How to uninstall apps designed to promote myactualblog.com?

What is myactualblog[.]com?

Myactualblog[.]com is an untrustworthy page designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications (display deceptive content) and open other dubious pages. Its functionality depends on the geolocation of its visitors. It is worth mentioning that users do not visit pages like myactualblog[.]com intentionally.

Myactualblog[.]com and PUAs in detail

In most cases, sites like myactualblog[.]com are promoted via untrustworthy advertisements, web pages, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Research shows that myactualblog[.]com loads a deceptive message encouraging visitors to click the "Allow" button to continue watching a video.

Like most websites of this type, myactualblog[.]com uses a clickbait technique to trick its visitors into allowing it to show notifications. It is strongly recommended not to give websites like this one permission to show notifications. Usually, their notifications contain deceptive advertisements, links to shady websites, etc.

Also, myactualblog[.]com can open websites designed to trick visitors into providing personal information, downloading and installing potentially unwanted applications (like browser hijackers, adware-type applications, and other shady pages. Although, myactualblog[.]com can open legitimate pages too.

At the time of the research, myactualblog[.]com opened a World of Tanks game website. It is common for individuals behind pages like myactualblog[.]com to get paid a referral fee when users create accounts, purchase services, or products on pages opened through sites like myactualblog[.]com. Either way, it is recommended not to trust those sites.

As previously mentioned, pages like myactualblog[.]com often are promoted via potentially unwanted applications. It is common that apps of this kind are designed to gather browsing-related and other data. For instance, details like Internet Protocol addresses, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, geolocations, etc.

Also, apps of this kind can be designed to collect sensitive information (e.g., credit card details, passwords). In addition to that, PUAs can be generate advertisements (e.g., pop-up ads, coupons, banners, surveys). It is noteworthy that ads displayed by PUAs often are used to promote shady websites or cause unwanted downloads, installations.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by myactualblog.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	139.45.197.170
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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Potentially unwanted applications in general

Myactualblog[.]com is similar to snappeared[.]website, goodsurvey365[.]org, asoursuls[.]com, and lots of other websites of this kind. What most of them have in common is that they use some clickbait technique to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications and open other untrustworthy websites.

How did adware install on my computer?

In most cases, users download and install various potentially unwanted applications unexpectedly, unknowingly. Usually, it happens when apps of this kind are distributed by bundling them together with other programs. More precisely, when those apps are included in downloaders, installers as extra offers, and users do not deselect them.

As a rule, offers to download or install bundled applications can be found and declined by unticking ticked checkboxes or using available "Custom", "Advanced", or other settings/options. Typically, users do not know that the aforementioned settings can be used to deselect offered apps, or they forget to check and change those settings.

In some cases, users cause unexpected downloads and installations by clicking deceptive ads designed to execute certain scripts. As a rule, those ads appear on dubious websites. Those advertisements can be generated by PUAs as well. When those ads do not cause unexpected downloads, installations, they open questionable websites.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended to examine downloaders and installers that have settings like "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual", ticked checkboxes. It is common that those downloaders, installers are used to distribute potentially unwanted applications. Unwanted offers can be declined before finishing downloads, installations.

Software (and files) should be downloaded from official websites and through direct links. Other sources can be used to distribute unwanted, potentially malicious programs. For example, third-party downloaders (and installers), unofficial websites, Peer-to-Peer networks like torrent clients, eMule), free file hosting pages.

Additionally, it is recommended not to click advertisements that appear on questionable sites. Those ads can be designed to promote untrustworthy websites or cause unwanted downloads, installations. Unwanted, unknown, or suspicious extensions, add-ons or plug-ins installed on a browser (or programs of this kind installed on the operating system) should be removed. 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 myactualblog[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications from myactualblog[.]com:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by myactualblog.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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