How to stop news-penifi.com from displaying notifications (ads)

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

Our researchers found the news-penifi[.]com rogue page while investigating untrustworthy websites. Upon examination, we learned that this webpage promotes browser notification spam and redirects users to other (likely dubious/dangerous) sites.

Most visitors to news-penifi[.]com and analogous pages access them via redirects produced by websites that employ rogue advertising networks. Alternatively, these webpages may be entered through intrusive ads, spam notifications, misspelled URLs, or installed adware.

News-penifi[.]com overview

At the time of research, news-penifi[.]com displayed a fake video player with instructions to – "Press 'Allow', to watch the video". It must be mentioned that the content encountered on and through rogue pages might differ depending on the visitor's IP address (geolocation).

If a user is deceived into pressing the "Allow" button – they inadvertently permit news-penifi[.]com to deliver browser notifications. Rogue websites use them to run intrusive advertisement campaigns. These ads can endorse various scams, unreliable/hazardous software, and malware.

Therefore, through pages like news-penifi[.]com – users may experience system infections, serious privacy issues, financial losses, and even identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-penifi.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Combo Cleaner (Malware), CyRadar (Malicious), Fortinet (Phishing), Kaspersky (Phishing), Seclookup (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	136.243.42.50
Observed Domains	5778d37a85.news-penifi[.]com; 2d6b369ec9.news-penifi[.]com; 173941a31a.news-penifi[.]com; c317bc566a.news-penifi[.]com; 3772bbc145.news-penif[.]com; de17443908.news-penifi[.]com; 5164a07217.news-penifi[.]com; 05fd9ae97f.news-penifi[.]com; 97856ba1ea.news-penifi[.]com; e6db10a77a.news-penifi[.]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

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While genuine products or services may be encountered via such advertisements – they are unlikely to be endorsed in this manner by any official parties. This endorsement is most likely performed by scammers who abuse the promoted content's affiliate programs to obtain illegitimate commissions.

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

Websites cannot display browser notifications without user consent. Therefore, if you are receiving these ads from news-penifi[.]com – it is evident that when this webpage was visited, permission for the delivery was given by selecting "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar option.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

To avoid receiving undesirable/deceptive browser notifications – do not enable suspect pages to deliver them (i.e., do not press "Allow", "Allow Notifications", etc.). We advise denying notification delivery from such websites (i.e., selecting "Block", "Block Notifications", etc.) or ignoring these requests altogether.

It is pertinent to mention that having adware installed on the browser or system may result in questionable/harmful sites being force-opened at random. Should you keep experiencing redirects of this kind, check the device and immediately remove all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins.

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 news-penifi[.]com website:

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

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Quick menu:

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

You have likely accessed news-penifi[.]com and clicked "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or an analogous option – thereby permitting the advertisement delivery, as it cannot be carried out without user consent.

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

No, clicking on a browser notification will not initiate any malware download/installation processes. However, advertisements of this kind can promote content that is capable of causing system infections and other severe issues.

Is news-penifi[.]com a virus?

No, rogue websites (e.g., news-penifi[.]com, etc.) are not classed as viruses. However, these pages can endorse virulent content like online scams, untrustworthy/dangerous software, and even malware.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner can scan systems and remove the permissions given to the news-penifi[.]com webpage. Additionally, it can restrict all further access to this and other rogue, deceptive/scam, and malicious sites. Therefore, extra steps will be unnecessary.

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