How to stop receiving notifications from vividtales.site

What kind of page is vividtales[.]site?

Our analysis of vividtales[.]site reveals that it employs clickbait to trick users into granting it permission to show notifications. Once allowed, the site can deliver misleading notifications. To avoid potential risks, users should avoid permitting vividtales[.]site to deliver notifications (and avoid visiting the page).

Vividtales[.]site in detail

Vividtales[.]site displays a play button and prompts visitors to click "Allow" to watch a video. However, this instruction is deceptive, as it merely grants the site permission to send notifications without playing any video. Notifications from vividtales[.]site can contain fake warnings, bogus offers, and other messages.

Clicking them can direct users to phishing websites designed to steal login credentials or other sensitive information. Also, these notifications can promote fake lotteries, giveaways, surveys, technical support scams, etc., designed to extract information (e.g., banking details or passwords) or steal money from unsuspecting individuals.

Furthermore, vividtales[.]site can send notifications promoting unwanted or even malicious applications. Granting the page permission to send notifications can lead to financial losses, identity theft, malware infiltration, and other problems. Therefore, vividtales[.]site should not be allowed to send notifications.

If this permission is already granted, it can be removed by following the instructions provided below.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by vividtales.site
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	23.49.177.66
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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Similar pages in general

Users typically encounter these sites via torrent sites, web pages offering illegal streaming services, or other websites that use questionable advertising networks. They may also end up on these pages by clicking on misleading ads, pop-ups, deceptive links in emails from fraudsters, or ads delivered by adware.

Overall, users rarely visit these sites intentionally. Once such sites obtain permission to send notifications, they exploit it to push unreliable content. More examples of websites that use notifications to promote dubious content are yourprizehouse[.]com, wanttowinbig[.]com, and polvfbks[.]info.

How did vividtales[.]site gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites require user consent to send notifications. When you visit a site like vividtales[.]site, your browser provides options to allow or block notifications. This means that the "Allow" option was clicked while visiting vividtales[.]site.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

If an untrustworthy website prompts you to click "Allow" to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, or for any similar reason, select "Block", "Block Notifications", "Deny", or the equivalent option. Additionally, close the site. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of vividtales[.]site website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

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

A website can only send browser notifications if the user grants permission first. This means you have likely visited vividtales[.]site before and allowed it to send notifications.

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

Misleading and other unreliable notifications cannot infect computers, but they can take users to unsafe sites hosting malware or other threats.

Is vividtales[.]site a virus?

Websites like vividtales[.]site are not viruses. The majority of these pages use notifications to promote shady web pages (including scams) and potentially malicious apps.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer, revoke all permissions granted to vividtales[.]site, and block any future access to it. No further action will be needed.

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