How to remove permissions granted to news-ziwuni.com

What kind of page is news-ziwuni[.]com?

In our investigation of news-ziwuni[.]com, we discovered that it is an untrustworthy website designed to trick visitors into accepting its notifications. Websites such as news-ziwuni[.]com are promoted through deceptive means. Thus, it is uncommon for such pages to be visited on purpose. Overall, it is advisable to avoid visiting sites like news-ziwuni[.]com.

News-ziwuni[.]com in detail

News-ziwuni[.]com displays a play button with a message asking visitors to click "Allow" to watch the video. The site implies that its content will be loaded upon clicking "Allow" (a button in a pop-up window displayed by a browser). However, this action grants news-ziwuni[.]com permission to show notifications.

Websites that use clickbait (or other misleading methods) to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications should be avoided. Usually, notifications from these sites contain fake warnings, deceptive advertisements, and other unreliable content. Moreover, clicking these notifications can result in opening potentially malicious sites.

For instance, users may end up visiting sites hosting technical support scams. Typically, scams of this type are utilized to extract money and sensitive information or deploy malware. Also, notifications delivered by news-ziwuni[.]com may lead to phishing sites designed to steal credit card details, passwords, ID card information, or other details from unsuspecting individuals.

Furthermore, clicking notifications from news-ziwuni[.]com may direct users to web pages hosting adware, browser hijackers, or even malicious software. Additionally, users might land on sites hosting fake lotteries, surveys, giveaways, and other schemes. Thus, news-ziwuni[.]com and other websites of this type should not be allowed to send notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-ziwuni.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Phishing), Kaspersky (Phishing), Seclookup (Malicious), Sophos (Phishing), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	193.108.117.211
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 websites

Typically, sites such as news-ziwuni[.]com are accessed unintentionally. Users may be deceived into visiting these pages through deceptive emails, advertisements, pop-ups, buttons, or similar elements on unreliable pages, ads generated by adware, fake social media profiles, and similar methods.

Websites like news-ziwuni[.]com are also promoted via sites that employ rogue advertising networks, such as torrent websites and pages offering illegal movie streaming. Other examples of websites similar to news-ziwuni[.]com are news-varaga[.]com, news-tiresa[.]cc, and networkchains-co[.]in.

How did news-ziwuni[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

When users visit websites that request permission to show notifications, they are presented with options such as "Allow" and "Block". Choosing "Allow" or a similar option grants these sites permission to send notifications. Hence, news-ziwuni[.]com is able to send notifications to devices only because this permission has been granted to the page.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

If you come across a shady web page requesting permission to display notifications, choose "Block" (or a similar option) and close it. Alternatively, close the page without choosing any option. Keep in mind that reputable websites do not ask users to click "Allow" for activities such as playing videos, passing a CAPTCHA, downloading files, etc.

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

Appearance of news-ziwuni[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

Websites cannot send notifications without permission from visitors. This implies that you have visited news-ziwuni[.]com and authorized it to send notifications.

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

Clicking notifications cannot infect systems. Nevertheless, it can lead to websites hosting malware or other untrustworthy content.

Is news-ziwuni[.]com a virus?

Websites like news-ziwuni[.]com are not viruses. The majority of thesse pages promote various scams and other dubious sites, and pages hosting unwanted (potentially malicious) software.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions granted to news-ziwuni[.]com. Also, this app will block further access to news-ziwuni[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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