How to stop redirects to sentfromfriend.com

What is sentfromfriend[.]com?

sentfromfriend[.]com is the address of a dubious website that people do not generally visit intentionally. In most cases, these sites are opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on browsers. When visited, sentfromfriend[.]com displays dubious content or causes redirects to other untrustworthy web pages.

There are many other sites of this kind online. Some examples are allwebdesignesu[.]info, tiledenherred[.]pro, and pushs-veriprt[.]com. Typically, people install PUAs inadvertently. These apps are often designed to gather various details and/or display advertisements.

Typically, PUAs open sites such as sentfromfriend[.]com in new browser windows or tabs. When visited, they redirect people to a number of other rogue web pages or display dubious, deceptive content. Note that the actions taken by sentfromfriend[.]com depend on visitors' geolocations.

Furthermore, sentfromfriend[.]com asks to show notifications. It encourages visitors to click the "Allow" button, which supposedly downloads certain content, however, if clicked, it allows sentfromfriend[.]com to show notifications, unwanted ads, and so on.

This sites employs just one of the many clickbait techniques used to trick people into giving rogue sites permission to serve dubious content. The PUAs responsible for opening web pages such as sentfromfriend[.]com often gather data such as IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited pages, etc.

Developers send the data to other parties (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue. Furthermore, PUAs might display ads such as coupons, banners, surveys, pop-up ads, and so on. When clicked, these open other untrustworthy websites.

For example, web pages used to promote dubious, potentially malicious apps. These ads might also run scripts that cause download/installation of other PUAs.

Threat Summary:

Name	sentfromfriend.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Dr.Web (Malicious), ESET (Phishing), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	88.85.69.175
Observed Domains	go-oclasrv-com.sentfromfriend[.]com, uploadrar-com.sentfromfriend[.]com, pushmepushme-com.sentfromfriend[.]com, breaksi-xyz.sentfromfriend[.]com, fr33f1l31-xyz.sentfromfriend[.]com, orodruin-43-com.sentfromfriend[.]com, ideafix-xyz.sentfromfriend[.]com, cpm-ad-com.sentfromfriend[.]com, socibox-ad-com.sentfromfriend[.]com
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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Most PUAs force people to visit dubious sites, display ads, and gather information relating to users' browsing habits. Few apps of this type operate as advertised and are designed only to help developers to generate revenue.

People who use PUAs or have them installed might experience problems with browsing safety, privacy, or identity theft. We recommend that you uninstall all PUAs immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

Few people download or install PUAs intentionally. In most cases, these apps are installed through deceptive ads or the set-ups of other programs. In many cases, PUAs are included into set-ups. This software distribution method is called "bundling". Developers use it to trick people into downloading and/or installing unwanted apps together with other software.

In most cases, information about additionally-included apps can be found in setup options such as "Advanced", "Custom", etc, however, people often fail to check and change these settings. By leaving them unchanged, they often agree to download or install additional apps by default.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download software from untrustworthy, unofficial pages, through third party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, and so on. Download using direct download links and official websites. Do not use third party installers.

If the download or installation setup contains settings such as "Custom", "Advanced", ensure that you check and change them where necessary. Typically, they contain offers to download additional software - dismiss those offers before finishing software download or installation.

Do not click intrusive ads, since they often redirect to dubious, potentially malicious web pages or download/install unwanted programs. If ads of this kind appear or unwanted redirects occur often, check installed applications (extensions, add-ons, plug-ins) on the browser and remove all unknown, unwanted apps immediately.

Also remove unwanted 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 sentfromfriend[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is sentfromfriend.com 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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