How to remove unwanted software used to promote acceptww.com?

What is acceptww[.]com ?

Acceptww[.]com is one of the many untrustworthy websites that often open more pages of this kind. More examples of pages similar to acceptww[.]com are topgirlsdating[.]com, wsoyourwi[.]fun, and ourbestnews[.]com. It is very uncommon for these pages to be visited by users on purpose.

In most cases, they are promoted through potentially malicious sites, deceptive ads, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that users download and install on their computers and browsers unknowingly.

It is known that pages like acceptww[.]com often open untrustworthy websites like "Firewall Spyware Alert", "Norton Antivirus 2021 Update", "Your System Detected Some Unusual Activity", download pages for adware, browser hijackers, and other PUAs, and other shady websites.

In one way or another, it is not safe to visit pages that acceptww[.]com opens. Another common problem with pages like acceptww[.]com is that they use some clickbait technique to trick their visitors into agreeing to receive notifications.

Acceptww[.]com shows a message saying to click the "Allow" button to watch a video. When users click that button while a certain website is opened, they give it a permission to show its notifications.

Usually, pages like acceptww[.]com show notifications containing deceptive advertisements, links to potentially malicious sites, etc. Therefore, they should never get permission to show notifications.

Apart from promoting websites like acceptww[.]com, PUAs can display various coupons, surveys, banners, pop-up ads, and other advertisements.

It is common that those ads are used to promote untrustworthy pages or distribute unwanted apps (some ads can execute certain scripts designed to download or even install unwanted software). Therefore, ads displayed by PUAs should not be clicked.

Also, PUAs often are designed to collect browsing data like Internet Protocol addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, search queries, and other information related to browsing activities. Although, there are PUAs that read sensitive details (for example, login credentials, credit card details).

What is worse, collected information could be used for marketing purposes, to steal identities, personal accounts. It also could be sold to third parties, potentially cybercriminals. Either way, it is strongly recommended not to have any PUA installed on a web browsers or the operating system.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by acceptww.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	178.62.214.139
Observed Domains	0.acceptww[.]com, 1.acceptww[.]com, 2.acceptww[.]com, 3.acceptww[.]com, 6.acceptww[.]com, 7.acceptww[.]com
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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Web browsers that open pages like acceptww[.]com regularly are likely to have some PUA installed on them (or there is an app of this kind installed on the operating system). If that is the case, then it is recommended to check if there are any unwanted apps installed on them and remove them as soon as possible.

Typically, these apps are designed only to generate revenue for their developers. They are not useful to their users, and more importantly, they can be the reason behind various problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, etc.

How did adware install on my computer?

More often than not, users unknowingly download or install potentially unwanted applications when they do not change certain settings that downloaders or installers for various (mainly free) programs have. It is because downloaders and installers often are used as channels to distribute PUAs by bundling them together.

Usually, users can decline unwanted offers using their "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual" or other settings, or by unticking certain checkboxes. They allow for bundled PUAs to be downloaded or installed when they do not change the aforementioned settings.

Sometimes users download or install PUAs by clicking on deceptive advertisements. It happens when users click on ads designed to execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Downloaders, installers with some "Custom", "Advanced" or other settings, or checkboxes are often bundled with PUAs. For this reason, it is advisable not to finish the downloads and installations without declining unwanted offers first.

Programs (and files) should be downloaded from official websites and through direct links. Downloads from third-party downloaders, unofficial web pages, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule) and other sources oft his kind can be malicious. Third-party installers can be used to distribute malware too.

Advertisements that appear while visiting shady pages also are unreliabke. They can be designed to open questionable, potentially malicious websites, or cause unwanted downloads, installations.

Unwanted, suspicious extensions, plug-ins, or add-ons installed on a web browser and programs of this kind installed on the operating system should be uninstalled. 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 acceptww[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by acceptww.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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