How to stop a browser from opening rookinews.com?

What is rookinews[.]com?

The main reasons not to visit rookinews[.]com are that this page uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and opens untrustworthy websites. It is very unlikely for rookinews[.]com to be visited intentionally - websites of this type get opened via shady advertisements, pages, or by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

Rookinews[.]com in detail

Like most websites of this type, rookinews[.]com asks for permission to show notifications. If allowed, it shows notifications designed to promote scam websites, potentially malicious websites, and other dubious sites. For this reason, rookinews[.]com should not be allowed to show notifications.

At the time of the research, rookinews[.]com opened another questionable website. Usually, websites like this one open download pages for adware, browser hijackers, deceptive pages designed to extract sensitive information such as credit card details, usernames, passwords, names, surnames, and so on.

A couple of examples of pages that websites like rookinews[.]com can be designed to open are "Chance To Win The Brand New Playstation 5", "IP Address & Personal Information Might Be Exposed", "Access To This Pc Has Been Blocked For Security Reasons". None of those websites are trustworthy.

It is worth mentioning that rookinews[.]com may open legitimate websites as well. It is common that individuals behind pages like rookinews[.]com generate revenue by getting paid a referral fee when users purchase products, services or create accounts on websites opened through sites like rookinews[.]com.

More about potentially unwanted applications

PUAs can be designed to generate online coupons, pop-up ads, surveys, banners, and other advertisements. As a rule, those ads cover website contents and open shady, potentially malicious pages. In some cases, those ads execute certain scripts designed to cause unwanted downloads or even installations. Therefore, those ads cannot be trusted.

Moreover, PUAs can be designed to collect are Internet Protocol addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, etc., or even personal, sensitive data. The biggest problem with is that gathered information could be sold to third parties (potentially cybercriminals) or misused for other personal gains.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by rookinews.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
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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Websites like rookinews[.]com in general

Typically, websites like rookinews[.]com display deceptive content to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button (into agreeing to receive notifications) and open other untrustworthy websites. Therefore, none of them are trustworthy. More examples of pages like rookinews[.]com are news-vocice[.]cc, totaltopfeed[.]com, and uniqdatacaptcha[.]top.

How did adware install on my computer?

In some cases, users download and install potentially unwanted applications by clicking deceptive advertisements designed to execute certain scripts or through fake installers. Although, most users download and install PUAs together with other programs that have those PUAs included in their downloaders or installers as optional offers.

Typically, users can deselect unwanted offers in "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual", or other settings or by unticking ticked checkboxes that downloaders, installers have. They agree to download or install potentially unwanted apps alongside wanted programs when they leave the aforementioned settings unchanged.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Application and files should be downloaded from official websites and via direct links. Files downloaded from unofficial pages, through Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule), third-party downloaders, and programs installed via third-party installers could be malicious.

Advertisements on dubious websites should not be clicked - those ads can be designed to open untrustworthy websites or download, install unwanted, potentially malicious apps as well. Additionally, there should not be any unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons, or plug-in installed on a browser and programs of this kind installed on a computer. 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 rookinews[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications from rookinews[.]com:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by rookinews.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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