How to stop stronger-protection.com from showing notifications

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

After examining stronger-protection[.]com, we found that it is one of the deceptive pages that runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" and asks for permission to show its notifications. Our team discovered stronger-protection[.]com while studying other shady pages that use rogue advertising networks (it is uncommon for such pages to be visited intentionally).

Stronger-protection[.]com in detail

Stronger-protection[.]com is designed to trick visitors into thinking that their computers are infected. It runs a fake system scan and then shows a pop-up message stating that the computer is infected with five viruses. That message urges visitors to eliminate threats to protect personal data, banking information, and other sensitive info.

The purpose of stronger-protection[.]com is to trick visitors into purchasing a McAfee antivirus subscription. After clicking the "Start McAfee" button, this page redirects to a legitimate McAfee site (with an affiliate ID in its URL). Stronger-protection[.]com is owned by affiliates who would earn a commission after making a purchase through their page.

Also, stronger-protection[.]com wants to deliver notifications. Typically, when such pages are allowed to show notifications, they show notifications promoting various scams, shady applications, or even malicious pages (or apps). Thus, it is strongly recommended not to agree to receive notifications from pages like stronger-protection[.]com.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by stronger-protection.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	172.67.176.104
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

There are many pages like stronger-protection[.]com on the Internet (e.g., stable-scan[.]com, dailysurveyreward[.]online, and desktopsecurityradar[.]com). These websites use deceptive marketing techniques (scare tactics) to promote legitimate antivirus software. Usually, they claim that a computer is or might be infected.

Pages like stronger-protection[.]com are promoted via untrustworthy advertisements, websites like adslivetraining[.]com, illegal movie streaming sites, torrent sites (and similar pages), and adware-type apps.

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

Stronger-protection[.]com has been allowed to show notifications by clicking the "Allow" button (displayed by a browser) while visiting it. Websites do not show notifications unless visitors allow them to. In most cases, pages of this kind display deceptive content to receive permission to show notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Do not trust web pages claiming that clicking the "Allow" button is required to play a video, prove that you are not a robot, download some file, continue loading the page, etc. Legitimate websites do not ask visitors to click the "Allow" button to perform such actions.

Always click the "Block" or similar button when a browser says that shady pages want to show notifications or close such pages. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of stronger-protection[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

Stronger-protection[.]com displays notifications only because it is allowed to do so. Websites receive permission to show notifications when users click the "Allow" button while visiting them.

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

Notifications from websites cannot infect computers. Nevertheless, it is not safe to click them since they can open malicious pages.

Is stronger-protection[.]com a virus?

Stronger-protection[.]com is not a virus. It is created by affiliates who aim to trick visitors into purchasing legitimate software. Their goal is to earn commissions via an affiliate program.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove permissions granted for stronger-protection[.]com. Also, this application will block further access to stronger-protection[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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