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notification-centar[.]com redirect removal instructions

What is notification-centar[.]com?

notification-centar[.]com is virtually identical to windowsguidenews[.]com, robotornotcheckonline[.]club, reforeperc[.]pro, and many other websites. It redirects visitors to other rogue sites or displays dubious content. Generally, people do not open notification-centar[.]com (or other websites of this kind) intentionally - browsers open them when potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) are installed. Typically, PUAs open dubious web pages, display advertisements, and collect data relating to browsing activity.

When opened, notification-centar[.]com asks permission to show notifications. It states that, by allowing notifications, visitors are able to watch a video. Note, however, that giving websites such as notification-centar[.]com permission to show notifications usually results in being served with advertisements and other dubious content. As mentioned, once visited, web pages such as notification-centar[.]com display dubious content or redirect visitors to a number of other (about two or three) untrustworthy websites. These actions depend on the visitors' geolocations. It is very likely that opened web pages might be designed to advertise dubious software, contain deceptive ads, and so on. Neither notification-centar[.]com nor pages opened through it can be trusted. Furthermore, most PUAs feed users with coupons, banners, pop-up ads, and other intrusive advertisements. These usually conceal underlying content of visited websites and, if clicked, redirect people to other untrustworthy or even malicious websites. In some cases, the ads execute scripts that download and/or install unwanted apps. Furthermore, PUAs record data such as IP addresses, search queries, URLs of visited websites, geolocations and other browsing-related data. They might also be designed to collect personal details. Developers of these apps often share the data with third parties (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue. Users can thus experience problems with privacy, browsing safety or even become victims of identity theft. Therefore, all applications of this type should be uninstalled immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	notification-centar.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	ESET (Suspicious), Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	3.224.16.189
Observed Domains	www1.notification-centar[.]com, www2.notification-centar[.]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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Typically, developers promote these apps by offering supposedly useful features, tools, and so on. In fact, most PUAs do not function as advertised and are designed only to help the developers to generate revenue. Having them installed can lead to a number of problems. PUAs should never be trusted or downloaded/installed.

How did adware install on my computer?

Frequently, people download and install unwanted apps of this kind through intrusive advertisements or when they are included into the set-ups of other (usually free) software. In summary, developers proliferate PUAs by hiding them in "Custom", "Advanced" and other settings of the download/installation set-ups of regular software. Information about the inclusion of unwanted apps into set-ups is not properly disclosed. People who leave these settings unchecked and unchanged, unintentionally allow PUAs to be downloaded and/or installed together with regular programs. This distribution method of unwanted apps is known as "bundling".

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Download all software only from official websites. Do not use third party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (torrent clients, eMule) or other similar sources to download or install software. Check "Custom", "Advanced", and other similar settings that are usually included in the download and/or installation set-ups, and dismiss offers to download/install unwanted apps. Do not click advertisements that are displayed on dubious web pages - they often cause unwanted downloads/installations, or lead to untrustworthy websites. Check for unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons, and plug-ins installed on the web browser and uninstall them immediately. Also apply this to programs of this kind installed on the operating system. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Malwarebytes for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of notification-centar[.]com website (GIF):

IMPORTANT NOTE! This deceptive site asks to enable web browser notifications.

Therefore, before commencing, perform these steps:

Google Chrome (PC):

• Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Settings", scroll down to the bottom and click "Advanced"
• Scroll down to the "Privacy and security" section, select "Content settings" and then "Notifications"
• Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

Google Chrome (Android):

• Click on the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and click "Settings"
• Scroll down, click on "Site settings" and then "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and click on them one-by-one
• Select "Notifications" in the "Permissions" section and set the toggle button to "OFF"

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Options" 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, click the drop-down menu and select "Block"

Internet Explorer:

• Click the Gear button on the right upper corner of the IE window
• Select "Internet options"
• Select the "Privacy" tab and click "Settings" under "Pop-up Blocker" section
• Select suspicious URLs under and remove them one by one by clicking the "Remove" button

Microsoft Edge:

• Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window
• Scroll down, find and click "Settings"
• Scroll down again and click "View advanced settings"
• Click "Manage" under "Website permissions"
• Click the switch under each suspicious website

Safari (Mac):

• 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 for each

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Quick menu:

• What is notification-centar[.]com?
• STEP 1. Uninstall adware applications using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove rogue plug-ins from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove adware-type extensions from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove malicious extensions from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Adware removal:

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

Windows XP users:

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.

Windows 10 and Windows 8 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Mac OSX users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for any potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted application that causes notification-centar[.]com redirects, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the notification-centar.com pop-up, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and remove them.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the notification-centar.com pop-up, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with notification-centar.com pop-up removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the notification-centar.com pop-up, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

Removal assistance:
If you are experiencing problems while trying to remove notification-centar.com pop-up from your computer, please ask for assistance in our malware support forum.

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