How to remove unwanted apps that open devineoffers.com and similar

What is devineoffers[.]com?

devineoffers[.]com and similar sites promote bogus sites or load dubious content. Some examples of other pages that function in this manner are go4news[.]biz, dabluehole[.]com and equiposeguridadindustrial[.]com. Generally, they are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that users have installed on their browsers and/or computers inadvertently.

When PUAs are installed on browsers and/or computers, they regularly opens pages such as devineoffers[.]com in a new browser window or tab. The way these pages function depends on visitors' geolocations: they can open about two or three other bogus pages or load dubious content.

Furthermore, devineoffers[.]com and other pages use 'clickbait' techniques to trick users into clicking the "Allow" button in a pop-up window, which appears when they are visited - devineoffers[.]com suggests that visitors can continue browsing if they click the aforementioned button.

In fact, this will allow the websites to show notifications. Generally, pages such as devineoffers[.]com display notifications that contain links to other dubious pages, deceptive ads, etc. Commonly, PUAs promote rogue sites and other untrusted pages, serve advertisements, and collect user-system information.

PUAs can also serve pop-ups, banners, coupons, surveys, and others. Users who click them arrive at untrusted sites or even allow the ads to run certain scripts to download and install unwanted apps. PUAs target browsing data such as geolocations, IP addresses, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries and other data of this kind.

In some cases, they record private, sensitive information. If you have apps installed on the browser and/or computer, you might experience problems relating to online privacy and browsing safety, or even become a victim of identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by devineoffers.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	CLEAN MX (Malicious), CyRadar (Malicious), Fortinet (Malware), Trustwave (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	173.236.118.101
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 summarize, websites such as devineoffers[.]com are promoted by applications that can serve advertisements and gather data. I.e., PUAs are designed only to generate revenue for the developers and are useless to regular users. These apps are classified as PUAs, since, in most cases, users downloads and install them inadvertently.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are often downloaded/installed together with other products. This deceptive marketing technique of pre-packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions is called "bundling".

By rushing through download/installation of software (e.g. ignoring terms, skipping steps and sections, using "Quick/Express" settings, etc.) many users risk unintentionally allowing bundled content into their devices. Intrusive advertisements proliferate PUAs as well.

When clicked, the ads can execute scripts to download/install these applications without users' permission. Some PUAs have "official" download web pages from which they can be downloaded.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Download software and files from official websites and via direct links. It is not safe to use torrent clients, eMule (or other Peer-to-Peer networks), third party downloaders, unofficial websites or other sources of this kind. Avoid third party installers. Check "Advanced", "Custom" and other settings, and decline offers to download or install unwanted software.

Do not click ads that are displayed on dubious websites, since they can open other untrusted websites or even cause unwanted downloads and installations. Remove any unwanted, suspicious applications (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 devineoffers[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by devineoffers.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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