How to stop redirects to and from y0utube.best

What is the y0utube[.]best website?

Sharing many similarities with whobabsaim.com, cvazirouse.com, esmo.pro and countless others, y0utube.best is a dubious website. It operates by presenting visitors with dubious material and/or redirecting them to other untrusted and possibly malicious pages.

Users rarely access these sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA). These unwanted apps do not need explicit user consent to be installed onto systems. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns and collect information relating to browsing activity.

y0utube[.]best first checks visitors' IP (Internet Explorer) addresses to learn their geolocations. This information is crucial in determining this website's further course of action. I.e., whether users are redirected elsewhere and/or are presented with dubious content.

Furthermore, y0utube[.]best employs deceptive tactics to trick visitors into allowing its browser notifications. The very URL of y0utube[.]best mimics the address of the YouTube video sharing platform and it presents visitors with a supposedly unavailable video, which can only be viewed if users click "Allow", thereby enabling the aforementioned notifications.

If they are enabled, y0utube[.]best begins running intrusive ad campaigns. Once clicked, the ads redirect to untrusted/dubious, deceptive/scam, compromised and malicious websites. Some intrusive advertisements can even be triggered (when clicked) to execute scripts, designed to download/install rogue software (e.g. PUAs) without users' permission.

These unwanted applications can also force-open similarly dangerous web pages and/or deliver intrusive ad campaigns. Furthermore, most PUAs have data tracking capabilities.

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

In summary, the presence of unwanted software on devices can lead to system infections, financial loss, serious privacy issues and even identity theft. To ensure device integrity and user safety, remove all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately upon detection.

Threat Summary:

Name	y0utube.best pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Fortinet (Phishing), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	207.154.254.152
Observed Domains	4.y0utube[.]best; 7.y0utube[.]best; 5.y0utube[.]best; 2.y0utube[.]best; 6.y0utube[.]best; 3.y0utube[.]best; 10.y0utube[.]best; 8.y0utube[.]best; 1.y0utube[.]best
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 rarely seem suspect - they tend to appear legitimate and harmless. Many users are tempted into download/installation with offers of various "useful" functionality, however, the advertised features are seldom operational. The only purpose of these unwanted applications is to generate revenue for the developers.

Rather than delivering any real value, PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive advertisement campaigns and gather private information.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are distributed via the download/installation set-ups of other products. This deceptive marketing method of packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions is called "bundling". Rushing downloads/installations (e.g. skipping steps and sections, using pre-set options, etc.) increases the risk of unintentionally allowing bundled content into the system.

Certain PUAs have "official" promotional web pages, from which they can be downloaded. Intrusive ads can infiltrate these apps into systems as well. Once clicked, they can execute scripts to stealthily download/install PUAs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are strongly advised to research all software prior to download/installation and/or purchase. All downloads must be done from official and verified sources. Untrusted download channels such as unofficial and free file-hosting websites, P2P sharing networks (BitTorrent, eMule, Gnutella, etc.) and other third party downloaders can offer deceptive and/or bundled content.

Download and installation processes must be treated with caution.

Read the terms, explore all available options, use the "Custom" or "Advanced" settings and decline download/installation of supplementary apps, tools, functions and other additions. Intrusive advertisements may seem legitimate, however, they can redirect to dubious and malicious sites (e.g. gambling, pornography, adult-dating, and so on).

If you encounter these ads or redirects, inspect your devices and immediately remove all dubious 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 y0utube[.]best website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is y0utube.best 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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