How to remove permissions granted for trusted-stream.life

What kind of page is trusted-stream[.]life?

Trusted-stream[.]life is one of the websites designed to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications. Also, this page redirects visitors to other websites of this type. Typically, users do not open such pages on purpose. We discovered trusted-stream[.]life while visiting and examining sites that use rogue advertising networks.

Trusted-stream[.]life in detail

Trusted-stream[.]life uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. It displays a fake video player and states that it is required to click the "Allow" button to watch the video.

Our team has inspected notifications from trusted-stream[.]life and found that they promote various scams, shady adult dating pages, deceptive pages, and potentially malicious apps. It is important to mention that clicking on notifications displayed by trusted-stream[.]life can lead to malicious websites.

We also learned that trusted-stream[.]life can redirect to dating-roo2[.]site - another website designed to display a fake video player and a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button. Thus, neither trusted-stream[.]life or any website opened through it should be trusted.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by trusted-stream.life
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Phishing), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	116.202.184.109
Related Domain	trustedstream[.]life
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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Web pages of this type in general

Websites like trusted-stream[.]life are promoted via illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, and similar pages. They also get opened after clicking on certain deceptive advertisements. As a rule, the purpose of sites like trusted-stream[.]life is to get permission to show notifications and promote other untrustworthy pages.

More examples of similar sites are beltrapurint[.]com, cleantoclean[.]xyz, and notadvertise[.]com.

How did trusted-stream[.]life gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Usually, websites like trusted-stream[.]life use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications. Visitors agree to receive notifications by clicking the "Allow" button. No website can show notifications without having permission to do so. It means that trusted-stream[.]life was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Request to show notifications can be declined by clicking the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button when a browser says that a website wants to show notifications. An alternative way to avoid that is to close a suspicious page before agreeing or disagreeing to receive notifications.

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

Appearance of trusted-stream[.]life website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by trusted-stream[.]life:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by trusted-stream.life?
• 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 trusted-stream[.]life in the right lower corner of my desktop?

A website delivers browser notifications when it has permission to do so. This means that trusted-stream[.]life was visited and allowed to display notifications (the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting trusted-stream[.]life).

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

Clicking on notifications displayed by pages like trusted-stream[.]life cannot infect a computer. However, websites opened by such notifications can be malicious.

Is trusted-stream[.]life a virus?

It is not a virus. This page redirects to other pages of this kind. If allowed, trusted-stream[.]life shows notifications that promote various scams, potentially malicious applications, and websites.

Will Combo Cleaner remove trusted-stream[.]life ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions granted for trusted-stream[.]life. Also, this application will block all further access to trusted-stream[.]life. No additional steps will be required.

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