How to remove permissions that stayundercontrol.online website has

What kind of page is stayundercontrol[.]online?

We investigated the stayundercontrol[.]online website and found two things: this page runs the "McAfee - Your PC might be infected with 5 viruses!" scam and wants to show notifications. Our team discovered stayundercontrol[.]online while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks. Pages of this type are rarely opened on purpose.

Stayundercontrol[.]online in detail

After running a fake system scan, stayundercontrol[.]online shows a pop-up window claiming to have found potential threats that may cause harm to a computer. That pop-up also claims that a McAfee subscription may have expired and encourages visitors to renew it to keep their computers protected.

Clicking the "Proceed..." button takes visitors to a legitimate McAfee website with an affiliate's ID in its URL. It means that stayundercontrol[.]online is owned by affiliates who get paid after someone purchases a McAfee subscription through their page. However, it does not mean that the McAfee company uses pages like stayundercontrol[.]online to promote its products.

Another reason not to trust stayundercontrol[.]online is that it can show untrustworthy notifications. However, it cannot do so until visitors click the "Allow" button displayed by a browser while visiting it. Notifications from stayundercontrol[.]online can promote various scams, shady websites, potentially malicious apps, etc.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by stayundercontrol.online
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	54.243.179.61
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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More about pages of this type

Websites like stayundercontrol[.]online are promoted mainly via illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, and other websites of this kind, deceptive advertisements, and notifications from untrustworthy pages. Also, they can be opened by advertising-supported software installed on computers. Either way, users do not visit them intentionally.

Examples of websites similar to stayundercontrol[.]online are defenderfocus[.]xyz, suldo[.]click, and essential-scan[.]com.

How did stayundercontrol[.]online gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

No website can display notifications without permission which is granted by clicking the "Allow" button when a browser notifies a visitor that a page wants to show notifications. It means that stayundercontrol[.]online was visited and has been allowed to deliver notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close websites claiming that you have to click the "Allow" (or similar) button to prove that you are not a robot/pass a CAPTCHA, play a video, confirm your age, download a file, etc. An alternative method is to click the "Block" button when a browser says that a visited 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 stayundercontrol[.]online website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

The only reason why notifications from stayundercontrol[.]online are coming is that this page has permission to show them. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting websites (see the GIF above).

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

No, your computer is not infected. Notifications cannot infect computers. However, they can lead to malicious websites.

Is stayundercontrol[.]online a virus?

Stayundercontrol[.]online and similar websites are not viruses. They are owned by affiliates who use deceptive marketing to earn commissions. Also, they can be used to promote other scams, questionable/malicious applications, and websites.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate all the permissions granted for stayundercontrol[.]online. It will also block access to stayundercontrol[.]online. No additional steps will be required.

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