Prevent browsers from being forced to open finestream.club

What is finestream[.]club?

Typically, people do not visit websites such as finestream[.]club intentionally. There are also many other similar pages on the internet.

Some examples are horny-vid[.]com, rex-news1[.]club and pushpush[.]net. Browsers are commonly forced to open these sites due to installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). These apps can open untrustworthy/rogue web pages, gather data and display advertisements. In most cases, people download and/or install PUAs inadvertently.

When a browser opens finestream[.]club (in a new window or tab), the site opens other (about two or three) untrustworthy websites or loads dubious content.

What happens once finestream[.]club is opened depends on the visitor's geolocation. Note that this site often tricks visitors into allowing it to show notifications - finestream[.]club asks visitors to prove that they are not 'robots' by clicking the "Allow" button. If clicked, however, this allows finestream[.]club to show notifications that might contain ads, links to untrustworthy websites, etc.

Furthermore, PUAs can be designed to display advertisements that conceal underlying content of opened web pages. Examples include coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups, etc. People who click them are redirected to dubious web pages or the ads cause download/installation of unwanted applications (some ads are capable of running certain scripts that cause this).

PUAs usually gather browsing data such as IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited pages, entered search queries and so on. Developers sell the recorded data to other people, possibly cyber criminals. In any case, the information is misused to generate revenue.

Therefore, having these apps installed might cause problems with browsing safety, privacy and so on. The details might also be misused to steal identities. All PUAs should be removed from the system and/or browser immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	finestream.club pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	167.71.12.147
Observed Domains	0.finestream[.]club, 1.finestream[.]club, 2.finestream[.]club, 3.finestream[.]club, 5.finestream[.]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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There are many PUAs on the internet, most of which operate as information tracking tools, cause redirects to dubious websites and/or serve advertisements. People who download and install them expect them to be legitimate, useful applications, however, PUAs deliver no real value and cause only problems.

How did adware install on my computer?

Few people do not download or install apps PUAs intentionally. Typically, they cause this by clicking deceptive ads displayed on dubious websites (these can run certain scripts) or during download/installations of other programs (when developers distribute PUAs using the "bundling" method).

Bundling is used to trick people into installing or downloading PUAs together with other software that they download intentionally.

I.e., they include PUAs into the download/installation set-ups of regular programs. In most cases, any additionally-included apps are listed in settings such as "Custom", "Advanced" and similar. Many people fail to check these settings when they download or install software, thus allowing various PUAs to be downloaded and installed.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download or install software through third party downloaders, installers, from unofficial, dubious websites, via torrent clients, eMule (and other Peer-to-Peet networks) or other similar sources.

The safest way to download programs and files is using official websites and direct links. Check "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings of any download and/or installation setup, especially if the software is free. Dismiss any offers to download or install unwanted apps.

Avoid clicking ads displayed on dubious pages (relating to gambling, adult dating, pornography, etc.). When clicked, they can open untrustworthy websites or cause unwanted downloads/installations. Uninstall any unwanted, suspicious extensions, add-ons or plug-ins from the web browser.

The same should be applied to software of this kind 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 finestream[.]club website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is finestream.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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