Many people fail to check these settings when they download and install programs, thus allowing PUAs to be downloaded and/or installed through the set-ups by default.

Unwanted downloads/installations can also be caused by clicking deceptive ads - these can execute certain rogue scripts. When such an ad is clicked, it usually downloads/installs some unwanted software.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Download software only from official websites and avoid using third party downloaders/installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., eMule, torrent clients), unofficial sites and other sources of this kind to download or install programs. Prevent PUAs from being downloaded and/or installed by checking "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings of the download/installation setup.

Dismiss any offers to download or install additional software before completing the process. Do not click advertisements that are displayed on dubious websites - they often open other untrustworthy pages or cause download/installation of unwanted apps.

Check for unwanted, suspicious plug-ins, extensions or add-ons already installed on the browser and programs of this kind installed on the operating system. Removed unwanted entries 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.

Appearance of mediazone[.]mobi website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by mediazone.mobi?
• 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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