How to stop new-message-service.com from showing notifications

What kind of page is new-message-service[.]com?

New-message-service[.]com is an untrustworthy website that we have discovered while examining illegal streaming, torrent sites, and similar pages that use questionable advertising networks. We found that the purpose of new-message-service[.]com is to get permission to show notifications and redirect visitors to other shady websites.

New-message-service[.]com in detail

While analyzing new-message-service[.]com, we have noticed that it displays the "Skip Ad" button and a black screen. It suggests that a video will be played after clicking the "Allow" button. After agreeing to receive notifications from new-message-service[.]com, we learned that its notifications are promoting mainly adult content pages.

We also found that new-message-service[.]com can redirect to untrustworthy websites. At the time of the research, new-message-service[.]com redirected us to special-offers[.]online - another shady website. We concluded that neither new-message-service[.]com nor websites that it promotes are trustworthy.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by new-message-service.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (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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More about websites delivering shady notifications

Most of the pages like new-message-service[.]com that our team has analyzed use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. For example, they claim that it is required to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot. More examples of similar pages are finkeapp[.]com, news-sojulu[.]cc, wholewowblog[.]com.

How did new-message-service[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

While wholewowblog[.]com does not have permission to show notifications, a browser displays a pop-up with the "Allow" and "Block" buttons in it. Websites can start showing notifications only if visitors click the "Allow" button. Pretty often, users do that unknowingly.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button while visiting shady websites that ask for permission to show notifications. Another way to avoid agreeing to receive unwanted notifications is to close the page before clicking anything. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of new-message-service[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by new-message-service[.]com:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by new-message-service[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by new-message-service.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 new-message-service[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?

No website can show its notifications unless it has permission for that. It means that new-message-service[.]com shows notifications because it has been visited and allowed to show them.

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

Clicking on notifications is not harmful (notifications cannot infect computers or cause other damage). However, they can open malicious web pages.

Is new-message-service[.]com a virus?

New-message-service[.]com and other pages of this type are not considered to be viruses. As a rule, these pages promote questionable/malicious applications and websites (they redirect visitors to those pages and show notifications used to promote them).

Will Combo Cleaner remove new-message-service[.]com ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer stop new-message-service[.]com from delivering notifications. It will also block further access to new-message-service[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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