How to remove permissions granted for essential-scan.com

What kind of page is essential-scan[.]com?

While inspecting essential-scan[.]com, we learned that it runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam and wants to show notifications. It displays deceptive content (uses deceptive marketing) to trick visitors into purchasing legitimate antivirus software. Typically, users open such pages unintentionally.

Essential-scan[.]com in detail

Essential-scan[.]com runs a fake antivirus scan and "detects" five viruses. It displays a fake pop-up message claiming that personal, banking and other sensitive data is at risk and urging to eliminate threats. Essential-scan[.]com instructs visitors to start the McAfee Antivirus.

After clicking the "Start McAfee" button, essential-scan[.]com redirects to a legitimate McAfee website with an affiliate ID in its URL. This means that whoever owns essential-scan[.]com participates in an affiliate program. The creators of this page aim to trick visitors into purchasing a McAfee Total Protection subscription.

McAfee is a legitimate computer security company. It has nothing to do with essential-scan[.]com. As we mentioned in the introduction, this page not only displays deceptive content but also wants to show notifications. It should not be allowed to show notifications. Those notifications might promote malicious pages or apps, other scams, etc.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by essential-scan.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	172.67.181.8
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 websites similar (or even identical) to essential-scan[.]com. All of these sites share the same goal - to lure visitors into purchasing legitimate software using a scare tactic. Usually, these pages get opened via illegal movie streaming websites, torrent sites, and other pages that use rogue advertising networks and shady advertisements.

Examples of websites similar to essential-scan[.]com are pc-protections[.]com, tonit[.]click, and stronger-protection[.]com.

How did essential-scan[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Web pages can only show notifications if visitors allow them to. It means that esessential-scan[.]com was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked (permission to show notifications has been granted) while visiting it.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close untrustworthy pages stating that it is required to click the "Allow" button to complete a CAPTCHA, play a video, download a file, confirm your age, etc. An alternative way to prevent untrustworthy websites from showing notifications is to click the "Block" (or similar) button when they ask for permission to show them.

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

Appearance of essential-scan[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

The only reason why notifications are coming from this page is that it has been allowed to show them while visiting it. Websites are allowed to display notifications by clicking the "Allow" button when they ask for permission to show them.

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

No, notifications cannot infect a computer. The biggest issue with clicking on them is that they can open malicious websites.

Is essential-scan[.]com a virus?

Essential-scan[.]com and similar websites are not viruses. The purpose of these pages is to trick visitors into purchasing antivirus software. These pages are owned by affiliates who use deceptive marketing to earn commissions.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and eliminate permissions granted for essential-scan[.]com. It will also prevent you from accessing essential-scan.com in the future. No additional steps will be required.

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