How to avoid visiting the sweetadvance.ru address?

What is sweetadvance[.]ru?

Sweetadvance[.]ru uses a clickbait technique (displays a fake CAPTCHA) to trick users into allowing it to show notifications. Also, it redirects visitors to other untrustworthy websites. There is a great number of websites like sweetadvance[.]ru on the Internet. Some examples are sweetaccess[.]ru, inteo[.]xyz, and auldlikeaver[.]top.

Sweetadvance[.]ru website in detail

It is very uncommon for websites like sweetadvance[.]ru to be visited on purpose. Typically, they get opened through questionable websites, shady advertisements, or installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). It is worth mentioning that most users download and install PUAs unknowingly, unintentionally.

Sweetadvance[.]ru is designed to load a fake CAPTCHA suggesting that visitors need to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots and continue loading the page. If allowed, this page would regularly display notifications with shady advertisements designed to open untrustworthy websites in them.

It is noteworthy that other similar pages can use different clickbait techniques to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button. Either way, it is important to keep in mind that notifications from websites of this type cannot be trusted. Another problem with sweetadvance[.]ru is that it could open other dubious pages.

Sweetadvance[.]ru could open deceptive websites designed to trick visitors into entering credit card details, bank account numbers, names, surnames, addresses and other personal information. Also, it could open download websites for adware, browser hijackers and other untrustworthy software.

It is common that pages like sweetadvance[.]ru open pages similar to "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE VISITOR NO. 1.000.000", "Access To This Pc Has Been Blocked For Security Reasons", "Your Device Might Have Security Issues". At the time of the research sweetadvance[.]ru opened the AliExpress website.

When users create an account and (or) purchase something on a page opened through sweetadvance[.]ru, individuals behind sweetadvance[.]ru get paid a referral fee. Although, sweetadvance[.]ru may not be necessarily monetized this way. Either way, it is advisable to avoid visiting sweetadvance[.]ru and similar sites.

More about potentially unwanted applications

Pretty often, applications of this kind are designed to gather Internet Protocol addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, visited websites, and other browsing-related information. Moreover, some potentially unwanted applications can read sensitive data (for example, credit card details, passwords).

It is possible that individuals behind PUAs could sell collected data to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), use it for marketing (or other) purposes, or even steal identities, personal accounts, etc. Additionally, PUAs can be designed to generate unwanted ads, for example, coupons, pop-up ads, surveys, banners.

More often than not, ads generated by PUAs are designed to open potentially malicious pages. In some cases, they can execute certain scripts and then download or even install unwanted software. For these reasons, it is strongly advisable not to download and install PUAs.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by sweetadvance.ru
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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Potentially unwanted applications in general

It is uncommon for websites of this type to be visited by users intentionally. Once visited, they display some deceptive message (usually with the purpose to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications) and open a couple of other dubious pages. Browsers that open such pages regularly should be checked for installed PUAs.

How did adware install on my computer?

It is known that most users download and install PUAs when developers distribute them through downloaders and installers for other programs. Apps of this kind are included in those downloaders and installers as extra offers. Unwanted offers can be declined in "Advanced", "Custom", or by unticking ticked checkboxes.

Users agree to download or install PUAs together with other programs when they leave the aforementioned settings unchanged. In some cases, users cause unwanted downloads, installations by clicking deceptive advertisements designed to run certain scripts. As a rule, ads of this type appear on deceptive pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Files downloaded via third-party downloaders, from unofficial websites, Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule), and other sources should not be trusted. They can be used to trick users into installing questionable or malicious software malware. Third-party installers can be used to distribute unwanted software too.

Applications and files should be downloaded from official pages and through direct links. also, it is recommended to examine downloaders and installers for free programs to be sure that they do not have any potentially unwanted applications in them. Typically, PUAs are mentioned in their "Advanced", "Custom," or other options.

Additionally, it is advisable not to trust advertisements that appear on shady pages. Quite often, ads on those pages promote other sites of this kind. Also, they can be capable of triggering unwanted downloads or installations as well. Suspicious, unwanted extensions, add-ons, or plug-ins installed on a browser should be removed.

If there are any unwanted programs installed on the operating system, then they 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 sweetadvance[.]ru website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by sweetadvance.ru?
• 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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