How to remove unwanted apps designed to promote pages like mybestnewz.com?

What is mybestnewz[.]com?

Typically, when websites like mybestnewz[.]com are visited, they open untrustworthy websites or load questionable content. Most users do not visit such pages intentionally, usually they get opened by some installed potentially unwanted application (PUA), through other shady websites or deceptive advertisements.

A couple of examples of other pages like mybestnewz[.]com are mypushz[.]com, beforeigntools[.]club and readnewmessage[.]com.

Usually pages like mybestnewz[.]com open about two or three other untrustworthy pages, or they display questionable content - it depends on the geolocation of their visitors. It is common that pages promoted by sites like mybestnewz[.]com are used to promote PUAs, contain deceptive ads, etc.

Additionally, most of them are designed to deceive their visitors into allowing them to show notifications by using a certain clickbait technique. Mybestnewz[.]com suggests that its visitors need to click the "Allow" button so they could continue watching some video.

Such websites should not be allowed to show notifications - their notifications contain links to unreliable pages, deceptive advertisements, etc. An example of a notification served by mybestnewz[.]com is provided below.

As mentioned in the introduction, pages like mybestnewz[.]com often get opened by PUAs that users have installed on their browsers and/or computers. Typically, such apps are designed not only to promote various questionable pages but also to serve advertisements and gather browsing-related and/or other information.

It is common that they serve pop-up ads, banners, coupons, surveys and/or other types of ads that, if clicked, can open untrustworthy pages or even cause a download and/or installation of some PUA. Also, more often than not they collect data like IP addresses, entered search queries, addresses of visited pages, geolocations.

In some cases they target sensitive details as well. The problem with it is that their developers can misuse gathered information to generate revenue by selling it to third parties (potentially cyber criminals) or in some other ways.

It means that users who have some PUA installed on a browser and/or operating system might become victims of identity theft, experience problems related to browsing safety, online privacy, and/or some other issues.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by mybestnewz.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	139.45.197.180
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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To sum up, most PUAs are designed to promote questionable websites, gather various data and/or serve advertisements. They do not improve browsing experience, include any features and/or are useful in some other way. On the contrary, they can be the culprit of various problems. Therefore, if such app is already installed, then it should be uninstalled as soon as possible.

How did adware install on my computer?

Users download and/or install PUAs through deceptive advertisements or together with other programs. It is common that such apps are integrates in download and/or installation setups of other programs as additional offers. This distribution method is known as "bundling".

In most cases information about included apps can be found in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings of setups. Users who download and/or install programs without checking and changing the aforementioned settings (or unticking certain checkboxes) allow for included PUAs to be downloaded and/or installed too.

Deceptive advertisements can cause unwanted downloads and/or installations only when they are designed to execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Third party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks like torrent clients, eMule, unofficial websites, freeware download pages, etc., can be used as tools to distribute various PUAs, in some cases even malicious software. Therefore, files and programs should be downloaded only from official websites and through direct links.

Also, downloads and installations should not be finished without checking "Advanced", "Custom" and other setup's settings - setups that have such settings in them often include offers to download and/or install potentially unwanted apps.

Advertisements that appear on various questionable, untrustworthy websites should not be clicked as well - more often than not they are designed to open untrustworthy websites or even cause unwanted downloads, installations. Any unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons, plug-ins that are installed on a browser should be removed.

Software of this kind that is installed on the operating system should be uninstalled too. 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 mybestnewz[.]com website (GIF):

Notification by mybestnewz[.]com:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by mybestnewz.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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