How to stop defender-pro-2022.xyz from displaying notifications

What kind of website is defender-pro-2022[.]xyz?

While investigating defender-pro-2022[.]xyz, our team learned that it shows deceptive content to trick visitors into believing that their computers are infected and purchasing antivirus software. This page runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam. Also, it wants to/can show deceptive notifications.

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz in detail

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz displays a fake antivirus scanner that supposedly detects five viruses. It also shows a fake warning claiming that removing "detected" viruses is required to protect personal, banking, and other sensitive information. A pop-up window displayed by defender-pro-2022[.]xyz urges visitors to click the "Start McAfee" button.

Clicking that button opens a legitimate McAfee website with an affiliate's ID in its URL. It means that defender-pro-2022[.]xyz is owned by affiliates who earn commissions after visitors purchase McAfee antivirus subscriptions through their affiliate link.

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz uses deceptive marketing to promote legitimate antivirus software. McAfee company (or any other legitimate computer security software company) has nothing to do with defender-pro-2022[.]xyz or similar pages.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by defender-pro-2022.xyz
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Phishing), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.21.183
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 defender-pro-2022[.]xyz and similar pages

In addition to displaying deceptive content, defender-pro-2022[.]xyz asks for permission to show notifications. We found that its notifications contain other deceptive messages. They promote potentially malicious apps and websites. Thus, defender-pro-2022[.]xyz and other websites of this kind should never be allowed to deliver notifications.

Typically, these pages are promoted via websites that use rogue advertising networks (e.g., illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites), untrustworthy advertisements, advertising-supported apps, etc. Users do not open them intentionally.

Examples of similar websites are vital-scanner[.]com, internal-scanning[.]com, and powersoftwarepc[.]com.

How did defender-pro-2022[.]xyz gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz shows notifications because it has been allowed to deliver them by clicking the "Allow" button (a button displayed by a web browser). Neither this nor any other page can show notifications without permission. Usually, untrustworthy websites use clickbait techniques or other deceptive methods to trick visitors into agreeing to receive their notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button or close questionable websites when a browser notifies that they want to show notifications. Either way, do not click the "Allow" button. Especially when visiting pages claiming that you have to click this button to prove that you are not a robot, download a file, play a video, etc.

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

Appearance of defender-pro-2022[.]xyz website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by defender-pro-2022.xyz:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by defender-pro-2022.xyz?
• 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 defender-pro-2022[.]xyz in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz shows notifications because it has been allowed to deliver them. Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz was visited and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.

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

No, your computer is not infected and cannot be infected by notifications. Nevertheless, notifications from untrustworthy pages can lead to malicious websites.

Is defender-pro-2022[.]xyz a virus?

Defender-pro-2022[.]xyz is not a virus. It uses deceptive marketing to promote legitimate antivirus software. Also, it can show notifications that promote other shady pages and apps.

Will Combo Cleaner remove defender-pro-2022[.]xyz ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate permissions granted for defender-pro-2022[.]xyz. In addition to removing those permissions, Combo Cleaner will block further access to defender-pro-2022[.]xyz. No additional steps will be required.

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