How to avoid visiting the prize-mania.mobi web page

What is prize-mania[.]mobi?

prize-mania[.]mobi is an untrustworthy website, which redirects visitors to other sites of this kind or displays dubious content. Generally, people do not visit/open prize-mania[.]mobi intentionally - in most cases, browsers open these web pages when a potentially unwanted application (PUA) is installed.

Typically, PUAs force browsers to open dubious web pages and display ads. Furthermore, they often gather information relating to users. Other examples of sites similar to prize-mania[.]mobi include sentfromfriend[.]com, allwebdesignesu[.]info, and pushs-veriprt[.]com.

Typically, browsers open dubious web pages such as prize-mania[.]mobi in a new browser window or tab. In any case, once visited, they open about two or three other dubious sites or display dubious content (at the time of the research, prize-mania[.]mobi displayed a fake lottery).

These actions depend on the visitor's geolocation. Note that prize-mania[.]mobi ask visitors for permission to show notifications. Typically, these web pages use 'clickbait' techniques. In this case, visitors are encouraged to click "Allow" to win a prize. If allowed, prize-mania[.]mobi will display unwanted notifications, advertisements, and so on.

Furthermore, apps that open these rogue sites usually force browsers to display intrusive advertisements. Examples of ads that unwanted apps display are pop-ups, coupons, banners, surveys, and other intrusive, usually deceptive advertisements.

People who intentionally or accidentally click them are redirected to potentially malicious web pages, however, if clicked, they might run scripts that will download or even install other PUAs. Most PUAs also gather browsing-related information including, for example, URLs of visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations, IP addresses, and so on.

In some cases, PUAs might also record personal details. In any case, developers share all collected data with other people who might be cyber criminals. Typically, third parties misuse private data to generate revenue.

Threat Summary:

Name	prize-mania.mobi pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	52.215.137.157
Observed Domains	cdn2.prize-mania[.]mobi, a9hac.prize-mania[.]mobi, cdn.prize-mania[.]mobim, cdn3.prize-mania[.]mobi, landing.prize-mania[.]mobi, aa4pw.prize-mania[.]mobi, zz1ev.prize-mania[.]mobi, ul51p.prize-mania[.]mobi, 0zwpx.prize-mania[.]mobi.
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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Having PUAs installed might lead to problems relating to browsing safety, privacy, and in some cases, users might even become victims of identity theft.

Typically, these apps are advertised as useful and legitimate, however, most provide no features or other value and are designed only to help developers to generate revenue. We strongly recommend that you uninstall all PUAs immediately.

How did adware install on my computer?

Unwanted downloads and installations can be caused by clicking various deceptive ads, however, in many cases, PUAs are downloaded/installed together with other (usually free) programs. This happens when they are included into the set-ups of other software.

Typically, information about these additionally-included apps is hidden in settings of the set-ups such as "Custom", "Advanced", etc. This distribution method of unwanted apps is called "bundling". This is effective when people leave the settings unchanged - this gives PUAs permission to be downloaded or installed through the set-ups of regular software that is used to distribute them.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Avoid clicking intrusive ads, especially if they are displayed on dubious web pages. Typically, they redirect users to untrustworthy websites or cause unwanted downloads/installations. All software should be downloaded from official and trustworthy websites. Do not use Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, unofficial web pages, third party downloaders, installers, etc.

Check "Custom", "Advanced", and other similar settings of the download/installation setup and opt-out/deselect offers to download/install unwanted apps. If the browser causes unwanted redirects or displays intrusive ads regularly, check the list of installed plug-ins, add-ons, and extensions and remove all dubious, unwanted entries immediately.

Programs of this type installed on the operating system and should also be uninstalled. 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 prize-mania[.]mobi website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is prize-mania.mobi 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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