Remove unwanted apps that open belighterservice.com

What is belighterservice[.]com?

In most cases, websites such as belighterservice[.]com are promoted by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that people download and install inadvertently. I.e., people do not often visit/open these sites intentionally. PUAs tend to promote dubious websites, feed users with ads, and collect information relating to web browsing activities.

Some examples of pages similar to belighterservice[.]com are myfreshposts[.]com, ngcomunicazione[.]com and mediavideo[.]space.

Installed PUAs force users to visit addresses such as belighterservice[.]com by continually opening them in a new browser window or tab. Generally, when these pages are opened, they open about two or three other, untrusted websites or display dubious content - this depends on visitors' geolocations.

In most cases, belighterservice[.]com and similar sites attempt to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button using 'clickbait' techniques. This particular site suggests that by clicking the button, visitors will prove that they are not robots. In fact, when clicked, the button allows the websites to show notifications.

Never allow belighterservice[.]com or similar sites to show notifications, since they can contain dubious ads, links to untrusted sites, etc. Furthermore, users who have PUAs installed on browsers and/or operating systems might experience problems relating to online privacy, browsing safety, or they might even become victims of identity theft.

These apps can collect data (e.g., IP addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, and other browsing data) and even sensitive, personal details. The data is misused to generate revenue, for example, it might be sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals).

Additionally, PUAs serve ads. For example, coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups, and others. When clicked, these open untrusted web pages or cause download/installation of unwanted software by running certain scripts.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by belighterservice.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Serving IP Address	134.209.199.15
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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Commonly, PUAs are advertised as legitimate, useful applications that supposedly improve the browsing experience, and include various features. In fact, they are designed only to generate revenue for the developers and are useless to regular users. In summary, PUAs should never be downloaded or installed.

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

Do not trust irrelevant emails that have files attached (or contain website links) and are received from unknown, suspicious addresses. Software should not be downloaded or installed through third party downloaders, installers, unofficial pages or other similar sources/tools.

Use only official websites and direct links. Installed software should never be updated or activated with third party, unofficial tools, since they can install malware. Furthermore, it is illegal to use third party tools to activate licensed software. The only legitimate way to update and activate software is to use tools and functions that are provided by the official developers.

Regularly scan your computer with reputable antivirus or anti-spyware software - keep this software up to date. 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 belighterservice[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by belighterservice.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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