How to eliminate wholecoolposts.com ads?

What kind of page is wholecoolposts[.]com?

Wholecoolposts[.]com is designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and promote other dubious pages. There are plenty of pages similar to wholecoolposts[.]com, for instance, phonenow[.]net, wholenicenews[.]com, mykiger[.]com. One more thing that these pages have in common is that users do not visit them intentionally.

Wholecoolposts[.]com in detail

Wholecoolposts[.]com displays a message asking to click the "Allow" button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue loading website content. When pages like wholecoolposts[.]com have permission to show notifications, they feed users with notifications used to promote various scams, phishing websites, and other untrustworthy pages.

Wholecoolposts[.]com itself can open shady websites too - it redirects visitors to other pages after clicking the "Allow" button. Thus, wholecoolposts[.]com and websites opened through it (and notifications displayed by wholecoolposts[.]com) should not be trusted.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by wholecoolposts.com
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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More about wolecoolposts[.]com

Wholecoolposts[.]com and other pages of this type are promoted through shady advertisements, other dubious pages, adware, or other potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Users do not open these pages on purpose. It is worth mentioning that PUAs often are promoted and distributed using questionable methods.

How did adware install on my computer?

Plenty of PUAs are distributed by bundling them with other programs. In such cases, downloaders and installers for those programs have "Custom", "Advanced" or other settings. Users download or install PUAs alongside other programs when they leave those settings unchanged (when they do not deselect optional downloads or installations).

Also, users download and install PUAs by clicking on advertisements designed to run certain scripts or through fake installers downloaded from deceptive websites.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Do not download or install programs without checking their downloaders or installers for unwanted applications. Usually, downloaders and installers used to distribute PUAs have settings that can be used to decline unwanted offers. Also, do not click on advertisements that shady pages have on them and always use official pages as sources for downloading files/programs.

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 wholecoolposts[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by wholecoolposts.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 wholecoolposts[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Web pages do not deliver any notifications unless they have permission for that. If wholecoolposts[.]com shows notifications, it means that it has been visited and allowed to show them.

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

A notification displayed by an untrustworthy website cannot cause any harm directly. Nevertheless, that notification can be designed to open a malicious website.

Is wholecoolposts[.]com a virus?

Wholecoolposts[.]com and other pages of this type are not considered to be viruses. The main problem with these pages is that they are used to promote other shady websites, various scams, download pages for potentially malicious apps, etc.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions that wholecoolposts[.]com has been granted. It will also block all further access to this website. It will not be necessary to take any additional steps.

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