How to stop dolty.click from showing notifications

What kind of page is dolty[.]click?

While examining dolty[.]click, we learned that it runs the "McAfee - Your PC is infected with 5 viruses!" scam to trick visitors into purchasing an antivirus software subscription. Also, it wants to deliver notifications.

Usually, pages like dolty[.]click are promoted using shady methods. We discovered dolty[.]click while inspecting pages that use rogue advertising networks.

Dolty[.]click in detail

Dolty[.]click uses deceptive marketing to promote McAfee antivirus software. It displays a fake antivirus scanner and a warning message stating that a computer is infected with five viruses. The purpose of this site is to trick visitors into purchasing McAfee antivirus subscriptions via the opened affiliate link.

Dolty[.]click is owned by scammers who participate in an affiliate program. They earn commissions after someone purchases antivirus subscriptions via their page (affiliate link). McAfee is a legitimate security software company that has nothing to do with dolty[.]click.

Additionally, we found that dolty[.]click wants to show notifications. If allowed, it can display deceptive notifications designed to trick visitors into providing personal information, downloading shady (or even malicious) software, paying for fake services or programs, etc. Thus, dolty[.]click should never be allowed to show notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by dolty.click
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Netcraft (Malicious), (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	172.64.80.1
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 dolty[.]click are promoted mostly through illegal movie streaming, torrent, and similar pages that use rogue advertising networks and untrustworthy advertisements. Sometimes, they are opened by installed adware-type apps. Either way, they rarely are visited intentionally.

Examples of similar pages are defender-pro-2022[.]xyz, vital-scanner[.]com, and internal-scanning[.]com.

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

Websites cannot show notifications without visitors' consent. They receive permission to deliver notifications after clicking the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button displayed by a browser. Thus, notifications are coming from dolty[.]click because this page was visited and has been allowed to show notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Never trust pages stating that clicking the "Allow" will play a video, download a file, prove that you are not a robot, etc. Always close such websites or click the "Block" (or "Block Notifications" button) when they ask for permission 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 dolty[.]click website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

Dolty[.]click shows notifications because the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting this page. No website can display notifications without permission.

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

Computers cannot be infected by notifications. Nevertheless, notifications from shady websites can open malicious pages.

Is dolty[.]click a virus?

Websites like dolty[.]click are not viruses. They run various scams claiming that a computer is (or may be) infected to trick visitors into purchasing legitimate software. Also, they can show notifications designed to promote other shady websites and apps.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will remove permissions granted for dolty[.]click and block further access to this website. No additional steps will be required.

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