How to stop greatcaptchahere.top from sending notifications

What kind of page is greatcaptchahere[.]top?

Greatcaptchahere[.]top is one of the pages that display deceptive content to lure visitors into allowing them to show notifications. We discovered greatcaptchahere[.]top while inspecting sites that use rogue advertising networks. Users do not open pages like greatcaptchahere[.]top on purpose.

Greatcaptchahere[.]top in detail

Greatcaptchahere[.]top says that visitors have to click the "Allow" button to confirm that they are not robots. The CAPTCHA shown by greatcaptchahere[.]top is fake. Clicking that button while visiting greatcaptchahere[.]top (or any page) permits it to show notifications.

We found that notifications from greatcaptchahere[.]top claim that a computer is infected with multiple viruses and can contain other deceptive messages. They may lead to a variety of untrustworthy sites, including phishing pages and websites hosting adware, browser hijackers, or even malicious software.

Additionally, greatcaptchahere[.]top may redirect visitors to other sites of this kind. Those pages may host untrustworthy software and run various scams too. Thus, it is highly advisable to avoid visiting greatcaptchahere[.]top and pages promoted through it.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by greatcaptchahere.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Combo Cleaner (Malware), Fortinet (Spam), G-Data (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	155.138.161.229
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 websites of this type

Pages like greatcaptchahere[.]top are accessed via shady advertisements and websites that use questionable advertising networks (such as illegal movie streaming sites, torrent pages, adult sites, etc.). Also, users end up on these pages if they have adware installed on their computers or browsers.

Examples of similar websites are updaterlife[.]com, uddininc[.]com, and getcaptcha[.]top.

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

Web pages cannot display notifications without the visitor's consent. Pages receive this permission when visitors click the "Allow" (or "Allow Notifications") button presented by their Internet browser. Thus, greatcaptchahere[.]top displays notifications because it has been allowed to do so.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Be cautious of pages that instruct you to click the "Allow" button for tasks such as proving you are not a robot/passing a CAPTCHA, playing a video, downloading a file, etc. Click the "Block" (or similar) button when visiting suspicious pages asking for permission to display notifications or close them.

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

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

A notification shown by greatcaptchahere[.]top:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by greatcaptchahere[.]top using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

If greatcaptchahere[.]top sends notifications, it means that it has been allowed to show them by clicking the "Allow" button while it was visited

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

Notifications from websites like greatcaptchahere[.]top cannot infect computers. Nevertheless, they may lead to malicious pages.

Is greatcaptchahere[.]top a virus?

Websites like greatcaptchahere[.]top are not viruses. In most cases, the purpose of these sites is to promote various scams and other shady websites and potentially malicious applications.

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

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

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