How to stop redirects to and from newsbreak.com

What is newsbreak[.]com?

newsbreak[.]com is a rogue site sharing many similarities with daystream.club, gubudakis.com, brotherenuryc.pro and countless others.

It generates redirects to other untrusted/malicious web pages and presents visitors with dubious content. Most users enter newsbreak[.]com and similar pages via redirects caused by intrusive ads or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already infiltrated into the system. PUAs cause redirects, deliver intrusive ad campaigns and track browsing-related information.

Once accessed, newsbreak[.]com first checks visitors' IP addresses to learn their geolocations. This information is key in determining its further course of action. Depending on their geolocations, users are presented with dubious material and/or are redirected elsewhere.

Furthermore, this website uses browser notifications to run intrusive ad campaigns. It promotes its notifications via dubious methods ("Receive Local News in Time! click 'Allow' to show notification of breaking news in your are"), however, rather than delivering the promised information, newsbreak[.]com delivers unwanted and harmful ads (e.g. pop-ups, banners, coupons, surveys, etc.).

These advertisements significantly diminish the browsing experience by limiting browsing speed and site visibility (by overlaying page content). When clicked, they redirect to untrusted, rogue, sale-based, compromised, deceptive/scam and malicious web pages.

Some ads can execute scripts to download/install unwanted content (e.g. PUAs) without users' consent. These unwanted apps can force-open similarly dangerous web pages and deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns (the resultant ads possess the aforementioned capabilities and carry associated risks).

PUAs commonly track data. They record browsing activity (browsing and search engine histories) and gather personal information (IP addresses, geolocations and other details). This sensitive data is often shared with third parties seeking to misuse it for profit - potentially by putting to criminal use.

To summarize, PUAs can cause various infiltration and infections, lead to serious privacy issues, financial loss and even identity theft. To protect device integrity and user safety, you are advised to remove all suspect applications and browser extensions/plug-ins without delay.

Threat Summary:

Name	newsbreak.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	52.34.73.31
Observed Domains	static.newsbreak[.]com; ui.newsbreak[.]com; app.newsbreak[.]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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PUAs may seem legitimate and entice users into downloading/installing them with offers of various "useful" functions. These features rarely work as promised and, in most cases, are nonoperational. The only purpose of PUAs is to generate revenue for the developers at users' expense.

Therefore, these applications are useless, but can also cause severe issues. PUAs are designed force-open untrusted and malicious web pages, run intrusive ad campaigns and collect vulnerable data.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs proliferate through the download/install set-ups of other products. This deceptive marketing technique of pre-packing regular programs with unwanted or malicious software is called "bundling".

Rushing download and installation processes (e.g. skipping steps and sections, etc.) increases the risk of potential infiltration and infections via bundled content. Some PUAs have "official" download pages. Intrusive ads also proliferate these applications. Once clicked, they can execute scripts to stealthily download/install PUAs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to research all products, prior to download/installation or purchase. Use only official and verified download channels, as opposed to untrusted sources (e.g. Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, free file-hosting sites and other third party downloaders). Untrusted download sources can offer deceptive and/or bundled content.

When downloading and installing, read the terms, study all available options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings and opt-out of supplementary apps, tools, features and so on. Intrusive advertisements usually seem normal and innocuous, however, they can redirect to highly dubious web pages (e.g. pornography, adult-dating, gambling and many others).

If you encounter ads/redirects of this kind, inspect the device and immediately remove all suspicious applications and/or browser extensions/plug-ins. 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 newsbreak[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is newsbreak.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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