How to stop groovinews.com from displaying notifications

What kind of page is groovinews[.]com?

During our investigation of groovinews[.]com, we identified its utilization of deceitful methods, including the presentation of misleading messages and other content, to manipulate visitors into subscribing to notifications. Additionally, groovinews[.]com has the potential to redirect users to other questionable websites.

Groovinews[.]com in detail

Groovinews[.]com employs a deceptive technique by presenting a counterfeit video player and encouraging visitors to click the "Allow" button to watch/play a video. The objective of this website is to entice visitors into granting permission to send notifications. Such manipulative tactics utilized by websites like groovinews[.]com are commonly known as "clickbait".

Clicking the "Allow" button when prompted by the browser on groovinews[.]com enables the website to send notifications. Notifications displayed by groovinews[.]com can direct users to unreliable websites, including phishing sites, pages associated with technical support and other scams, platforms hosting questionable applications, or other fraudulent online destinations.

In addition to displaying untrustworthy notifications, groovinews[.]com may redirect users to other websites that may pose risks. These factors indicate that groovinews[.]com, along with its notifications and the associated websites, should not be considered reliable and should be avoided.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by groovinews.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	45.133.44.20
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 similar pages

Websites like groovinews[.]com are typically promoted through unreliable channels, such as websites associated with questionable advertising networks like torrent sites and illegal movie streaming pages. They can also be promoted through ad-supported applications. The majority of users come across these websites unintentionally.

As a rule, these websites utilize deceptive tactics to coerce visitors into granting notification permissions. More examples of such websites are unonontate[.]com, fastcheck[.]top, and dollarsurvey[.]top.

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

Given that no website can display browser notifications (ads) without user approval, it is probable that you have visited groovinews[.]com and granted permission by clicking on "Allow", "Allow Notifications" or a similar option presented on the webpage. Usually, such pages display deceptive content to lure visitors into allowing them to send notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

If a website asks for permission to send notifications and you do not wish to receive them, click the "Block", "Block Notifications", "Deny", or a similar button, or close that page. Either way, do not click the "Allow" (or similar) button. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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

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Quick menu:

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

Websites cannot deliver notifications without permission which is granted by clicking the "Allow" button browsers inform visitors that visited pages want to show notifications. Thus, groovinews[.]com shows notifications because it has been permitted to do so.

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

Clicking on a notification alone poses no inherent harm. However, it is important to be aware that the websites these ads lead to can be malicious.

Is groovinews[.]com a virus?

Websites such as groovinews[.]com are not classified as viruses. Instead, they are employed as tools to promote scams, as well as questionable or even malicious applications and websites.

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

Combo Cleaner will thoroughly scan your computer and eliminate all permissions associated with groovinews[.]com. It will also block future attempts to open the site. No additional actions will be necessary on your part.

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