How to remove apps promoting vinphone.xyz and similar sites

What is vinphone[.]xyz?

vinphone[.]xyz functions in a similar manner to thefaceduck[.]com, suftoajachi[.]com, backtonews[.]biz, and many other web pages. When visited, it loads dubious content or opens other untrusted websites.

In most cases, users arrive at vinphone[.]xyz and similar sites through other untrusted websites, deceptive advertisements, or when opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

Typically, PUAs promote pages such as vinphone[.]xyz by opening them in a new browser window or tab. When visited, they load dubious content or open about two or three other dubious sites - this depends on the geolocations of the visitors. Sites such as vinphone[.]xyz is often use 'clickbait' techniques to deceive visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

This particular site suggests that visitors can continue watching a video by clicking the "Allow" button. When clicked, however, the button allows vinphone[.]xyz to show notifications. Usually, these notifications contain dubious advertisements, links to other untrusted websites, and so on.

Furthermore, PUAs often collect information relating to users' browsing habits. For example, IP addresses, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, geolocations, etc. In some cases, they record personal details. The data could be sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) and/or misused to generate revenue in other ways.

PUAs often serve intrusive advertisements including coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups, etc. When clicked, they open dubious websites or download and install various unwanted applications by executing certain scripts.

In summary, PUAs installed on browsers and/or operating systems can cause problems relating to browsing safety, online privacy or even identity theft. Therefore, never download or install any PUAs.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by vinphone.xyz
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	173.214.240.15
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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In summary, PUAs promote dubious websites, gather data and serve advertisements. They do not include any useful features or improve the browsing experience. If PUAs are already installed on the browser and/or operating system, uninstall them immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are commonly distributed by integrating them into the download and/or installation set-ups of other programs, so that a proportion of users inadvertently download and install them together with their chosen software. This distribution method is known as "bundling".

Offers to download and install additionally-included apps usually appear in "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings of the set-ups (where they can be declined). Many users fail to check and change these settings, thereby granting permission for PUAs to be downloaded and installed by default.

Unwanted downloads and installations are also caused by clicking deceptive advertisements capable of executing certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Check all "Custom", "Advanced and other similar settings, and decline offers to download or install additionally-included apps. Download files and programs from official sites and via direct download links. Third party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (torrent clients, eMule, etc.) are often used to distribute unwanted, malicious apps.

Do not click intrusive ads that appear on web pages relating to pornography, adult dating, gambling or others, since they can open other dubious pages or even execute scripts designed to download/install unwanted apps.

Remove all unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons and plug-ins 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.

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by vinphone.xyz?
• 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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