Remove apps promoting you-just-won-prize.com and similar sites

What is you-just-won-prize[.]com?

Generally, websites such as you-just-won-prize[.]com promote (open) bogus web pages or load dubious content. More examples of pages similar to you-just-won-prize[.]com are urgent-incoming[.]email, withoughzp[.]club and xrclicks[.]xyz.

Note that people do not often visit these sites intentionally - they are opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), through deceptive ads, or other untrusted web pages.

Typically, PUAs open you-just-won-prize[.]com and similar sites in a new browser window or tab. Once visited, they open two, three other bogus, potentially malicious sites or load dubious content. Most demand permission to show notifications, although they do this deceptively by using 'clickbait' techniques.

In this particular case, you-just-won-prize[.]com suggests that, by clicking the "Allow" button, visitors will confirm that they are not robots. In fact, clicking it allows the website to show notifications. Generally, web pages such as you-just-won-prize[.]com show notifications that contain links to other dubious websites, deceptive ads and/or other content of this kind.

As mentioned, you-just-won-prize[.]com and similar sites are often opened by browsers with PUAs installed on them. PUAs often collect browsing data and/or serve advertisements. In most cases, they target IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites and other information relating to users' browsing habits.

In some cases, they collect personal, sensitive details. Furthermore, the developers can misuse the data to generate revenue. For example, by selling it to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals). In such cases, users might experience problems relating to online privacy, browsing safety, or they might even even become victims of identity theft.

PUAs can also serve ads. For example, coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups, and others. When clicked, these can open untrusted web pages. In some cases, they can run certain scripts that cause download/installation of unwanted, potentially malicious software. Therefore, all PUAs should be uninstalled immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by you-just-won-prize.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Serving IP Address	34.231.89.205
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 supposedly include various features, improve the browsing experience and/or are useful in other ways. In fact, most are designed only to generate revenue for the developers by promoting untrusted web pages such as you-just-won-prize[.]com, serving advertisements, and collecting user-system information.

They are classified as PUAs, since most users download and install them inadvertently.

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 usually be declined). Many users fail to check and change these settings, thereby granting permission for PUAs to be downloaded and installed by default.

In addition, unwanted downloads and installations are sometimes caused by clicking deceptive advertisements capable of executing certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download anything from unofficial web pages, through Peer-to-Peer networks (torrent clients, eMule), third party downloaders, or install software with third party, fake installers. Programs and files should be downloaded only from official websites and via direct links.

Check all "Custom" and "Advanced" options and decline offers to download or install unwanted software. Do not click intrusive advertisements that are displayed on dubious web pages, since they can open other untrusted websites or cause download/installation of unwanted apps.

Remove any unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons and plug-ins that are installed on the browser. The same should be applied to programs of this kind that are 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 you-just-won-prize[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by you-just-won-prize.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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