How to uninstall unwanted apps promoting sites like acancyfopl.biz?

What is acancyfopl[.]biz?

It is strongly advisable not to visit the acancyfopl[.]biz website or trust websites opened through it. This page is designed to check visitor's geolocation and then load deceptive content or open questionable websites (about two or three of them).

Typically, websites like acancyfopl[.]biz are promoted via deceptive advertisements, untrustworthy sites, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

In other words, users do not visit pages like acancyfopl[.]biz intentionally. It is worth mentioning that PUAs can be designed to collect various data and generate advertisements. Typically, users download and install them unknowingly.

During the analysis, acancyfopl[.]biz website, it used a clickbait technique to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button (into allowing it to show notifications). It displayed a message suggesting that visitors need to click the "Allow" button to continue loading the page.

Usually, notifications that pages like acancyfopl[.]biz display are designed advertise potentially malicious websites, applications, and so on. Therefore, they should not be allowed to show notifications.

Furthermore, it is likely that acancyfopl[.]biz may open websites designed to trick visitors into downloading and installing potentially unwanted applications (for example, browser hijackers, adware-type apps), paying money for fake software, providing sensitive information (for example, credit card details, login credentials), and other untrustworthy websites.

A couple of examples of websites that express-news[.]me can be designed to promote are "Instagram Copyright Infringement", "Chance To Win The New iPad Pro", "Norton Antivirus 2021 Update", "Your System Detected Some Unusual Activity". As mentioned in the previous paragraph, it is common that websites like acancyfopl[.]biz are promoted via PUAs.

It is recommended not to download and install PUAs - apps of this kind can be designed to gather browsing-related details (e.g., addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations, IP addresses). In some cases, they target sensitive information.

Moreover, collected data may be misused for marketing purposes, sold to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), or misused in other ways. Therefore, their users are likely to become victims of identity theft, encounter problems related to browsing safety, online privacy.

Another problem with having PUAs installed on browsers or computers is that they can be designed to generate advertisements. Usually, they serve coupons, banners, pop-up ads, surveys. More often than not, those ads are used to promote shady pages. In some cases, they are designed to run certain scripts and download or even install unwanted software.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by acancyfopl.biz
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	ESET (Malware), Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	52.86.219.129
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, acancyfopl[.]biz and other similar pages (for example, topfreearticles[.]xyz, suadeh[.]club, and top-captcharesolver[.]com) are untrustworthy and should never be visited. Although, it is uncommon for pages like acancyfopl[.]biz to be visited on purpose.

As mentioned in previous paragraphs, websites of this type can be and often are promoted through PUAs. Most users download and install apps of this kind unknowingly. Users who have apps of this kind installed on browsers or computers should remove them as soon as possible.

How did adware install on my computer?

Usually, users download or install PUAs by clicking deceptive advertisements that can execute certain scripts or when developers distribute those apps using a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". Developers use the aforementioned method to trick users into downloading or installing PUAs together with other programs: they include PUAs in downloaders or installers for other programs as extra offers.

In most cases, unwanted offers can be declined using "Advanced", "Custom, and other similar settings or by unticking certain checkboxes. Users can and should do it before finishing downloads, installations.

PUAs are allowed to be downloaded or installed together with other programs when users leave the aforementioned settings unchanged.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Software and files should be downloaded from official pages via direct links. It is not recommended to trust files or programs downloaded via third-party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks (like eMule, torrent clients), unofficial websites, etc., because they can be malicious or designed to uninstall other unwanted software.

Downloaders and installers that have "Advanced", "Manual, "Custom" or other settings (or checkboxes) should be checked for offers to download or install bundled applications. Unwanted applications should be opted out before finishing downloads and installations.

Advertisements on questionable pages should not be clicked - ads on those pages can open other shady pages or run scripts designed to cause unwanted downloads, installations. Suspicious, unwanted extensions, add-ons, or plug-ins installed on a browser should be removed. Software of this kind installed on the operating system should be uninstalled too.

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 acancyfopl[.]biz website (GIF):

Notifications from acancyfopl[.]biz:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by acancyfopl.biz?
• 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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