How to stop browsers from opening the Prizedeal web page
Written by Tomas Meskauskas on (updated)
What is Prizedeal?
Prizedeal is a rogue, untrustworthy website. When opened, it forces people to visit other websites of this kind or displays dubious content. There are many similar websites on the internet including lurunews[.]biz, highertpushs[.]com, and tripflag[.]info to name just some examples.
Generally, these websites are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on the system. Typically, people download and install PUAs inadvertently. Furthermore, PUAs track users' browsing activity and/or serve various advertisements.
Depending on the visitor's IP address when Prizedeal is visited, it opens a number (2-3) of other dubious pages or displays dubious content. Websites of this type redirect visitors to other potentially malicious sites - web pages that advertise unwanted apps, and so on. In any case, it is not safe to visit Prizedeal or other sites of this type.
The website can often trick people into allowing it to show notifications. Typically, these websites use the 'clickbait' technique. For example, they ask for age verification to prove that visitors are not robots, and so on. In this case, visitors are asked to click the "Click Here to Continue" button.
If clicked, it gives Prizedeal permission to show notifications (unwanted ads, and other dubious content). Furthermore, apps that force browsers to open websites such as Prizedeal usually also gather various details.
They often target data such as users' IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, etc, however, some PUAs might be used to collect sensitive, personal information as well. People behind these apps (developers) share the details with third parties (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse the data to generate revenue.
Some PUAs might be designed to display unwanted ads. If clicked, these redirect people to untrustworthy websites or download/install other unwanted apps.
Typically, displayed ads conceal underlying content of visited websites. Examples of these ads are banners, coupons, surveys, pop-up ads, etc. To avoid possible issues relating to browsing safety, privacy, and even identity theft, we recommend that you uninstall all PUAs immediately.
| Name | Prizedeal pop-up |
| Threat Type | Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads. |
| Detection Names | Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal) |
| Serving IP Address | 99.198.108.198 |
| 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. |
| Malware Removal (Windows) | To eliminate possible malware infections, scan your computer with legitimate antivirus software. Our security researchers recommend using Combo Cleaner. |
In most cases, PUAs are useless and do not operate as advertised (even though developers offer various 'useful features'). They are designed only to help developers to generate revenue by forcing people to visit untrustworthy websites and displaying intrusive ads. Do not download or install apps of this type, and remove those already installed.
How did adware install on my computer?
People usually download and install PUAs by clicking intrusive ads displayed on dubious web pages, or when software developers use a deceptive marketing method called "bundling". This is used to trick people into downloading and/or installing PUAs with other, regular software.
In summary, developers include unwanted apps into the set-ups of other programs and hope that people will fail to dismiss offers to download/install them.
These offers can usually be found in "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual", and other similar settings of the download or installation set-ups. Unfortunately, people often download and install software without changing these settings, thereby granting permission for PUAs to be downloaded and installed by default.
How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications
Software should be downloaded from official websites, especially if it is free. Do not download or install through third party downloaders or installers, torrents, eMule, other Peer-to-Peer networks, unofficial pages, and so on. Check all download and installation setups, including "Advanced", "Custom", and other similar settings/options.
Dismiss any offers to download or install unwanted apps. If clicked, intrusive ads can redirect to untrustworthy websites or cause download/installation of unwanted applications. Remove any unwanted entries (extensions, plug-ins, add-ons, etc.) installed on the browser.
The same should be applied to software that is 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 Prizedeal website (GIF):
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Quick menu:
- What is Prizedeal 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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