How to stop advtreviews.com from sending notifications

What kind of page is advtreviews[.]com?

While examining advtreviews[.]com, our team found that it is one of the many untrustworthy pages designed to lure visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, advtreviews[.]com can redirect visitors to another (virtually identical) website. We encountered this site while inspecting other pages (sites that use rogue advertising networks).

Advtreviews[.]com in detail

Advtreviews[.]com shows a deceptive message stating that clicking the "Allow" button will complete a CAPTCHA and prove that visitors are not robots. It uses a clickbait technique to lure visitors into allowing it to show notifications. We found that one of the notifications sent by advtreviews[.]com is promoting an investment scam.

Other notifications from advtreviews[.]com may promote other scams (e.g., technical support scams), phishing websites, untrustworthy/potentially malicious applications, etc. Thus, it advtreviews[.]com should never be allowed to show notifications. Another detail about advtreviews[.]com is that it can redirect to notadslife[.]com - a virtually identical page.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by advtreviews.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	52.0.170.221
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

Advtreviews[.]com and similar websites get opened via deceptive ads, advertising-supported apps, illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, etc. Users do not visit them intentionally. It is common for them to be designed to open other pages of this type.

Sometimes, these pages fraudulently promote legitimate software (their creators are affiliates who aim to collect illegitimate commissions). More examples of similar websites are notadsworld[.]com, advtlife[.]com, and advtbox[.]com.

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

Websites always ask for permission to show notifications. They do not show notifications unless visitors agree to receive them. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button when browsers notify visitors that pages want to show notifications. Thus, advtreviews[.]com sends notifications because it has been allowed to do so.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" or "Block Notifications" button or close suspicious websites asking permission to show notifications. Note that no legitimate page claims that clicking the "Allow" button is required to prove that you are not a robot, download a file, play a video, etc.

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

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

Notification from advtreviews[.]com:

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Quick menu:

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

Notifications are only sent by websites if visitors such permission is given to them. Thus, advtreviews[.]com shows notifications because it was visited and allowed to do so.

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

Clicking on notifications is harmless unless they open malicious websites. Notifications cannot infect computers, but files downloaded from websites opened through those notifications can.

Is advtreviews[.]com a virus?

Websites like advtreviews[.]com are not viruses. The problem with these pages is that they promote various scams, potentially malicious applications, and websites.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions that the advtreviews[.]com website has. It will also block further access to advtreviews[.]com. It will not be required to perform additional steps.

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