How to stop notifications coming from louses.net

What kind of page is louses[.]net?

Louses[.]net is a deceptive website that has been discovered by our malware researchers while visiting several torrent sites and illegal video streaming websites. At the time of the research, louses[.]net displayed a fake CAPTCHA and redirected to a virtually identical page (maxy-tax[.]com).

Louses[.]net in detail

The purpose of the fake CAPTCHA (a deceptive message encouraging to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot) that louses[.]net has displayed is to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. After allowing louses[.]net to show notifications, we learned that it shows deceptive notifications.

Notifications displayed by louses[.]net were promoting scams similar to "Avira Free Security - Your PC Is Infected With 5 Viruses!", and other untrustworthy websites. It is worth mentioning that legitimate software developers have nothing to do with such notifications. Affiliates use them to collect illegitimate commissions.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by louses.net
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, false claims within visited websites, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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More about pages delivering browser notification spam

Louses[.]net is similar to topraw[.]net, gloonseetaih[.]com, freeiphone[.]info, and hundreds of other pages. Typically, they are promoted through websites that use questionable advertising networks. Sometimes, they get opened by adware. Either way, these sites cannot be trusted and should never be allowed to show notifications.

How did louses[.]net gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites get permission to show notifications after clicking the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button displayed by a browser. They cannot show notifications without permission. Most deceptive websites use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close shady websites that ask for permission to display notifications (especially when they claim that it is necessary to click the "Allow" button). Another way not to end up receiving unwanted notifications from websites is to click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button when a website asks for permission to deliver notifications.

If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of louses[.]net website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by louses[.]net:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by louses[.]net using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

A website does not deliver browser notifications until a visitor permits it to deliver them. It means that louses[.]net has been visited earlier and allowed to show notifications.

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

A notification displayed by a website (including an untrustworthy page) cannot infect a computer or cause any other damage directly. Nevertheless, that notification can open a malicious website.

Is louses[.]net a virus?

Louses[.]net and similar websites are not considered to be viruses. As a rule, the purpose of these pages is to trick visitors into receiving notifications used to promote phishing pages, various scams, other dubious pages (and applications).

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and stop louses[.]net from showing notifications (remove all permissions granted for this page). Also, this application will block further access to this page.

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