How to get rid of apps designed to open news-mifet.cc?

What is news-mifet[.]cc?

News-mifet[.]cc is not a trustworthy page: it is designed to promote (open) other pages of this kind and load questionable, deceptive content (what this page does after visiting it depends on its visitor's IP address). The Internet is full of websites like news-mifet[.]cc, here are some examples: news-iqebyz[.]cc, profitsurvey365[.]org, and youractualfeed[.]com.

As a rule, users do not visit them intentionally. It is known that pages like news-mifet[.]cc are promoted/get opened through untrustworthy websites, deceptive advertisements, and potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). It is worth mentioning that most users download and install PUAs unknowingly.

At the time of the research news-mifet[.]cc loaded a message saying that browser check is in progress, and a page can be accessed by clicking the "Allow" button. In other words, news-mifet[.]cc uses a clickbait technique to trick its visitors into agreeing to receive notifications from it.

In most cases, websites like news-mifet[.]cc show notifications containing deceptive advertisements, untrustworthy websites, etc. Therefore, untrustworthy websites should never be allowed to show notifications.

As mentioned in the first paragraph, news-mifet[.]cc is designed to promote other unreliable pages as well. It is likely that promotes various scams (e.g., "Norton Antivirus 2021 Update", "Code #007d3Cx0d", "Google Membership Rewards") used to extract personal information, money, download pages for browser hijackers, adware and other unwanted software, etc.

In one way or another, news-mifet[.]cc and websites promoted through it should not be trusted/visited. As mentioned in the first paragraph, it is common for pages like news-mifet[.]cc to be promoted through potentially unwanted applications.

PUAs can be designed to generate coupons, surveys, banners, pop-ups, or other advertisements. More often than not, those ads are used to promote untrustworthy pages.

Sometimes they can cause unwanted downloads or even installations by executing certain scripts. For these reasons, it is not safe to click ads that PUAs serve.

Also, PUAs can be designed to gather browsing-related and other data. For example, IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited pages, entered search queries. There are many PUAs that collect passwords or other sensitive details as well. It is common that their developers sell collected information to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), use it for marketing purposes, or monetize that data in other ways.

It means that users who have apps of this kind installed on browsers or computers may encounter problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, become victims of identity theft, lose access to personal accounts.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-mifet.cc
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	CyRadar (Malicious), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Malicious), Fortinet (Phishing), Sophos (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	149.7.16.223
Related Domains	29.news-mifet[.]cc, 31.news-mifet[.]cc, 34.news-mifet[.]cc, 43.news-mifet[.]cc, 45.news-mifet[.]cc, 53.news-mifet[.]cc, 177.news-mifet[.]cc
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, it is common that websites like news-mifet[.]cc are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (and other shady websites or advertisements). Two other reasons not to have any PUAs installed are that they can gather various data and (or) display unwanted advertisements. It is common that apps of this kind are advertised as useful.

However, most of them do not improve the browsing experience and can cause users various problems. In other words, the main purpose of such apps is to generate revenue for their developers.

How did adware install on my computer?

Unexpected, undesired downloads and installations often are caused through downloaders and installers for other programs. More precisely, users often download or install PAUs when they are bundled with other programs.

Typically, users can find and decline unwanted offers in "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual", or other settings or checkboxes and do it before finishing downloads, installations. When users leave the aforementioned settings unchanged, they agree to download or install included PUAs together with wanted programs.

Sometimes users cause such downloads or installations by clicking on deceptive advertisements that are capable of running certain scripts. In most cases, ads that are designed to trigger downloads, installations appear on untrustworthy pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Downloaders and installers that have settings like "Advanced" "Custom", "Manual", etc., or checkboxes often are used to distribute PUAs - they include additional offers. Therefore, downloads and installations should not be finished without checking if there are any unwanted offers that could be declined using the aforementioned settings, chekckboxes.

Files and software should be downloaded from official sites via direct links. It is common that files downloaded from unofficial pages, via third-party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks like torrent clients, eMule, or other channels of this kind are designed to install unwanted software.

Third-party installers can be used to distribute PUAs or even malicious apps too. Advertisements on questionable pages should not be clicked as well.

Those ads can be designed to open other pages of this kind. Sometimes, those ads can execute certain scripts and cause unwanted downloads, installation. Unwanted, unknown, or suspicious apps (extensions, plug-ins, add-ons) installed on a browser should be removed from it as soon as possible.

The same should be applied to the software of this kind 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 news-mifet[.]cc website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by news-mifet.cc?
• 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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