Uninstall unwanted apps that open belazyelephant.com and similar web pages

What is belazyelephant[.]com?

belazyelephant[.]com opens various untrusted pages or loads dubious content. It functions in a similar way to many other rogue websites including, for example, go9news[.]biz, alisalis[.]com and exq-timepieces[.]com. These are often opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on the system.

Apps of this type can collect details relating to users' browsing habits and display various ads. They are classified as PUAs, since people tend to download and install them unintentionally.

In most cases, PUAs open pages such as belazyelephant[.]com in new browser windows or tabs. When opened, they redirect visitors to two or three rogue websites or load dubious content. The way they operate depends on visitors' geolocations.

Commonly, pages opened through sites such as belazyelephant[.]com contain deceptive advertisements, promote untrusted software, etc. Furthermore, belazyelephant[.]com tries to deceive visitors into allowing it to show notifications using a 'clickbait' technique.

It encourages visitors to prove that they are not robots by clicking the "Allow" button, which then allows belazyelephant[.]com to show notifications. Web pages such as this usually display notifications that contain website links to other untrusted, potentially malicious sites, deceptive advertisements, and other dubious content.

PUAs can open rogue websites, collect browsing data and other information, and serve advertisements. Generally, PUAs gather data such as IP addresses, websites of visited pages, entered search queries, geolocations, and so on, however, they might also record sensitive, confidential information.

Developers sell recorded information to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) who misuse it to generate revenue in other ways. PUAs can also serve coupons, banners, surveys, pop-ups and other forms of ads. These usually lead to untrusted websites, however, they might cause download/installation of unwanted applications by executing certain scripts.

PUAs can be the reason behind identity theft, problems with browsing safety, online privacy, and other issues. For these reasons, remove all PUAs that are installed on the browser and/or operating system immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by belazyelephant.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Serving IP Address	134.209.192.77
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 are advertised as applications that supposedly deliver various features, improve the browsing experience and are useful in other ways, however, most open dubious web pages, display ads and collect user-system information. In summary, PUAs deliver no real value and can cause serious problems. Therefore, never install any PUAs.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are commonly installed together with other software. I.e., when they are included into the download/installation set-ups of other programs. Generally, information about PUAs being included in set-ups is not properly disclosed - offers to download/install them are usually hidden in "Custom", "Advanced" and other settings of set-ups.

This distribution method of PUAs is called "bundling". This is a deceptive method that developers use to trick people into downloading and installing unwanted software.

Many people are tricked when they leave the aforementioned default settings unchanged, thereby agreeing with offers included in the setups. Additionally, unwanted downloads and installations can be caused by clicking deceptive advertisements that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Programs and files should not be downloaded through unofficial pages, third party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, freeware download pages, or other channels of this kind - they can be used to distribute unwanted and even malicious software.

It is not safe to install programs through third party installers. The safest way to downloaded software is using official pages and direct download links. Download and installation set-ups often contain settings such as "Custom" and "Advanced". You are advised to check these settings for offers to download and install additional software.

Intrusive advertisements that appear on dubious web pages can lead to other sites of this kind or cause download/installation of PUAs. Therefore, they should never be clicked. Remove all PUAs and suspicious, unwanted extensions, add-ons and plug-ins installed on the browser immediately.

The same should be applied to programs of this kind that are 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 belazyelephant[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by belazyelephant.com?
• 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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