How to stop stormstone.top from showing notifications

What kind of page is stormstone[.]top?

Stormstone[.]top is an untrustworthy website that uses a clickbait technique (shows a deceptive message) to lure visitors into agreeing to receive its notifications. Users open such pages unintentionally. Our team discovered stormstone[.]top while examining sites that use shady advertising networks.

Stormstone[.]top in detail

Stormstone[.]top displays a fake video player with a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button to watch the video. Clicking the "Allow" button in a pop-up window displayed while visiting stormstone[.]top permits this page to show notifications.

While inspecting notifications from stormstone[.]top, we learned that they promote various investment scams and other shady pages designed to extract money and sensitive information, promote shady software, etc. Some of those pages can be malicious. Thus, stormstone[.]top should not be allowed to show notifications.

Additionally, stormstone[.]top redirects visitors to dating-roo2[.]site - another page that shows a fake video player and instructs visitors to click the "Allow" button to watch the video. None of these pages are trustworthy and should be closed.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by stormstone.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	116.202.184.109
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, websites like stormstone[.]top are promoted mostly via untrustworthy advertisements, web pages that use rogue advertising networks (like illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, and similar), and advertising-supported apps. All of them display deceptive content to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

There are many examples of similar websites. Some of them are advdomlab[.]com, nuothmen[.]com, and advatravel[.]com.

How did stormstone[.]top gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

In most cases, websites like stormstone[.]top use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Visitors allow visited pages to show notifications by clicking the "Allow" button (as in the GIF image below). Thus, stormstone[.]top displays notifications because it has been allowed to do so.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

It can be prevented by clicking the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button when shady websites ask for permission to show notifications or by closing these sites. No website can show notifications without the visitor's consent. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of stormstone[.]top website (GIF):

Notifications from stormstone[.]top:

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Quick menu:

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

It is because stormstone[.]top was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it. In other words, this page has permission to show notifications.

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

A notification from an untrustworthy page cannot infect a computer. However, it can open a malicious page.

Is stormstone[.]top a virus?

Websites like stormstone[.]top are not viruses. Usually, their purpose is to promote various scams and other untrustworthy websites, potentially malicious apps, etc.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer, remove all the permissions granted for stormstone[.]top, and block further access to this website. No additional steps will be required.

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