How to remove notifications/ads displayed by the payments4u.org website

What kind of page is payments4u[.]org?

Payments4u[.]org is a rogue webpage our researchers discovered while inspecting untrustworthy sites. This page is designed to promote spam browser notifications and uses fake CAPTCHA verification for this purpose. Most users access websites like payments4u[.]org via others that use rogue advertising networks.

Payments4u[.]org overview

What visitors to rogue sites encounter may depend on their IP addresses/ geolocations. When we accessed payments4u[.]org, it presented us with fraudulent CAPTCHA verification; the webpage displayed an image of a robot with the instructions - "Click Allow if you are not a robot" - besides it. This trickery is intended to push visitors into enabling browser notifications.

Additionally, payments4u[.]org can cause redirects to various untrustworthy/malicious websites. During our testing, when the "Allow" button was clicked, the page redirected to another site promoting spam browser notifications.

The notifications/advertisements delivered by payments4u[.]org and similar webpages endorse various scams, untrustworthy/harmful websites and software, and even malware.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by payments4u.org
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), 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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Browser notification spam in general

Financesurvey24[.]space, news-caloto[.]cc, worldcoolfeed[.]com, and save-secur[.]com are merely a few examples of the rogue sites we have researched.

The browser notifications displayed by such sites typically promote unreliable and malicious content. Although, we have observed these ads being used to endorse legitimate products as well. However, they are unlikely to be advertised in this manner by the actual developers. Scammers abusing affiliate programs commonly use this marketing method to acquire illegitimate commissions.

How did payments4u[.]org gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

You have likely visited payments4u[.]org and permitted it to display browser notifications. It is noteworthy that most rogue sites use deception to trick visitors into enabling the notifications, and payments4u[.]org is not an exception.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

To avoid receiving undesirable browser notifications, we advise against permitting suspicious sites from displaying them (i.e., do not press "Allow", "Allow Notifications", etc.). Instead, you should ignore or deny the notification requests (i.e., click "Block", "Block Notifications", etc.).

Should your browser continuously force-open dubious websites, it can be due to adware installed onto it or the system. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Screenshots of the notifications/adverts displayed by the payments4u[.]org website:

Appearance of the payments4u[.]org website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by payments4u.org?
• 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 payments4u[.]org in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Websites require user permission to deliver browser notifications. Hence, you've likely permitted payments4u[.]org to do so. Note that most rogue pages use deceptive content (e.g., clickbait, fake CAPTCHA, etc.) to entice/scare visitors into enabling their notifications.

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

No, clicking on a browser notification is harmless. However, the content (e.g., websites, apps, etc.) promoted through these adverts can be malicious and cause serious issues.

Is payments4u[.]org a virus?

While payments4u[.]org is not considered to be a virus, it can endorse virulent content. Sites of this kind are typically used to push various scams, unreliable and harmful software, and even malware.

Will Combo Cleaner remove payments4u[.]org ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your system and revert the permissions granted to the payments4u[.]org site. Furthermore, Combo Cleaner can restrict access to this and other rogue, deceptive, and malicious websites. Therefore, additional steps will be unnecessary.

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