How to stop next-message.com from showing notifications

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

Next-message[.]com is an untrustworthy website designed to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. It uses a clickbait technique/displays deceptive content to get that permission. Our team has discovered next-message[.]com while inspecting pages that use rogue advertising networks.

Next-message[.]com in detail

Next-message[.]com displays a video player window and the "Skip Ad" button. It also asks for permission to show notifications. Next-message[.]com implies that it is necessary to agree to receive notifications to load a video/skip the ad. We have learned that notifications displayed by next-message[.]com promote shady pages.

At the time of the research, notifications from next-message[.]com promoted various scams and other dubious sites. We also learned that next-message[.]com itself can open untrustworthy pages too. During our analysis, it opened special-trending-news[.]com.

Threat Summary:

Name	next-message.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Suspicious), ADMINUSLabs (Malicious), CyRadar (Malicious), ESET (Malware), 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 of this type

Next-message[.]com is similar to herebelf[.]xyz, mydailynewz[.]com, hotnews1[.]me, and plenty of other sites. Websites of this type can promote malicious apps and redirect visitors to pages designed to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

In certain cases, these pages are used to promote legitimate software. Developers of that software have nothing to do with it. Affiliates behind pages like next-message[.]com promote their products to collect illegitimate commissions.

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

When websites want to show notifications, web browsers display a pop-up with "Allow" and "Block" (or similar) buttons. Permission to show notifications gets granted after clicking the "Allow" button. Thus, if next-message[.]com is showing notifications, it means that it has been visited and allowed to show them.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Never trust websites claiming that it is required to click the "Allow" button to download a file, watch a video, prove that you are not a robot, etc. Close those pages or click the "Block" (or similar) button to disagree to receive their notifications.

If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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

Notifications displayed by next-message[.]com:

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Quick menu:

• What is next-message.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 next-message[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?

It is because next-message[.]com has permission to show notifications. Websites cannot display any notifications without permission.

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

It is not harmful to click on a notification  - it cannot infect a computer. However, it can open a malicious website designed to trick visitors into infecting computers with malware.

Is next-message[.]com a virus?

Websites like next-message[.]com are not viruses. These pages promote various scams, questionable applications, and websites (by redirecting visitors to those pages and showing notifications used to promote them).

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove permissions granted for next-message[.]com. It will also block further access to this website. No additional steps will be required.

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