How to eliminate towercaptcha.top ads?

What website is towercaptcha[.]top?

Towercaptcha[.]top is designed to use a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and open other questionable web pages. It shares similarities with premium-news-for[.]me, arfanbajt[.]xyz, theresults[.]net, and hundreds of other pages. Users do not open them intentionally.

Towercaptcha[.]top page in detail

Towercaptcha[.]top displays a fake CAPTCHA with a message encouraging visitors to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots. The purpose of this page is to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications used to promote various scams, questionable software, shady websites.

Also, towercaptcha[.]top can redirect visitors to various potentially malicious pages. One of those pages is writtenmestick[.]top - a scam designed to trick users into providing personal information like credit card details, names, surnames, addresses, and (or) other details.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by towercaptcha.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Spam), Spamhaus (Spam), Full List Of Detections (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

Towercaptcha[.]top and similar pages cannot be trusted. The purpose of these pages is to open other dubious sites and trick visitors into allowing them to deliver notifications. These sites are promoted through shady advertisements, untrustworthy pages, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

How did adware install on my computer?

Users often agree to download or install PUAs when they download or install other programs without changing "Advanced", "Custom", or other settings. It is common for PUAs to be distributed through downloaders and installers as optional offers.

In other cases, users download or install PUAs by clicking shady advertisements designed to execute certain scripts or through fake installers. Either way, most of them cause it unknowingly.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Download apps (and files) from official web pages and via direct links. It is not safe to use other sources. Check downloaders and installers for optional downloads or installations and deselect them. Also, avoid clicking on advertisements appearing on shady websites or displayed by questionable software.

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 towercaptcha[.]top website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by towercaptcha.top?
• 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why am I seeing ads (browser notifications) delivered by towercaptcha[.]top in the right lower corner of my desktop?

A website cannot deliver browser notifications unless a user permits it. It means that towercaptcha[.]top has been already visited and allowed to show notifications.

I have clicked on notification ads, is my computer infected?

Those notifications can open untrustworthy websites (for example, various scams, download pages for dubious software). Although clicking on notifications is harmless by itself - it cannot cause direct damage.

Is towercaptcha[.]top a virus?

Websites like towercaptcha[.]top are not considered to be viruses. These pages use clickbait techniques to lure visitors into agreeing to receive their notifications and promote questionable web pages.

Will Combo Cleaner remove towercaptcha[.]top ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions granted for towercaptcha[.]top (for example, unsubscribe from its notifications). It will also block all further access to towercaptcha[.]top. No additional steps will be required.

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