How to stop redirects to and from datingbasedspot.com

What is datingbasedspot[.]com?

Sharing many similarities with captchatopsource.com, holanews.biz, yourwownews.com, and countless others, datingbasedspot[.]com is an untrusted website. It operates by presenting visitors with dubious content and redirecting them to other dubious and possibly malicious pages.

Users rarely enter these sites intentionally - most are redirected to them by intrusive advertisements or Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) already installed on their systems. These apps cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns, and collect browsing-related information.

When accessed, datingbasedspot[.]com checks visitors' IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to learn their geolocations. This data is crucial to determining the website's further course of action. Therefore, whether users are redirected elsewhere and/or are presented with dubious/misleading material depends on their geolocations.

In addition, datingbasedspot[.]com uses deceptive tactics to trick visitors into enabling its browser notifications. This is particularly common to sites of this kind - they often present the notification "Allow" option as CAPTCHA verification, 'clickbait', and so on. Once the browser notifications are enabled, the websites begin running intrusive advertisement campaigns. I.e., the pages deliver various intrusive ads. As well as being an annoyance, they are also dangerous. When clicked, intrusive ads redirect to dubious/malicious sites and some can download/install software (e.g., PUAs) without users' consent.

PUAs can have various dangerous functions in different combinations. For example, unwanted apps can force-open dangerous web pages and deliver intrusive ad campaigns.

Furthermore, most PUAs can track data. They can monitor browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and collect personal information extracted from it (IP addresses, geolocations, and other details). This vulnerable data is typically monetized by sharing with and/or selling to third parties.

In summary, the presence of unwanted software on devices can lead to system infections, serious privacy issues, financial loss, and identity theft. Therefore, it is crucial to immediately remove all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins.

Threat Summary:

Name	datingbasedspot.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Spam), Spamhaus (Spam), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	5.8.34.88
Observed Domains	a.datingbasedspot[.]com; undefined.datingbasedspot[.]com; i.datingbasedspot[.]com; c.datingbasedspot[.]com; b.datingbasedspot[.]com; g.datingbasedspot[.]com; e.datingbasedspot[.]com; h.datingbasedspot[.]com; st.datingbasedspot[.]com; d.datingbasedspot[.]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 offer a broad range of "useful" features, however, these functions are seldom operational, and even if they do work, it is not as advertised. The sole purpose of this unwanted software is to generate profit at users' expense.

Rather than delivering any real value, PUAs force-open dubious and malicious web pages, run intrusive ad campaigns, gather sensitive and personally identifiable information.

How did adware install on my computer?

Unwanted downloads and installations often occur when developers distribute PUAs by integrating them into the download/installation setups of other programs as "extra offers". This distribution method is known as "bundling". The offers can be declined in "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings of the setups (or by unticking certain checkboxes).

Many users fail to check and change these settings (or untick the checkboxes), thereby allowing PUAs to infiltrate together with the desired software.

PUAs are also downloaded and installed by clicking deceptive advertisements (usually on untrusted sites) that execute certain scripts.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

You are advised to research all software before download/installation. Use only official and verified download channels. Unofficial and free file-hosting websites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks (BitTorrent, Gnutella, eMule), and other third party downloaders commonly offer harmful and bundled content, and are therefore untrusted and should be avoided.

When downloading/installing, read the terms, study all possible options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings and opt-out of additional apps, tools, features, and so on.

Intrusive advertisements typically seem legitimate, however, they can redirect to dubious and malicious sites (e.g. gambling, pornography, adult-dating, and many others). If you encounter ads or redirects of this kind, inspect the system and remove all dubious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately.

Installed programs must be activated and updated with tools or implemented functions that are provided by the official developers. No other third party, unofficial tools should be used.

Note that it is illegal to activate licensed software with ‘cracking’ tools. Files and programs should be downloaded from official websites and via direct download links. Avoid third party installers and the tools/sources mentioned above.

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 datingbasedspot[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is datingbasedspot.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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