How to remove redirects to the digitalcaptcha.top website?

What is the digitalcaptcha[.]top site?

Similar to ralemploay.space, everyday-news-channel.com, tobaitsie.com, ploringseav.space, and many others, digitalcaptcha[.]top is a rogue website. It is designed to load questionable content and/or redirect visitors to various (likely unreliable or malicious) sites.

Users usually access such webpages via redirects caused by suspect websites, intrusive adverts, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

Digitalcaptcha[.]top in detail

Whether visitors to digitalcaptcha[.]top are redirected elsewhere and/or presented with dubious material - depends on their geolocations, which the site learns from their IP addresses.

Furthermore, rogue pages use deceptive content to trick users into enabling their browser notifications. Digitalcaptcha[.]top is not an exception; it employs fake CAPTCHA verification. Should visitors be tricked into completing its "CAPTCHA", they will allow the notifications and enable the webpage to run intrusive ad campaigns.

Once the delivered ads are clicked on, they redirect to unreliable/malicious websites, and some can stealthily download/install software (e.g., PUAs).

Threat Summary:

Name	digitalcaptcha.top pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Webroot (Malicious), alphaMountain.ai (Suspicious), Spamhaus (Spam), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Observed Domains	a.digitalcaptcha[.]top; f.digitalcaptcha[.]top; h.digitalcaptcha[.]top; b.digitalcaptcha[.]top; g.digitalcaptcha[.]top; e.digitalcaptcha[.]top; c.digitalcaptcha[.]top; i.digitalcaptcha[.]top
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 application overview

Despite their legitimate appearance, PUAs do not work as advertised. Instead, these apps can have harmful abilities, such as force-opening sites (e.g., digitalcaptcha[.]top, etc.), running intrusive advert campaigns, hijacking browsers, and collecting private information. In summary, the presence of PUAs on devices can lead to system infections, serious privacy issues, financial losses, and identity theft.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are distributed using the "bundling" marketing technique - packing regular software with unwanted/malicious additions. Rushed downloads/installations increase the risk of allowing bundled content into the system. Intrusive advertisements proliferate PUAs as well. When clicked on, the ads can execute scripts to download/install these applications without user permission. Some PUAs also have "official" download pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended to research software and download it only from official/verified sources. Untrustworthy download channels, e.g., unofficial and freeware websites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, etc. - often offer bundled content.

When downloading/installing, it is advised to read terms, study possible options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings to opt-out from additional apps, tools, features, etc. Intrusive adverts appear harmless; however, they redirect to questionable sites (e.g., adult-dating, pornography, gambling, and so on).

In case of encounters with ads and/or redirects of this kind, the system must be checked and all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins detected - immediately removed from it. 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 the digitalcaptcha[.]top website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is digitalcaptcha.top pop-up?
• 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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