How to stop news-voxodo.cc from displaying notifications

What kind of website is news-voxodo[.]cc?

News-voxodo[.]cc is a deceptive website that we have discovered while examining other pages that use rogue advertising networks. After inspecting this page, we found that it displays deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, it redirects to another shady website.

News-voxodo[.]cc in detail

News-voxodo[.]cc displays a fake video player that is supposed to play a video named "My best hot video.mp4". It instructs visitors to click the "Allow" button to watch that video. This page displays deceptive content to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications and redirects to an adult page.

After examining notifications displayed by news-voxodo[.]cc, we learned that most of them are fake security notifications claiming that a computer is infected and urging to remove malware. Also, those notifications promote various scams (for example, a scam promoting the most effective way to lose weight).

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-voxodo.cc
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Phishing), CRDF (Malicious), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Malicious), Fortinet (Phishing), Sophos (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	149.7.16.66
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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Browser notification spam in general

In most cases, pages like news-voxodo[.]cc are opened via illegal movie streaming websites, torrent sites, and other questionable pages. Sometimes, they are promoted via adware. It is important to know that sites like news-voxodo[.]cc can redirect to malicious pages and show notifications promoting such pages.

More examples of similar websites are eegeeglou[.]com, news-lemasu[.]com, and news-neduda[.]com.

How did news-voxodo[.]cc gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Permission to show notifications is granted by clicking the "Allow" button displayed by a browser while visiting a page. A website cannot show notifications until a visitor allows it to show them. Typically, pages like news-voxodo[.]cc use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" (or "Block Notifications") button every time an untrustworthy page asks for permission to show notifications or close that page. Do not click the "Allow" button while visiting dubious pages. Especially when websites display messages stating that it is required to click the "Allow" button to continue loading them, prove that you are not a robot, etc.

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

Appearance of news-voxodo[.]cc website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by news-voxodo[.]cc:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by news-voxodo.cc?
• 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 news-voxodo[.]cc in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Websites show notifications after allowing them to do so. They cannot display any notifications without permission. Thus, news-voxodo[.]cc shows notifications because it was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.

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

Clicking on notifications is harmless, but websites opened by them can be malicious/used to distribute malware.

Is news-voxodo[.]cc a virus?

Websites like news-voxodo[.]cc are not viruses. Typically, they promote various scams, questionable applications, and websites.

Will Combo Cleaner remove news-voxodo[.]cc ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions granted for news-voxodo[.]cc. Moreover, this application will block further access to news-voxodo[.]cc. No additional steps will be required.

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