How to remove unwanted software that opens addresses like hey-brazil.net?

What is hey-brazil[.]net?

Hey-brazil[.]net is a website designed to load deceptive content and promote various untrustworthy websites. It is important to mention that users do not visit pages like hey-brazil[.]net intentionally.

More precisely, these pages get opened when users click some shady advertisements, visit other pages of this kind, or those pages get opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). It is strongly recommended not to trust sites like hey-brazil[.]net and make sure that there are no PUAs installed on a browser or the operating system that may be responsible for opening them.

It is common that pages like hey-brazil[.]net are used to promote deceptive pages designed to trick users into downloading and installing adware-type apps, browser hijackers, and other unwanted software.

Also, they often open various scams used to trick visitors into providing sensitive information (e.g., "Chance To Win The New iPad Pro"), paying money for unnecessary software or services, or providing remote access to their computers (e.g. "Error Code: #0x564897"), and other untrustworthy, potentially malicious pages.

As mentioned in the introduction, hey-brazil[.]net can also load deceptive content. Whether this page opens about two, three shady pages or loads its content depends on the visitor's geolocation.

It is known that hey-brazil[.]net displays a message suggesting that it is necessary to click the "Allow" button to continue loading the page. In other words, hey-brazil[.]net uses one of the many clickbait techniques to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications.

A page like this one should never be allowed to display its notifications. Typically, such pages show notifications designed to advertise unwanted software, scam pages, and so on.

A couple of examples of notifications from the hey-brazil[.]net page are provided below. It is noteworthy that PUAs that are designed to promote pages like hey-brazil[.]net can be designed to collect IP addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited pages, or other browsing data.

Moreover, apps of this kind can be capable of accessing sensitive information (e.g., saved passwords, credit card details). Information collected by apps of this kind could be sold to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), used for marketing purposes, or monetized in other ways.

Also, PUAs can be designed to generate coupons, banners, surveys, pop-up ads, and other advertisements. It is important to mention that ads displayed by PUAs tend to be used to advertise various untrustworthy pages.

In some cases, those ads can cause downloads, installations of unwanted, potentially malicious applications. Although, only if they are designed to run certain scripts.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by hey-brazil.net
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	54.243.39.102
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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In conclusion, most PUAs are designed to promote questionable websites, gather various data, and (or) generate unwanted advertisements. Most of them do not improve the browsing experience, include any features, or are useful any other way.

Their users can encounter problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, or other issues. For these reasons, it is strongly advisable not to have any PUAs installed on a browser or the operating system.

It is noteworthy that there are many websites like hey-brazil[.]net. Some examples are applydatinghere[.]com, blackflightfind[.]tw, and ouropiniio[.]fun.

How did adware install on my computer?

Most users download and install potentially unwanted applications through deceptive ads or when software developers use a "bundling" method to distribute. Unwanted downloads, installation through advertisements occur when users click ads designed to execute certain scripts.

In the second case, users cause unwanted downloads, installations when PUAs are included in downloaders, installers for other programs as additional offers, and they agree with them. Typically, PUAs can be opted by unticking available checkboxes or through "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual", or other settings.

Although, not all users check and change those settings when they download or install programs that are bundled with PUAs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

In order to avoid unwanted downloads and installations, it is recommended to download files and programs from official websites and via direct links. It is because third-party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule), questionable websites, or other sources for downloading files or programs can be used to distribute unwanted, malicious apps.

Third-party installers can cause unwanted installations too. Also, it is advisable not to finish downloads and installations without checking if a downloader or installer has settings (e.g., "Custom", "Advanced") that could be used to opt out additionally offered unwanted applications.

One more recommendation that can help to avoid unwanted downloads, installations is not to click ads displayed on various shady pages. Quite often, those advertisements are designed to promote untrustworthy websites.

Although, sometimes, those ads can be capable of causing unwanted downloads, or even installations All unwanted applications (extensions, plug-ins, and add-ons) installed on web browsers and programs of this kind installed on computers should be removed/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 hey-brazil[.]net website (GIF):

Notifications from hey-brazil[.]net:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by hey-brazil.net?
• 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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