Prevent redirects to the bigdater.me web address

What is bigdater[.]me?

bigdater[.]me is the address of a website that most people visit inadvertently. The site opens other untrustworthy web pages or displays dubious content. Note that bigdater[.]me functions as many other websites of this type including, for example, carbamylife[.]info, talkreply[.]com, and track.nuxues[.]com. 

Typically, people arrive at these sites due to potentially unwanted apps (PUAs) installed on their browsers or computers. These apps usually collect users' details and feed them with unwanted ads.

bigdater[.]me displays dubious content or opens two or three other untrustworthy web pages that might be malicious. These actions depend on visitors' IP addresses. Additionally, bigdater[.]me is one of many websites that asks visitors for permission to show notifications.

They do this using a 'clickbait' technique. For example, they ask visitors to verify their age, prove that they are not robots, and so on, by clicking an "Allow" button. If clicked, this allows untrustworthy websites such as bigdater[.]me to show notifications (dubious, deceptive ads, and other unwanted content).

Applications that open these websites often gather information such as users' IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of opened/visited websites, entered search queries, and so on. In some cases, PUAs can be used to record personal, sensitive details.

Developers share the information with other parties who misuse it to generate revenue. Some of these third parties might be cyber criminals. Furthermore, many PUAs display advertisements such as coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups, etc. When clicked, these open dubious websites or start the download/installation processes of apps that might be malicious.

Threat Summary:

Name	bigdater.me pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Yandex Safebrowsing (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	167.71.12.147
Observed Domains	0.bigdater[.]me, 1.bigdater[.]me, 2.bigdater[.]me, 3.bigdater[.]me, 4.bigdater[.]me, 5.bigdater[.]me, 9.bigdater[.]me, 6.bigdater[.]me, 10.bigdater[.]me
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, potentially unwanted applications (adware).
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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In many cases, the people who create PUAs advertise them as useful, legitimate programs, however, these apps can cause unwanted redirects (open dubious web pages), display intrusive/deceptive ads, and collect details relating to users' browsing habits and possibly other, personal data.

Therefore, PUAs provide no real value, do not operate as advertised, and can cause problems relating to privacy, browsing safety, and even identity theft.

How did adware install on my computer?

Most unwanted apps are downloaded and/or installed when people click intrusive advertisements or when developers use a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". They use this technique to trick people into downloading/installing PUAs through the set-ups of other, regular software.

To accomplish this, they hide the apps in settings such as "Custom", "Advanced" and hope that people will fail to check or change them. If users fail to thoroughly check all settings in download/install set-ups, additional PUAs are automatically downloaded and installed bu default.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Avoid downloading software from untrustworthy, unofficial websites, through tools such as torrent clients, eMule or other Peer-to-Peer networks, and so on. Use direct download links and official websites. Check settings such as "Custom", "Advanced", and other options included in download/installation set-ups.

Dismiss any offers to download or install unwanted apps. Many intrusive ads redirect to untrustworthy websites. This especially applies to ads that are displayed on dubious sites relating to pornography, gambling, adult dating, torrent, and others.

To stop browsers from causing unwanted redirects and/or showing ads, remove all unwanted plug-ins, add-ons, and extensions that are installed on them. Also remove any programs of this type installed on the operating system. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of bigdater[.]me website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is bigdater.me pop-up?
• 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.

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