How to stop wholehugespot.com from displaying notifications (advertisements)

What kind of page is wholehugespot[.]com?

Our researchers discovered the wholehugespot[.]com rogue page while investigating suspicious websites. Upon inspection, we learned that this webpage promotes browser notification spam and redirects users to other (likely dubious/malicious) sites.

The majority of visitors to wholehugespot[.]com and similar pages enter them via redirects generated by websites that employ rogue advertising networks. Other avenues of access include redirects from spam notifications, misspelled URLs, intrusive ads, or installed adware.

Wholehugespot[.]com overview

It must be mentioned that exactly how a rogue website operates (i.e., what content it hosts/endorses) may vary depending on visitors' IP addresses/ geolocations.

At the time of research, wholehugespot[.]com displayed a yellow progress loading bar that jumped between 98% and 99%. Below this graphic were instructions to – "Click the Allow button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching" – thus, the webpage implied that permitting these ads is key to resuming viewing online content.

This deception may be particularly convincing if a user is redirected to wholehugespot[.]com by a streaming website or a similar page. After we selected the "Allow" button, we were redirected to the type of webpage commonly used to push adware, browser hijackers, or other PUAs.

Rogue sites utilize their browser notifications to run intrusive advertisement campaigns. These ads primarily endorse online scams, untrustworthy/hazardous software, and even malware.

To summarize, via webpages like wholehugespot[.]com – users may experience system infections, severe privacy issues, financial losses, and identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by wholehugespot.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Avira (Malware), CRDF (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.84.206
Observed Domains	w.wholehugespot[.]com; l.wholehugespot[.]com; d.wholehugespot[.]com; c.wholehugespot[.]com; n.wholehugespot[.]com; b.wholehugespot[.]com; r.wholehugespot[.]com; g.wholehugespot[.]com; x.wholehugespot[.]com; t.wholehugespot[.]com; h.wholehugespot[.]com; z.wholehugespot[.]com; j.wholehugespot[.]com; q.wholehugespot[.]com; etc.
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, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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Browser notification spam in general

We have investigated thousands of rogue pages; news-xagedi[.]cc, bestkinitclub[.]com, and fmqrsj[.]com are merely a couple of examples.

These websites deliver browser notifications that promote deceptive/malicious content. Note that any genuine products/services encountered through these adverts are most likely endorsed by scammers who abuse their affiliate programs to obtain illegitimate commissions.

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

Sites need user permission to display browser notifications. Hence, if you are receiving these advertisements from wholehugespot[.]com – it means that when this webpage was visited, consent for their delivery was granted by clicking "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or an analogous option.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

To avoid receiving unwanted browser notifications – do not enable dubious webpages to deliver them (i.e., do not click "Allow", "Allow Notifications", etc.). Instead, ignore or deny notification requests from such pages (i.e., press "Block", "Block Notifications", etc.).

In case of continuous unprompted redirects to suspicious websites, check the device for installed adware. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Screenshot of a notification (advertisement) displayed by the wholehugespot[.]com website:

Appearance of the wholehugespot[.]com website (GIF):

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

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Quick menu:

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

No webpage can deliver browser notifications without user consent, and wholehugespot[.]com is not an exception. Therefore, you've likely accessed this page at some point and permitted the ad delivery by clicking "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar option.

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

While clicking on a browser notification is harmless in itself, that does not apply to the content these adverts promote. Spam notifications are known to endorse deceptive/malicious sites and software capable of causing serious problems (including system infections).

Is wholehugespot[.]com a virus?

Websites like wholehugespot[.]com are not considered to be viruses, although they can push virulent content. Sites of this kind typically promote online scams, unreliable/harmful software, and even malware.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner can scan systems and undo the permissions given to the wholehugespot[.]com page. It can also restrict all further access to this and other rogue, deceptive/scam, and malicious websites. Therefore, additional steps will not be required.

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