How to remove permissions granted for securityservice-pc.com

What kind of page is securityservice-pc[.]com?

After inspecting the securityservice-pc[.]com page, we discovered that it runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam and asks for permission to deliver notifications. Our team encountered this site while examining pages that use rogue advertising networks. It is very uncommon for sites like securityservice-pc[.]com to be visited on purpose.

Securityservice-pc[.]com in detail

Securityservice-pc[.]com runs a fake system scan and shows a deceptive message to trick visitors into believing that their computers are infected with multiple viruses. The purpose of this site is to lure visitors into purchasing McAfee - a legitimate antivirus software.

Securityservice-pc[.]com is operated by affiliates who aim to collect illegitimate commissions from purchases made through their page. McAfee company never uses sites like securityservice-pc[.]com to promote their products. Thus, securityservice-pc[.]com should be ignored.

As we mentioned in the introduction, securityservice-pc[.]com wants to show notifications. Allowing this site to deliver notifications can result in receiving notifications designed to promote technical support scam pages, phishing websites, shady apps, etc. Websites like securityservice-pc[.]com should never be allowed to display notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by securityservice-pc.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Combo Cleaner (Malware), CRDF (Malicious), Kaspersky (Phishing), Netcraft (Malicious), Sophos (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	18.235.21.239
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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Pages of this type in general

Websites of this type display deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and performing other actions (e.g., purchasing software). They are promoted via other shady pages (e.g., illegal movie streaming sites, torrent sites), untrustworthy advertisements, adware-type apps, etc.

Users do not visit pages like securityservice-pc[.]com intentionally. Examples of similar pages are scanuralerts[.]com, protect-data-2022[.]xyz, and nonadvertised[.]com.

How did securityservice-pc[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites can only show notifications if they are allowed to do so. It means that securityservice-pc[.]com was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it. Usually, pages of this type display deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close websites claiming that you must click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, download a file, confirm your age, etc. An alternative way to avoid receiving unwanted notifications from a page is to click the "Block" button when a browser shows a notification saying that a page wants to show notifications.

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

Appearance of securityservice-pc[.]com website (GIF):

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

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Quick menu:

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

Securityservice-pc[.]com delivers notifications because it has been allowed to show them. Web pages are allowed to show notifications by clicking the "Allow" button when browsers notify visitors that pages want to show notifications.

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

Computers cannot be infected by notifications, but it can be caused through pages opened by those notifications.

Is securityservice-pc[.]com a virus?

Securityservice-pc[.]com and similar pages are not viruses. However, they promote various scams, shady applications, and websites.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all permissions that securityservice-pc[.]com has. It will also block further access to securityservice-pc[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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