How to stop series-protection.com from displaying unwanted notifications

What kind of website is series-protection[.]com?

While examining series-protection[.]com, our team learned that it runs the "McAfee Total Protection - Your PC Is Infected With 5 Viruses!" scam and asks for permission to deliver untrustworthy notifications. We discovered series-protection[.]com while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks.

Series-protection[.]com in detail

Series-protection[.]com is designed to run a fake antivirus scan and show messages claiming that a computer is infected. It shows a pop-up message stating that a computer is infected with five viruses threatening banking information, personal data, and other sensitive information. That message urges visitors to start the McAfee antivirus to eliminate all threats.

The purpose of series-protection[.]com is to promote legitimate software (McAfee Antivirus). Its creators monetize it by earning commissions from an affiliate program. Series-protection[.]com redirects visitors to a legitimate McAfee page where visitors are offered to purchase an antivirus subscription.

The McAfee company is not using series-protection[.]com to promote its products. This page is operated by affiliates who use deceptive marketing to lure visitors into purchasing a legitimate software product.

In addition to showing deceptive content, series-protection[.]com asks for permission to show notifications. Those notifications may be designed to open untrustworthy pages (e.g., phishing sites, technical support scam pages, deceptive pages offering to download shady software). Thus, it is strongly recommended not to allow series-protection[.]com to deliver notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by series-protection.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	172.67.151.196
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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Websites of this type in general

Series-protection[.]com is similar to webdatasecuritycenter[.]com, track-scanner[.]com, carefully-to-remind[.]xyz, and many other pages. All of them display deceptive messages (and run fake system scans to trick visitors into purchasing legitimate software. Users do not visit such pages intentionally.

In most cases, pages of this type get opened via shady ads, torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, and other pages that use rogue advertising networks and adware-type apps.

How did series-protection[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites can only show notifications if visitors allow them to do so. Permission to show notifications is granted by clicking the "Allow" button (a button shown by a browser). It is very common for shady sites to display deceptive content to lure visitors into agreeing to receive notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Always close websites instructing you to click the "Allow" button to play a video, prove that you are not a robot, download a file, etc. Or click the "Block" button if you do not wish to receive notifications from the opened website. Either way, do not click the "Allow" button when suspicious pages ask for permission 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 series-protection[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

The only reason why series-protection[.]com delivers notifications is that it was and allowed to show notifications by clicking the "Allow" button. Websites cannot display notifications without permission.

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

No, notifications cannot infect computers. However, they can be designed to open malicious websites.

Is series-protection[.]com a virus?

Series-protection[.]com and other websites of this type are not viruses. Usually, they promote run or promote various scams and promote questionable (potentially malicious) applications and websites. Series-protection[.]com displays deceptive content to trick visitors into paying for legitimate software (its subscription).

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove permissions granted for series-protection[.]com. Moreover, this app will block further access to series-protection[.]com. It will not be necessary to perform additional steps.

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