How to stop profitsurvey.top from displaying unwanted notifications

What kind of website is profitsurvey[.]top?

Profitsurvey[.]top is a shady website that our team has discovered while examining torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, and other websites that use rogue advertising networks. We have analyzed profitsurvey[.]top and learned that it asks for permission to show untrustworthy notifications, displays a fake survey, and redirects to other shady pages.

Profitsurvey[.]top in detail

We have tried allowing profitsurvey[.]top to show notifications and found that they promote scams claiming that a computer may be infected. Some of those notifications promote legitimate software. However, developers of that software have nothing to do with those notifications. Affiliates use them to collect illegitimate commissions.

Another issue with profitsurvey[.]top is that it displays a fake survey. Clicking on answers displayed by profitsurvey[.]top eventually opens other shady websites. At the time of the research, profitsurvey[.]top redirected to a download page for a questionable application.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by profitsurvey.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Phishing), Combo Cleaner (Phishing), Fortinet (Phishing), Lionic (Phishing), Sophos (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, unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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More about websites delivering browser notification spam

Pages like profitsurvey[.]top can be used to trick users into downloading malicious apps. Also, they can open other pages designed to trick visitors into allowing them to show untrustworthy notifications. More examples of pages like profitsurvey[.]top are pushnotstudio[.]com, pubavideo[.]ru, bingocaptchapoint[.]top.

How did profitsurvey[.]top gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

A website gets permission to show notifications after clicking the "Allow", "Allow Notifications" or another button (it depends on the browser). Neither profitsurvey[.]top nor any other page can show its notifications without permission.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" or "Block Notifications" button when you do not wish to receive notifications from a web browser. Do not trust pages claiming that it is necessary to click the "Allow" button to prove your age or that you are not a robot, to continue loading the page, etc.

Another way to avoid receiving notifications is to close websites before clicking any button. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of profitsurvey[.]top website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by profitsurvey[.]top:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by profitsurvey[.]top using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

A website has to ask for permission to show notifications, and a visitor has to agree to receive them. Only then can a page show its notifications. Therefore, profitsurvey[.]top displays notifications because it has been allowed.

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

No, clicking on notifications displayed even by untrustworthy pages does not infect a computer. Nevertheless, shady notifications can open malicious pages.

Is profitsurvey[.]top a virus?

Profitsurvey[.]top is not a virus. The purpose of this page to promote other questionable pages and, applications, various scams. It promotes these pages/apps through notifications and redirects visitors to them/their download pages.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions that have been granted to profitsurvey[.]top. Thus, profitsurvey[.]top will no longer show any notifications. Combo Cleaner will also block access to this page. No additional steps will be required.

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