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How to stop redirects to and from hipermovies.icu

Also Known As: hipermovies.icu pop-up
Damage level: Medium

What is the hipermovies[.]icu website?

hipermovies[.]icu is an untrusted site designed to present visitors with dubious content and/or redirect them to other bogus and possibly malicious web pages. This website shares similarities with gdanstum.netvviewpoint.bizpushwinning.comadmnsrv.com and many others.

Few visitors to these websites enter them intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). This software does not need express user permission to be installed onto devices. Following successful infiltration, PUAs cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns and collect browsing-related information.

hipermovies[.]icu pop-up redirects

How hipermovies[.]icu operates depends on visitors' geolocations. It learns this information by checking their IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. Whether users' are presented with dubious material and/or are redirected to other harmful sites is based on their geolocations.

Additionally, this web page uses deceptive tactics to trick visitors into enabling browser notifications. The website asks users to "Press Allow to confirm/I am not a robot/Click on Allow to confirm that you are not a robot". If these instructions are followed and the notifications are enabled, hipermovies[.]icu starts running intrusive advertisement campaigns.

Once clicked, these ads redirect to various untrusted/malicious sites and some can even stealthily download/install PUAs. These unwanted apps can have other capabilities as well as causing redirects. They can deliver intrusive ad campaigns, which pose the previously described threats and significantly diminish the browsing experience.

Furthermore, most PUAs have data tracking capabilities. This software can record users' browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and gather personal information extracted from it (IP addresses, geolocations and other details).

The collected data is typically shared with and/or sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals), seeking to likewise misuse the information for profit. To summarize, the presence of unwanted apps on devices can lead to system infections, financial loss, serious privacy issues and even identity theft.

Therefore, you are strongly advised to eliminate all suspect applications and browser extensions/plug-ins.

Threat Summary:
Name hipermovies.icu pop-up
Threat Type Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Detection Names Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal).
Serving IP Address 178.62.225.201
Observed Domains 1.hipermovies[.]icu; 3.hipermovies[.]icu; 2.hipermovies[.]icu; 4.hipermovies[.]icu; 0.hipermovies[.]icu
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 harmless. These applications offer various "useful" features, however, the functions rarely work as promised and, in most cases, do not work at all.

The only purpose of this unwanted software is to generate revenue for the developers. Rather than delivering any real value, PUAs force-open untrusted/malicious websites, run intrusive advertisement campaigns and/or gather vulnerable information.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are proliferated through the download/installation set-ups of other products. This deceptive marketing tactic of packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions is called "bundling".

Rushing download/installation processes (e.g. skipping steps and sections, using "Quick/Express" options, etc.) increases the risk of inadvertently allowing bundled content onto the system. Some PUAs have "official" promotional pages, from which they can be downloaded.

Intrusive advertisements can infiltrate these apps into systems as well. When clicked, they can execute scripts to download/install PUAs without users' permission.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to research all software before download/installation and/or purchase. Additionally, all downloads must be done from official and trustworthy sources, since dubious download channels such as unofficial and free file-hosting sites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks and other third party downloaders can offer deceptive and/or bundled content.

When downloading/installing, read the terms, study all available options, use the "Custom" or "Advanced" settings and opt-out of additional apps, tools, features, and so on. Intrusive ads may seem legitimate, however, they can redirect to various dubious web pages (e.g. gambling, pornography, adult-dating, etc.).

If you encounter these ads or redirects, check the system and remove all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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Quick menu:

Disable unwanted browser notifications:

Video showing how to disable web browser notifications:

Google Chrome logoRemove 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".

Disable web browser notifications in Google Chrome (step 1)

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).

Disable web browser notifications in Google Chrome (step 2)

Android logoRemove 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".

Disable web browser notifications in Google Chrome - Android (step 1)

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).

Disable web browser notifications in Google Chrome - Android (step 2)

Mozilla Firefox logoRemove 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".

Disable web browser notifications in Mozilla Firefox (step 1)

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).

Disable web browser notifications in Mozilla Firefox (step 2)

Microsoft Edge logoRemove 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".

Disable web browser notifications in Microsoft Edge (step 1)

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).

Disable web browser notifications in Microsoft Edge (step 2)

Safari logoRemove 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.

Disable web browser notifications in Safari - macOS (step 1)

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)

Disable web browser notifications in Safari - macOS (step 2)

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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Malware activity

Global malware activity level today:

Medium threat activity

Increased attack rate of infections detected within the last 24 hours.

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