How to remove apps that open cicort.com and similar addresses

What is cicort[.]com?

When visited, websites such as cicort[.]com open other rogue web pages or load dubious content. In any case, they cannot be trusted. People do not often visit these addresses intentionally - they are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on browsers and/or operating systems. Apps of this type can collect data and serve advertisements.

Many web pages have similar functionality to cicort[.]com including, for example, promodayz[.]com, checkandgo[.]info and overiesarticu[.]info. Typically, installed PUAs open these sites in new windows or tabs. When opened, they redirect visitors to more (about 2-3) untrusted websites or load dubious content.

This depends on the visitor's geolocation. Commonly, these pages are designed deceive visitors to giving permission to show notifications using 'clickbait' techniques. In this case, cicort[.]com suggests that, by clicking the "Allow" button, visitors are able to continue browsing the site, however, this simply allows cicort[.]com to show various notifications.

These notifications might contain deceptive advertisements, links to untrusted web pages, and other dubious content. Furthermore, PUAs can record user-system information. For example, IP addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited pages, and other browsing data, however, they might also access and record private, sensitive data.

The data could be sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who will misuse it to generate revenue in other ways. Potentially unwanted apps that track information can cause problems relating to privacy, browsing safety and even identity theft. Additionally, PUAs often serve coupons, pop-ups, surveys, banners and other ads.

When clicked, these can open dubious, potentially malicious pages or execute scripts designed to download and install various PUAs.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by cicort.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Serving IP Address	104.31.67.158
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 are advertised as legitimate, useful, etc., however, few operate as advertised. Most open dubious web pages, collect browsing-related details and display advertisements. They are designed only to help the developers to generate revenue and put users at risk of problems. Therefore, remove all PUAs from the operating system and browser immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

Most users download and install unwanted apps unintentionally through clicked deceptive ads that execute certain scripts, or through the set-ups of other, intentionally downloaded and installed programs. This latter PUA distribution method is called "bundling". Developers include PUAs into the download/installation set-ups as 'additional offers'.

Typically, offers to download or install additionally-included apps are mentioned in "Custom", "Advanced" or other settings of set-ups. Many users cause unintentional downloads and installations when they fail to check and change these settings - in doing so, they agree by default with offers to download and install additional software.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download or install programs or files through third party downloaders, installers, using torrents clients, eMule (or other Peer-to-Peer networks), unofficial websites, etc.

Files and programs should be downloaded from official websites and via direct links. Check all "Custom", "Advanced" or other similar settings of the download/installation set-ups and decline offers to download or install additional, potentially unwanted software.

Do not click intrusive advertisements, especially on dubious pages. They can lead to other untrusted websites and, in some cases, can even cause unwanted downloads and installations. Remove any suspicious, unwanted extensions, add-ons and plug-ins that are installed on the browser, and software of this kind that is 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 cicort[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by cicort.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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