How to stop freeadvworld.com from displaying notifications

What kind of page is freeadvworld[.]com?

Freeadvworld[.]com is a deceptive website designed to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. Our team has discovered it while examining other pages such as illegal movie streaming, torrent sites, and similar sites that use rogue advertising networks.

Freeadvworld[.]com in detail

Freeadvworld[.]com displays a fake CAPTCHA with a message stating that it is required to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot. This page can show notifications used to promote various scams (for example, scams used to extract sensitive information), questionable applications, other shady pages, etc.

While examining the freeadvworld[.]com site, we learned that it can open another similar page. It opens messagereceiver[.]com - a page designed to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button too. It is worth mentioning that pages of this type can promote legitimate software. In such cases, these sites are used to collect illegitimate commissions from purchases made through them.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by freeadvworld.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	35.174.183.139
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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Websites of this type in general

In most cases, websites like freeadvworld[.]com use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. They also redirect visitors to other shady websites. Notifications displayed by pages of this type can be used to promote malicious apps. Examples of similar sites are gooddaywith-captcha[.]top, desktopnotificationshub[.]com, ddenkno[.]xyz.

How did freeadvworld[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Freeadvworld[.]com does not show notifications unless it has permission for that. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button (in a pop-up displayed by a browser). As mentioned in one of the previous sections, websites like freeadvworld[.]com usually display deceptive content to get permission to show notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close shady websites claiming that it is required to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, download a file, etc. Another way to avoid receiving notifications from a page is to click the "Block" button when it asks for permission to show them.

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

Appearance of freeadvworld[.]com website (GIF):

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by freeadvworld[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

This website shows notifications only because it has been visited and allowed to show them. Permission to show notifications was granted by clicking the "Allow" button when the freeadvworld[.]com page was opened.

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

No, a notification displayed by a website cannot infect a computer. However, it is not recommended to click notifications shown by shady websites - they can open malicious sites.

Is freeadvworld[.]com a virus?

Freeadvworld[.]com and other websites of this type are not viruses. Most of them are designed to promote various scams, questionable or even malicious applications, and websites.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions granted for freeadvworld[.]com. Also, this application will block access to this site. No additional steps will be required.

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