How to stop centredirect.net from delivering notifications

What kind of page is centredirect[.]net?

Centredirect[.]net is a deceptive website that has been discovered by our team while testing various torrent, illegal streaming, and similar pages (websites that use rogue advertising networks). We found that the purpose of centredirect[.]net is to trick visitors into allowing it to display notifications and redirect them to shady websites.

Centredirect[.]net in detail

At the time of the research, centredirect[.]net displayed a loader and a message encouraging to click the "Allow" button to continue. It suggested that it is necessary to agree to receive notifications to continue loading/browsing the page. Once allowed, centredirect[.]net started to show dubious notifications.

Its notifications promoted various scams, download pages for questionable applications, and other shady websites. It is worth mentioning that websites like centredirect[.]net can promote legitimate software. In such cases, affiliates use them to collect illegitimate commissions (legitimate software developers do not use such methods for advertising).

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by centredirect.net
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Phishing), Combo Cleaner (Phishing), CRDF (Malicious), Fortinet (Phishing), Lionic (Phishing), 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, 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 notification spam in general

Users do not visit pages like centredirect[.]net on purpose - they end up on them through other untrustworthy pages. Typically, these pages use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications (they load deceptive content, like fake CAPTCHAs). Examples of similar pages are finkeapp[.]com, news-sojulu[.]cc, wholewowblog[.]com.

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

Websites get permission to show notifications after clicking the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or equivalent button in a pop-up displayed by a web browser. They cannot show notifications without permission. A big part of pages like centredirect[.]net display deceptive content to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Do not click the "Allow", "Allow Notifications" or a similar button while visiting websites like centredirect[.]net, or other shady pages. If you do not want to receive notifications from a website, click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button, or close the page. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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

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Quick menu:

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

For a website like centredirect[.]net to show notifications, a visitor must firstly grant permission. Web pages cannot show notifications without permission. Thus, if any notifications are coming from centredirect[.]net, it means that this page has been allowed to show them.

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

A notification cannot cause any damage directly, but it can open a malicious (or other untrustworthy) website.

Is centredirect[.]net a virus?

Websites like centredirect[.]net are not viruses. The purpose of such pages is to promote various scams, shady applications, and other untrustworthy pages.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and stop centredirect[.]net from showing notifications (remove permissions granted for this page). It will also block further access to centredirect[.]net. No additional steps will be required.

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