How to eliminate ads delivered by the premium-shops-around.me website?

What is the premium-shops-around[.]me site?

Premium-shops-around[.]me is a rogue website similar to get-positive.net, positiveweb.org, apel.top, captcha-smart.top, and countless others. It is designed to load dubious content and/or redirect visitors to different (likely untrustworthy or malicious) webpages.

Most users enter rogue sites via redirects caused by suspect pages, intrusive advertisements, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

Premium-shops-around[.]me in detail

Whether visitors to premium-shops-around[.]me are presented with questionable material and/or redirected elsewhere - depends on their IP addresses/ geolocations. Furthermore, rogue websites typically use clickbait, fake CAPTCHA verification, deceptive instructions, or similar - to trick visitors into enabling their browser notifications.

Premium-shops-around[.]me is not an exception; should its notifications be allowed - the site will begin delivering intrusive advertisement campaigns. The displayed ads promote various sale-oriented, misleading, rogue, deceptive/scam, compromised, and even malicious websites. Furthermore, some intrusive advertisements can infiltrate software (e.g., PUAs) into systems - once they are clicked on.

Threat Summary:

Name	premium-shops-around.me pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Observed Domains	2idmd.premium-shops-around[.]me; jfqys.premium-shops-around[.]me; gkxzd.premium-shops-around[.]me; lr4to.premium-shops-around[.]me; 8igts.premium-shops-around[.]me; dz7up.premium-shops-around[.]me; pfh2d.premium-shops-around[.]me; zxokn.premium-shops-around[.]me; xbg03.premium-shops-around[.]me; m0rbt.premium-shops-around[.]me; vpgkl.premium-shops-around[.]me; 2phet.premium-shops-around[.]me; ulm0w.premium-shops-around[.]me; etc.
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

PUAs appear legitimate and offer various functionalities that rarely work. What is more, this software usually has harmful abilities, e.g., causing redirects (force-opening websites), running intrusive ad campaigns, hijacking browsers, and gathering private information. To summarize, PUAs can cause system infections, severe privacy issues, financial losses, and even lead to identity theft.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs can be downloaded/installed alongside other programs. This marketing technique of packing regular software with various additions - is called "bundling". Hence, by rushing through downloads/installations, users risk allowing bundled content into their devices.

Intrusive advertisements proliferate PUAs as well. Upon being clicked, the ads can execute scripts to make downloads/installations without user consent. Some PUAs may also have "official" download webpages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

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

When downloading/installing, it is advised to read terms, explore available options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings, and opt-out from all additions. Intrusive adverts appear harmless, yet they redirect to highly questionable sites (e.g., gambling, pornography, adult-dating, etc.).

Should users experience such ads and/or redirects, they must check their devices and immediately remove all dubious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Screenshots of ads delivered by the premium-shops-around[.]me website:

Appearance of the premium-shops-around[.]me website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is premium-shops-around.me 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why am I seeing ads (browser notifications) delivered by premium-shops-around[.]me in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Sites display browser notifications with user permission. Therefore, it is likely that you have visited premium-shops-around[.]me and permitted it to deliver its notifications. Note that pages of this type are typically accessed inadvertently, and they also employ deceptive content (e.g., clickbait, fake CAPTCHA, etc.) to lure visitors into allowing their browser notifications.

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

While clicking on a notification will not trigger any infection processes, the websites and applications promoted through these ads can be malicious and cause system infections.

Is premium-shops-around[.]me a virus?

Premium-shops-around.me is not deemed to be a virus. Such rogue websites are usually employed as tools to endorse various scams, untrustworthy/unwanted apps, and even malware.

Will Combo Cleaner remove premium-shops-around[.]me ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate premium-shops-around[.]me site's permissions, and no additional steps will be necessary. Combo Cleaner will also block further access to premium-shops-around[.]me and similar websites.

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