How to stop foodme.info from showing notifications

What kind of page is foodme[.]info?

Our team has discovered foodme[.]info while browsing illegal movie streaming, torrent, adult dating, and similar sites that use questionable advertising networks. At the time of the research, foodme[.]info displayed a fake CAPTCHA to trick visitors into allowing it to deliver notifications.

Foodme[.]info in detail

Once we have visited the foodme[.]info, it displayed a message (a fake CAPTCHA) claiming that it is necessary to click the "Allow" button to prove that whoever has visited it is not a robot. This page also redirected us to a shady adult dating page. After clicking the "Allow" button, we received notifications used to promote shady websites, applications, etc.

We have examined plenty of other pages like foodme[.]info and learned that they/their notifications often were used to promote legitimate software. The purpose of these notifications was to trick users into purchasing legitimate software (subscription plans) so that affiliates could collect illegitimate commissions.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by foodme.info
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), 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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Websites like foodme[.]info in general

Web pages like foodme[.]info (and their notifications) can promote malicious pages. Typically, they get opened through other shady pages (sometimes, they are promoted through adware). Most of them display deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. More examples of similar pages are centredirect[.]net, wholewowblog[.]com, aucfuu[.]com.

How did foodme[.]info gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites cannot show notifications until visitors click the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button displayed by a browser. The same applies to foodme[.]info. Pages like foodme[.]info often use clickbait techniques to get permission to show notifications. For example, they claim that visitors need to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

In order to avoid receiving notifications from websites, it is required to click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button when they ask for permission to show them. Another way to avoid that is to close the page before doing anything else. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of foodme[.]info website (GIF):

Notifications from foodme[.]info:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by foodme[.]info using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

It is because foodme[.]info has been allowed to show notifications (the "Allow" button displayed by a browser was clicked while visiting foodme[.]info).

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

A notification cannot infect a computer or cause any other damage directly. However, it can open a malicious or other untrustworthy pages.

Is foodme[.]info a virus?

Foodme[.]info and similar websites are not considered to be viruses. Usually, the purpose of these pages is to promote various scams, dubious pages, questionable applications.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and stop foodme[.]info from delivering notifications (remove permissions granted for foodme[.]info). Also, this app will block further access to this website. No additional steps will be required.

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