How to avoid being forced to visit rex-news1.club

What is rex-news1[.]club?

rex-news1[.]club is the address of a dubious website, which is generally visited by people unintentionally. Typically, browsers open these web pages when potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) are installed on them. When opened, rex-news1[.]club redirects to other untrustworthy sites or loads dubious content.

Many other websites function in a similar manner to rex-news1[.]club. Some examples are secretvideos2020[.]com, glagolinius[.]com and mayfootekvideo[.]com. Most PUAs are designed to feed users with unwanted advertisements and gather user-information.

Once installed, PUAs start to regularly open dubious web pages such as rex-news1[.]club in new browser windows or tabs. When opened, they cause redirects to other (about two, three) websites of this kind or load untrustworthy content. These actions depend on the geolocations of their visitors.

Sites such as rex-news1[.]club often open deceptive, potentially malicious websites. Most ask to show notifications. This particular sites states that some videos are played only if visitors click the "Allow" button.

This is one of many 'clickbait' techniques that are used to trick people into allowing websites such as rex-news1[.]club to show notifications (unwanted ads, links to untrustworthy sites, etc.). Furthermore, PUAs often display ads and collect various data.

They feed users with intrusive ads (coupons, banners, surveys, pop-up ads, and so on) that conceal underlying content of visited websites. People who click these ads are usually redirected to untrustworthy websites or allow them to run scripts, which then download and install unwanted programs.

Most PUAs record browsing data, such as IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, and so on. In some cases, they can access and record confidential, sensitive details. Developers sell the information to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue.

Threat Summary:

Name	rex-news1.club pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Avast (), BitDefender (), ESET-NOD32 (), Kaspersky (), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	85.10.196.54
Observed Domains	4.rex-news1[.]club, 3.rex-news1[.]club, 4.rex-news1[.]club, 5.rex-news1[.]club, 99.rex-news1[.]club, 82.rex-news1[.]club, 57.rex-news1[.]club, 18.rex-news1[.]club.
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 have similar behavior. They force browsers to open dubious web pages, gather browsing data and/or serve various ads. Furthermore, they do not deliver any real value and can cause problems relating to browsing safety, privacy, and so on. People who use these apps might end up having their identities stolen. You are strongly advised not to use any PUAs.

How did adware install on my computer?

People often download and/or install various unwanted apps unintentionally when they click deceptive ads displayed on untrustworthy websites or through the set-ups of regular software. In many cases, PUAs are distributed by including them into various download and installation set-ups - this distribution method is called "bundling".

They are presented as additional offers that can usually be found in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar parts of the set-ups. Unfortunately, many people download and install programs without checking these settings, thereby allowing PUAs to be downloaded and/or installed.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

To avoid PUAs from being downloaded and installed, download programs from official, trustworthy websites and do not use third party downloaders (or installers), and torrent clients, eMule (or other Peer-to-Peer networks) unofficial pages, etc. Software should not be downloaded or installed without checking settings included in the setup.

Dismiss any offers to download or install unwanted apps. Do not click ads that appear on dubious web pages - these often lead to other web pages of this kind or cause unwanted downloads/installations. Browsers commonly open dubious web pages and show ads due to PUAs installed on them.

To prevent this, remove all unwanted plug-ins, add-ons or extensions from the browser, and software of this kind from the computer (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 rex-news1[.]club website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is rex-news1.club 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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