How to stop odestech.com from displaying notifications

What kind of page is odestech[.]com?

Odestech[.]com is a website that presents misleading messages to entice visitors into consenting to receive notifications. Typically, users arrive at these pages inadvertently. Our team found odestech[.]com while inspecting pages that use questionable advertising networks.

More about odestech[.]com in detail

Odestech[.]com shows a message claiming that visitors must click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots (to pass a CAPTCHA). It uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. After inspecting notifications from odestech[.]com sites, we found that most of them claim that a computer is infected.

These notifications can open shady web pages. They can lead to phishing sites asking for sensitive information, promoting potentially malicious applications, urging visitors to call fake technical support numbers, etc. Also, notifications from odestech[.]com pages may lead to malicious web pages.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by odestech.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.37.217
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

Most users access websites like odestech[.]com through suspicious ads or pages that use illegitimate advertising networks (e.g., illegal movie streaming or torrent sites). Advertising-supported apps can also promote such sites.

There are hundreds of websites like odestech[.]com on the Internet. Most of them display deceptive messages or other content. Examples of similar pages are productlifesoft[.]com, rdsurvey366[.]top, and transitnotice[.]com.

How did odestech[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites need permission to show notifications, which is granted by clicking the "Allow" button displayed by a browser. Without permission, no website can display notifications. Websites like odestech[.]com use clickbait tactics to deceive visitors into clicking the "Allow" or "Allow Notifications" button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" (or an equivalent) button or close the page if you do not want to receive notifications from it. Avoid clicking the "Allow" button when prompted to do so to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, download a file, verify your age, etc. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of odestech[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications from odestech[.]com:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by odestech[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

To receive browser notifications from a website such as odestech[.]com, you need to permit it to do so. This suggests that you have likely visited the website before and already given it the necessary permission.

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

Simply clicking on a notification by itself is not harmful. However, it is important to be cautious of the websites to which the notifications may lead, as they may be malicious.

Is odestech[.]com a virus?

Websites like odestech[.]com are not classified as viruses. They promote various scams, shady applications, other dubious sites, etc.

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

Combo Cleaner will scan your computer, remove all permissions granted for odestech[.]com, and block future access to the page. Therefore, no additional steps will be necessary.

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