How to stop balanceforsun.com from being opened by your browser

What is balanceforsun[.]com?

balanceforsun[.]com a rogue website that, if opened, redirects to untrusted websites or loads dubious content. Browsers commonly open pages such as balanceforsun[.]com due to installed potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) - people do not generally open them intentionally.

PUAs cause redirects to dubious websites, serve intrusive ads and gather browsing data. More examples of websites similar to balanceforsun[.]com are sawhitpew[.]site, wbamedia[.]net and betanews[.]me.

Typically, installed PUAs open websites such as balanceforsun[.]com in a new browser window or tab. When opened, they load dubious content or redirect visitors to a number (2-3) of other dubious, potentially malicious pages. The actions of sites like balanceforsun[.]com depend on visitors' geolocations.

Note that balanceforsun[.]com uses a 'clickbait' technique to deceive visitors into allowing it to show notifications - the site asks visitors to verify that they are not robots by clicking the "Allow" button. Clicking this button allows the website to show notifications.

In most cases sites such as balanceforsun[.]com display notifications that contain links to other dubious sites, deceptive ads, and so on. Therefore, such websites should never be allowed to show notifications. Furthermore, PUAs usually deliver intrusive ads (coupons, banners, surveys and so on).

If clicked, these can lead to untrusted websites or execute scripts designed to download or install other unwanted apps. PUAs can also record data including users' IP addresses, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations and other browsing details.

They might also be capable of accessing and recording personal, sensitive data. The developers sell the data to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue. In any case, data tracking can lead to problems relating to privacy, browsing safety or even identity theft.

We strongly recommend against downloading or installing these apps - remove any that are already installed immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by balanceforsun.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	134.209.199.15
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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Most PUAs help developers to generate revenue by collecting information, delivering intrusive ads and forcing users to visit rogue websites. They are often advertised as useful, legitimate apps, however, few deliver legitimate features. Generally, they are useless and put users at risk of various problems.

How did adware install on my computer?

In most cases, people download and/or install unwanted apps unintentionally. This usually happens when they click untrusted, deceptive advertisements or when software distribute PUAs using the "bundling" method. I.e., they include unwanted apps into the download/installation set-ups of other programs.

In this way, they deceive people into downloading/installing unwanted apps together with some other, regular software. Generally, offers to download and/or install PUAs can be found in "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings of download/installation set-ups.

People who leave the settings unchanged often allow additionally-included apps to be downloaded and/or installed. These downloads/installations can also be caused by clicking deceptive ads that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download software through untrusted sources such as torrent clients, eMule (and other Peer-to-Peer networks), third party downloaders, dubious, unofficial websites, and so on. Third party installers should not be used to install software. The safest way to download files and programs is using direct download links and official websites.

Check all "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar options of any download or installation setup (and change them if necessary). The settings often include offers to download/install potentially unwanted applications. Furthermore, intrusive ads that are shown on dubious web pages usually redirect people to other untrusted, potentially malicious websites.

Therefore, never click these ads. If various advertisements appear on visited websites and/or browsers open dubious websites automatically, it is very likely that a potentially unwanted application is already installed. In this case, check installed extensions, add-ons and plug-ins and remove all unwanted, unknown, suspicious apps immediately.

The Same applies to programs of this kind that are installed on the operating system. 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 balanceforsun[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by balanceforsun.com?
• 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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