How to remove permissions granted for morcun.click

What kind of page is morcun[.]click?

Our team analyzed the morcun[.]click and found that it runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam. We discovered this page while inspecting other pages that use rogue advertising networks. We also found that morcun[.]click wants to show notifications. This page cannot be trusted.

Morcun[.]click in detail

Morcun[.]click uses deceptive marketing to lure visitors into purchasing legitimate antivirus software (McAfee antivirus). It displays a fake antivirus scanner and a fake pop-up notification saying that a computer is infected with five viruses.

That message urges visitors to remove supposedly detected threats to protect personal, banking, and other sensitive information. Clicking the "Start McAfee" button opens a legitimate McAfee website. That page has an affiliate's ID in its URL. It means that morcun[.]click is owned by individuals who participate in an affiliate program.

The creators of morcun[.]click earn commissions when purchased through their page are made. It is important to know that legitimate companies like McAfee never use sites like morcun[.]click to advertise their products.

In addition to displaying deceptive content, morcun[.]click asks for permission to deliver notifications. If allowed, it may display notifications promoting other scams, shady apps, and potentially malicious websites. It is highly advisable not to agree to receive notifications from untrustworthy.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by morcun.click
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.1.187
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

Typically, users open websites like morcun[.]click by clicking on shady advertisements or visiting illegal movie streaming, torrent, adult, and other pages of this kind. In some cases, these pages are opened by installed advertising-supported programs. Either way, users do not visit them intentionally.

Examples of websites similar to morcun[.]click are defender-pro-2022[.]xyz, vital-scanner[.]com, and internal-scanning[.]com.

How did morcun[.]click gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites get permission to show notifications when visitors click the "Allow" button displayed by a browser. They cannot show notifications without permission. Typically, pages like morcun[.]click use clickbait techniques (display deceptive content) to lure unsuspecting users into agreeing to receive notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" button or close the website whenever a shady web page asks for permission to show notifications. Do not trust websites that display messages stating that clicking the "Allow" button is required to play a video, confirm age, prove that you are not a robot (pass a CAPTCHA), etc.

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

Appearance of morcun[.]click website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

Morcun[.]click delivers notifications because it was visited and has been allowed to show them. This permission has been granted by clicking the "Allow" button displayed by a browser.

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

Notifications cannot infect computers. The problem with these notifications is that they can open malicious websites.

Is morcun[.]click a virus?

Morcun[.]click is not a virus. This page claims that a computer is infected with viruses to trick visitors into purchasing legitimate antivirus software. Also, it can show notifications to promote various scams, untrustworthy pages, and apps.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove all permissions that this page has been granted. It will also block further access to morcun[.]click. No additional steps will be required.

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