Removing advertisements displayed by the facebookteens.com website

What kind of page is facebookteens[.]com?

We discovered facebookteens[.]com whilst researching other questionable websites. The page in question is designed to load dubious content, promote browser notification spam, and redirect visitors to various unreliable/dangerous sites. Most visits to facebookteens[.]com are unintentional as they are caused by redirects from rogue advertising networks used by other webpages.

Facebookteens[.]com overview

How rogue sites operate (i.e., what they host/promote) depends on their visitor's IP address/ geolocation. Hence, what users who access facebookteens[.]com encounter - may differ.

At the time of research, this webpage displayed suspect adult-oriented content. This includes a survey; it is implied to be a questionnaire from an eighteen-year-old in a location close to the user. The first question is whether the user is over eighteen, but selecting "No" or "Yes" does not matter, as the survey continues making explicit and mature queries. Content of this kind is often used to lure users into phishing and other malicious websites.

Additionally, if visitors allow facebookteens[.]com to display its browser notifications - it will use them to run intrusive advertisement campaigns. The delivered notifications/ads endorse a wide variety of scams, untrustworthy and harmful pages/apps, and even malware.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by facebookteens.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	alphaMountain.ai (Phishing), Webroot (Malicious), ESET (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Observed Domains	yjelm.facebookteens[.]com; rvzqo.facebookteens[.]com; xoxzgl.facebookteens[.]com; laqodl.facebookteens[.]com; kgnmbb.facebookteens[.]com; djbng.facebookteens[.]com; omqno.facebookteens[.]com; bekbaa.facebookteens[.]com; onwoz.facebookteens[.]com; kgwgan.facebookteens[.]com; anwdmq.facebookteens[.]com; rgqwdj.facebookteens[.]com
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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Browser notification spam in general

We have researched thousands of sites similar to facebookteens[.]com; bestfaustcaptcha.top, gloonseetaih.com, video***.live, and bestsystemav.xyz are just a few examples.

Webpages that push browser notifications typically use them to promote misleading, deceptive, and hazardous material. However, we have observed these advertisements endorsing legitimate content as well. It is noteworthy that genuine developers do not advertise their products in this manner; instead, this promotion is done by scammers abusing affiliate programs to earn illegitimate commissions.

How did facebookteens[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites can only display browser notifications if users permit them to do so. Facebookteens[.]com is not an exception to this. Rogue sites tend to deceive users into pressing "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or similar options.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

To avoid receiving undesirable browser notifications, we strongly advise against clicking "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or other consent buttons present in suspicious websites. Instead, ignore browser notification requests or deny them (e.g., "Block", "Block Notifications", etc.).

It is pertinent to mention that adware infiltrated into the system can cause a browser to force-open questionable webpages. 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 the facebookteens[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

Websites deliver browser notifications with user permission. Hence, you have likely visited facebookteens[.]com and permitted it (e.g., clicked "Allow", "Allow Notifications", etc.).

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

No, clicking on a browser notification is harmless. However, they themselves are not - since these adverts can promote untrustworthy/malicious sites and applications, which can cause various problems (including malware infections).

Is facebookteens[.]com a virus?

While facebookteens[.]com is not classified as a virus, it can endorse virulent content. Such websites are typically used to push unreliable/harmful webpages and applications, online scams, and even malware.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner can scan systems and remove the permissions granted for this website. Additionally, it can block further access to facebookteens[.]com and other rogue, deceptive, and malicious sites. Therefore, no extra steps will be necessary.

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