How to remove redirects to and from zmusic-online.com

What is zmusic-online[.]com?

Sharing many similarities with routemob.com, rministencew.club, news-back.best and thousands of others, zmusic-online[.]com is a rogue website that redirects visitors to other untrusted/malicious sites and/or contains dubious content.

Most users access zmusic-online[.]com (and similar pages) when they are redirected to it by intrusive ad campaigns or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already installed on the system. These apps do not need express user permission to infiltrate devices.

PUAs operate by causing redirects, running intrusive ad campaigns and collecting browsing-related information.

The behavior of zmusic-online[.]com is dictated by visitors' geolocations. The site learns this information by checking their IP addresses. Therefore, whether visitors are redirected elsewhere or are presented with dubious material, depends on their geolocations.

Furthermore, zmusic-online[.]com attempts to trick users into allowing browser notifications. The website instructs them to "Press 'Allow' to verify that you are not [a] robot". If this is done, zmusic-online[.]com starts running intrusive advertisement campaigns.

As well as being a nuisance, these ads redirect to untrusted/rogue, sale-oriented, compromised, deceptive/scam and malicious web pages. Some intrusive ads can even be triggered (when clicked) to execute scripts designed to stealthily download/install rogue software.

PUAs are a prime example of content that these ads can infiltrate into systems. These applications can force-open similarly harmful sites and deliver intrusive ad campaigns. Furthermore, most PUAs have data tracking capabilities.

They can record users' browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and collect personal information extracted from it (IP addresses, geolocations and other details). The gathered data is typically monetized by sharing with and/or selling to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals).

To summarize, the presence of PUAs on devices can result in system infections, financial loss, serious privacy issues and even identity theft. To protect device integrity and user safety, you are strongly advised to eliminate all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately upon detection.

Threat Summary:

Name	zmusic-online.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Yandex Safebrowsing (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	178.128.142.109
Observed Domains	4.zmusic-online[.]com; 7.zmusic-online[.]com; 8.zmusic-online[.]com; 10.zmusic-online[.]com; 1.zmusic-online[.]com; 2.zmusic-online[.]com; 0.zmusic-online[.]com; 3.zmusic-online[.]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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PUAs may seem legitimate and harmless, and users are often tempted into download/installation with offers of "useful" features, however, these functionalities rarely operate as promised and, in most cases, do not work at all. The sole purpose of these unwanted apps is to generate revenue for the developers.

Rather than delivering any real value, PUAs force-open untrusted/malicious web pages, run intrusive ad campaigns and gather private data.

How did adware install on my computer?

Some PUAs have "official" promotional sites from which they can be downloaded. They can also be downloaded/installed with other programs. This deceptive marketing method of pre-packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions is termed "bundling".

By rushing through download/installation processes (e.g. ignoring terms, skipping steps and sections, etc.), many users risk intentionally allowing bundled content into their devices. Intrusive ads proliferate these applications as well. Once clicked, they can execute scripts to download/install PUAs without users' permission.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to research all products before download/installation or purchase. All downloads must be done from official and verified sources.

Untrusted channels such as unofficial and free file-hosting (freeware), Peer-to-Peer sharing networks (BitTorrent, eMule, Gnutella, etc.) and other third party downloaders commonly offer dubious and/or bundled content, and should therefore be avoided.

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

If you experience ads/redirects of this kind, check the system and immediately remove all suspect applications and browser extensions/plug-ins. 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 zmusic-online[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is zmusic-online.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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