How to uninstall unwanted apps promoting pages like red-video.fun?

What is red-video[.]fun?

Red-video[.]fun is similar to yourwowfeed[.]com, ncurrentlyd[.]biz, oossautsid[.]com, and a great number of other pages designed to promote various questionable pages and load deceptive content (their functionality depends on the geolocation of their visitors). Usually, websites like red-video[.]fun are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), other untrustworthy websites, and shady advertisements.

In other words, it is unlikely for pages like red-video[.]fun to be visited on purpose.

It is known that red-video[.]fun is designed to display a throbber, suggesting that a page is downloading content but cannot finish doing that without being allowed to show notifications. In other words, red-video[.]fun uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

As a rule, when pages like red-video[.]fun are allowed to show notifications, they advertise potentially malicious websites, applications, etc. Therefore, it is strongly recommended not to agree to receive notifications from websites like red-video[.]fun.

Another reason not to visit red-video[.]fun and other pages similar to it is that this page is likely to be used to promote download websites for browser hijackers, adware-type apps, and other PUAs. Also, it could be designed to open various scams designed to extract personal information, money, steal identities, etc.

Some examples of websites that may be opened by red-video[.]fun are "Firewall Spyware Alert", "Google Membership Rewards", and "Code #007d3Cx0d". As mentioned in the introduction, it is common for pages like red-video[.]fun to be promoted via PUAs - apps that most users download and install on browsers or computers unknowingly).

Two more reasons not to have any PUAs installed on web browsers or computers are that they can be designed to serve advertisements and gather various data. PUAs that generate ads display coupons, pop-up ads, surveys, banners, and other types of ads.

It is common for those ads to open shady, potentially malicious websites. Sometimes, those ads can execute certain scripts to download or install unwanted software. Examples of details that PUAs collect are IP addresses , entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited pages. However, some PUAs can be capable of accessing personal information.

What is worse, collected data could be misused to generate revenue. For instance, it could be sold to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), used for marketing purposes. It means that PUAs can be the culprit behind problems related to online privacy, browsing safety, identity theft, monetary loss.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by red-video.fun
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	alphaMountain.ai (Phishing), Fortinet (Phishing), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	178.62.225.201
Related Domains	2.red-video[.]fun, 3.red-video[.]fun, 4.red-video[.]fun, 5.red-video[.]fun, 6.red-video[.]fun, 7.red-video[.]fun, 8.red-video[.]fun, 9.red-video[.]fun
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, most PUAs are useless, even if they are advertised as legitimate. It is common for potentially unwanted apps to be designed to display advertisements, gather various data and (or) promote various questionable, potentially malicious pages.

In one way or another, it is strongly recommended not to have any PUAs installed and remove any installed apps of this type soon as possible. It is important to mention that most users download and install PUAs unknowingly.

How did adware install on my computer?

It is common that users download or install potentially unwanted applications when they download or install programs that are bundled with those apps. It is common for PUAs to be included in downloaders, installers for other programs as extra offers.

This distribution method is called "bundling". Typically, downloaders, installers used to distribute PUAs have ticked checkboxes, settings like "Advanced", "Manual", "Custom". Users can use them to decline undesired offers. When users finish downloads, installations of programs that are bundled with PUAs without changing those settings, they download or install both wanted and unwanted programs.

In other cases, users unknowingly download or install potentially unwanted applications by clicking deceptive advertisements designed to run certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is advisable to download applications and files from official, trustworthy websites via direct download links. It is not safe to download or install them via third-party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule), from unofficial websites, and so on.

It is common for the aforementioned sources, tools to be used to distribute PUAs and malicious apps. Also, it is recommended not to finish downloads and installations without checking downloaders, installers for ticked checkboxes, "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual", and other settings and declining unwanted offers.

Ads on shady pages should not be clicked as well - those advertisements can be and often are designed to open other sites of this kind. Sometimes, by clicking those ads users download or install some PUAs. Any unwanted extensions, add-ons, or plug-ins that are installed on a browser should be removed.

Software of this kind that is 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 red-video[.]fun website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by red-video.fun?
• 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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