How to uninstall unwanted apps that open sabs-news.info and similar sites

What is sabs-news[.]info?

sabs-news[.]info is virtually identical to pushcleansystem[.]com, checkvd[.]com, enerativearea[.]pro and many other rogue sites designed to display dubious content or open other rogue web pages. Typically, users do not visit these sites intentionally - they are opened through deceptive ads, untrusted websites, or by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on the system.

PUAs are often designed, not only to promote sites such as sabs-news[.]info, but also, to gather data and display intrusive advertisements.

PUAs open websites such as sabs-news[.]info in a new browser window or tab. When visited, they open 2-3 other bogus websites or load dubious content. These actions depend on visitors' geolocations. Neither sabs-news[.]info nor pages that are opened through it can be trusted.

Note that sabs-news[.]info attempts to deceive visitors into clicking the "Allow" button in a pop-up window using a 'clickbait' technique. It suggests that by clicking the button visitors are able to watch a video, however, this simply gives websites such as sabs-news[.]info permission to show notifications.

Commonly, sabs-news[.]info and other sites display notifications containing deceptive ads, links to untrusted websites, etc. Furthermore, most PUAs collect browsing-related information (e.g., users' IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited pages), however, many are capable of accessing and recording sensitive, personal details.

People behind these apps sell the data to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals), or misuse it to generate revenue in other ways. PUAs also feed users with intrusive advertisements (e.g., pop-ups, coupons, banners, surveys). When people click these ads, they are often redirected to other dubious pages, or they allow the ads to execute scripts that download and install PUAs.

In summary, PUAs can cause problems relating to browsing safety, online privacy, and users might become victims of identity theft. Therefore, remove all PUAs from the browser and operating system immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by sabs-news.info?
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names	Cyan (Malicious), Netcraft (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address	185.162.10.217
Observed Domains	1cp.sabs-news[.]info, 1.sabs-news[.]info, 1status.sabs-news[.]info, xvsd.sabs-news[.]info, 3status.sabs-news[.]info, 2status.sabs-news[.]info
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 useful, legitimate applications, and supposedly provide various features, improve the browsing experience, etc, however, most are useless and cause issues. Therefore, do not download or install these apps.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are often downloaded and installed with other, mainly free, programs. I.e., when they are included into the download/installation set-ups as 'additional offers'. Typically, these additionally-included apps are mentioned in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings.

Many users download and install PUAs when they fail to change these settings - in this way, they agree by default with offers to download and install PUAs. Sometimes unwanted downloads and installations are caused by clicking deceptive ads that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to download files and programs only from official websites and via direct links. It is not safe to download or install software via third party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks such as eMule, torrent clients, untrusted websites or other channels of this kind - they are often used to promote and distribute potentially unwanted or even malicious applications.

Check all "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings and decline offers to download or install additionally-included apps before completing the process. Do not click intrusive advertisements, especially when they are displayed on dubious pages - they can open other pages of this kind or even execute scripts to download/install unwanted software.

Remove all unwanted extensions, add-ons and plug-ins installed on the browser, and programs of this kind 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 sabs-news[.]info website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by sabs-news.info??
• 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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