How to stop cardiidae.com from displaying notifications

What kind of page is cardiidae[.]com?

Cardiidae[.]com is one of the many deceptive websites that use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, it redirects visitors to deceptive websites. Users do not visit pages cardiidae[.]com intentionally. We found this page while examining other sites (illegal movie streaming, torrent, and similar sites).

Cardiidae[.]com in detail

Cardiidae[.]com displays a fake video player with a loading spinner and a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button to confirm that they are not robots. It displays deceptive content to trick visitors allowing it to display notifications. Websites like cardiidae[.]com should never have permission to show notifications.

We found that cardiidae[.]com shows notifications that promote various scam websites (e.g., phishing, technical support websites), download pages for potentially malicious pages, and similar sites. Also, cardiidae[.]com can redirect to other shady websites. One of them runs a scam similar to "Your McAfee Subscription Has Expired".

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by cardiidae.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.1.59
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

The most popular ways to promote pages like cardiidae[.]com are to use rogue advertising networks, shady advertisements, and adware-type applications. In all cases, users end up on websites of this type inadvertently. The purpose of these sites is to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications. Those notifications can open malicious pages.

Examples of similar websites are ptaimpeerte[.]com, adsandcomputer[.]com, and notifinfoback[.]com.

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

Cardiidae[.]com shows notifications because the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it. This page has permission to show notifications (it cannot display notifications without permission). Typically, visitors agree to receive notifications from sites like cardiidae[.]com because they fall for their deceptive messages.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close websites instructing you to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, confirm your age, download a file, etc. Alternatively, you can click the "Block" button while visiting shady pages that want to show notifications. However, the first option is more recommended.

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

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

Notification displayed by cardiidae[.]com:

Video showing how to remove ads delivered by cardiidae[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

Cardiidae[.]com cannot display notifications without permission. The same applies to any page that wants to show notifications. Permission to show notifications is granted by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting pages that want to show notifications.

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

Your computer is not infected. However, it is important to know that notifications displayed by dubious pages can open malicious websites.

Is cardiidae[.]com a virus?

Websites like cardiidae[.]com promote various scams, potentially malicious applications, websites, etc. They are not viruses, but it is strongly recommended not to trust them.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will check what permissions are granted for cardiidae[.]com and remove the. Also, this application will block all further access to cardiidae[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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