How to eliminate musmentportal.com ads?

What kind of page is musmentportal[.]com?

Musmentportal[.]com opens questionable websites and loads deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. This page is similar to fresh-content[.]biz, allactualjournal[.]com, rplnd1[.]com, and many more. Users do not go to these pages intentionally.

Musmentportal[.]com website in detail

Musmentportal[.]com displays a fake CAPTCHA encouraging users to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots - it attempts to get permission to deliver notifications. Notifications from sites like musmentportal[.]com can be used to promote dubious pages, applications, and so on.

Also, musmentportal[.]com opens other untrustworthy pages. One of those pages is express-news[.]me - another (virtually identical) page designed to trick its visitors into granting it permission to show notifications and open shady pages.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by musmentportal.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Phishing), CRDF (Malicious), CyRadar (Malicious), Fortinet (Phishing), Sophos (Malware), 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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More details about pages of this type

Musmentportal[.]com and similar websites are promoted through other pages of this kind, untrustworthy advertisements, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Users rarely download and install the aforementioned apps on purpose. It is worth mentioning that PUAs can be designed to collect data, display unwanted ads.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are distributed alongside other programs (via their downloaders and installers, certain advertisements, fake installers. PUAs are included in downloaders, installers as offers that users can deselect using "Custom", "Advanced", or other settings. PUAs get permission to be downloaded or installed when users leave those settings unchanged.

Advertisements can cause unwanted downloads or installations by executing certain scripts. Users download or install PUAs by clicking on those ads. Fake installers are promoted on deceptive pages. Typically, users get tricked into downloading (and using) them.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Applications should be downloaded from legitimate, official web pages. Downloads from other sources can be malicious. Optional downloads or installations should be deselected before downloading or installing programs. Advertisements showing up on dubious pages should not be clicked.

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 musmentportal[.]com website (GIF):

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by musmentportal[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by musmentportal.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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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

A web page does not show notifications unless it has permission for that. It means that musmentportal[.]com delivers notifications because it has been visited and allowed to do that.

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

A notification cannot cause any harm directly, but it can open a malicious (or untrustworthy in another way) page.

Is musmentportal[.]com a virus?

Websites like musmentportal[.]com are not considered to be viruses. Usually, these pages are designed to promote questionable pages, applications, and so on.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions granted for musmentportal[.]com. It will also block all further access to this malicious page. It will not be necessary to take any other steps.

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