Remove unwanted apps that open allmeganews.com and similar web pages

What is allmeganews[.]com?

There are many rogue websites similar to allmeganews[.]com. Others examples include rdsb2[.]club, hesterinoc[.]info and cicort[.]com. Usually, these web pages display dubious content or redirect visitors to other untrusted, potentially malicious websites.

Commonly, they are opened by browsers that have potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) installed on them. Therefore, most users do not visit allmeganews[.]com or other, similar sites intentionally.

Installed PUAs open sites such as allmeganews[.]com in a new browser window or tab. When opened/visited, these load dubious content or open about two or three other sites of this kind. These actions depend on the geolocations of visitors. The pages often demand permission to show notifications using a 'clickbait' technique.

I.e., they deceive visitors into clicking the "Allow" button in a pop-up window - allmeganews[.]com claims that, by clicking the button, visitors are able to access a file. If allowed, however, these sites start to display notifications containing deceptive ads, links to other untrusted pages, and dubious content.

Furthermore, most PUAs track information. Commonly, they target information relating to users' browsing habits including, for example, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, IP addresses and other data. Some PUAs can access private, sensitive details as well.

Developers sell the data to third parties (often cyber criminals) who can misuse it to generate revenue in various ways. PUAs can also be designed to serve intrusive advertisements. In most cases, they feed users with coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups and other ads.

People who click these ads are usually redirected to untrusted, potentially malicious websites, or they allow the ads to execute scripts designed to download or install unwanted applications. Therefore, never download or install PUAs. They can cause problems relating to online privacy, browsing safety, and some users might even become victims of identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by allmeganews.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	CyRadar (Malicious), Fortinet (Malware), Google Safebrowsing (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	188.130.251.8
Observed Domains	x-lordy-narod.allmeganews[.]com, x-mega84.allmeganews[.]com, x-interaktivtabla-ok.allmeganews[.]com, 1349.allmeganews[.]com, 1196.allmeganews[.]com, x-team-tch-ok.allmeganews[.]com, 4401.allmeganews[.]com, 2120.allmeganews[.]com, 1305.allmeganews[.]com
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 useless. They deliver no valid features or any other value, and yet they are often advertised as useful, legitimate apps. PUAs promote dubious web pages, gather information relating to users' browsing habits and serve advertisements. You should uninstall all PUAs immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

Generally, PUAs are distributed via a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". This is used trick people into downloading and installing unwanted apps with other software. Developers include the unwanted apps into the download/installation set-ups of other programs as 'additional offers' and hide related information in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings.

Many users fail to check and change these settings, thereby allowing included PUAs to be downloaded and/or installed. Sometimes unwanted downloads and installations are caused by clicking deceptive ads that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to download software only from official websites and via direct links. Third party downloaders and installers, torrent clients, eMule (and other Peer-to-Peer networks), unofficial pages, and other similar channels are often used to distribute unwanted, even malicious software.

Check all download/installation set-ups for "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings. Decline offers to download or install unwanted apps. Do not click ads displayed on untrusted websites relating to gambling, pornography, adult dating, etc., since these might open other web pages of this kind and can cause unwanted downloads/installations.

Remove any unwanted, unknown/suspicious plug-ins, add-ons and extensions installed on the browser, and programs of this kind 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 allmeganews[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by allmeganews.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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