How to remove permissions granted for waicaiwhosha.com
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What kind of page is waicaiwhosha[.]com?
Waicaiwhosha[.]com is an untrustworthy website designed to lure visitors into agreeing to receive notifications from it. Waicaiwhosha[.]com uses a clickbait technique to receive permission to send notifications. We discovered it while inspecting pages that use rogue advertising networks.
Waicaiwhosha[.]com in detail
Waicaiwhosha[.]com displays a loading bar and a message saying that visitors have to click the "Allow" button to continue watching. Clicking that button while visiting waicaiwhosha[.]com gives this page permission to show notifications. We learned that waicaiwhosha[.]com shows untrustworthy notifications.
Notifications from waicaiwhosha[.]com promote various scams, shady applications, and potentially malicious pages. Clicking them can lead to deceptive websites asking visitors to provide sensitive information, urging them to call fake technical support numbers, offering to download rogue applications, etc.
We also found that waicaiwhosha[.]com redirects visitors to other websites. During our research, waicaiwhosha[.]com redirected us to a game site. However, it may open various untrustworthy pages (similar or the same as notifications from waicaiwhosha[.]com).
Name | Ads by waicaiwhosha.com |
Threat Type | Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads |
Detection Names | N/A (VirusTotal) |
Serving IP Address | 172.67.140.33 |
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. |
Malware Removal (Windows) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your computer with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Combo Cleaner. |
More about pages of this type
Websites like waicaiwhosha[.]com get opened mostly via shady advertisements and sites that use rogue advertising networks (e.g., torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, adult sites). Users do not visit them on purpose. All of these pages ask for permission and most of them display deceptive content to trick visitors into granting them that permission.
More examples of similar pages are monterrey[.]top, thehypefeed[.]com, and advertizementforyour[.]com.
How did waicaiwhosha[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?
Websites always ask for permission to send notifications. They cannot show them without being allowed to do so. Visitors agree to receive notifications by clicking the "Allow" (or similar) button. It means that waicaiwhosha[.]com was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.
How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?
Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or equivalent button when a browser displays a pop-up with that button. Do not click the "Allow" button while visiting suspicious pages, especially when they say that it is required to click that button to prove that you are not a robot or for other purposes.
If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.
Appearance of waicaiwhosha[.]com website (GIF):
Notifications from waicaiwhosha[.]com:
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Quick menu:
- What is Ads by waicaiwhosha.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 waicaiwhosha[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?
Waicaiwhosha[.]com shows notifications because it has been allowed to show them when it was visited. It received permission to send notifications when the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.
I have clicked on notification ads, is my computer infected?
Notifications cannot infect computers. Nevertheless, notifications from dubious pages can lead to malicious websites.
Is waicaiwhosha[.]com a virus?
Waicaiwhosha[.]com and other websites of this type are not viruses. As a rule, they ask for permission to show notifications designed to promote various scams, shady applications, and websites.
Will Combo Cleaner remove waicaiwhosha[.]com ads automatically or manual steps are still required?
Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate permissions granted for waicaiwhosha[.]com. Also, this application will block further access to waicaiwhosha[.]com. No additional steps will be required.
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