How to remove unwanted apps promoting pushails.com?

What is pushails[.]com?

It is common that pages like pushails[.]com are promoted through potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), shady websites, and dubious advertisements. In other words, users do not visit such pages on their own (intentionally).

There are many websites like pushails[.]com on the Internet. Some examples are news-hot[.]xyz, ro01[.]biz site, and appzery[.]com. It is noteworthy that PUAs often are designed not only to promote untrustworthy websites but also to serve advertisements, collect certain data.

At the time of the research pushails[.]com displayed a message encouraging to click the "Allow" button to continue watching some content (supposedly a video). It is one of the clickbait techniques that pages like pushails[.]com use to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

Untrustworthy websites should not be allowed to show notifications. Most of their notifications are used to promote dubious websites, contain deceptive ads, etc. It is possible that pushails[.]com could load other shady content as well.

Usually, pages of this type load some shady content or open a couple of other questionable pages (e.g., download websites for adware, browser hijackers). It depends on the geolocation of their visitors.

PUAs can be designed to serve coupons, surveys, banners, pop-ups, or other advertisements. More often than not, advertisements that PUAs display are used to promote untrustworthy pages. Sometimes their ads can cause unwanted downloads or even installations by executing certain scripts.

Therefore, it is not safe to click on the ads that PUAs serve. Also, PUAs can be designed to gather browsing data. For example, IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited pages, entered search queries. Some PUAs can be designed to collect passwords or other sensitive details.

Usually, PUAs gather data for their developer so they could monetize it. For example, to sell it to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), use it for marketing purposes. It means that after installing PUAs, users are likely to encounter problems related to privacy, browsing safety or become victims of identity theft.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by pushails.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	139.45.196.144
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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If a browser opens pages like pushails[.]com, then it very possible that it already has some PUA installed on it. In such case, it is advisable to check a browser for unwanted apps and remove them as soon as possible.

It is worth mentioning that the main reason why apps of this type are called potentially unwanted is that most users download and install them unintentionally.

How did adware install on my computer?

Quite often, potentially unwanted applications are distributed through downloaders, installers for other programs. In other words, it is common for PUAs to be included in downloaders, installers as additional offers.

Such offers can be declined using settings (e.g., "Custom", "Advanced", "Manual") or checkboxes available in those downloaders, installers. Users download and install PUAs together with other programs when they leave the aforementioned settings unchanged.

Also, sometimes users download and (or) install PUAs by clicking on deceptive advertisements. However, only when they click on ads capable of running certain scripts (usually, such ads appear on untrustworthy pages).

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Applications should never be downloaded via third-party downloaders, eMule, torrent clients, or other Peer-to-Peer networks, from unofficial pages, and so on, or installed via third-party installers. By using them, users risk downloading and install malware or other unwanted software on their computers.

Files and apps should be downloaded from official websites and via direct links. Downloaders and installers that have "Custom", "Advanced," and other similar settings should be checked for bundled applications, and those applications should be opted out. Ads that appear on shady pages should not be trusted as well.

Quite often, those ads open dubious pages or even cause unwanted downloads, installations. If there are any suspicious, unknown, or unwanted extensions, plug-ins, or add-ons installed on a browser or programs of this kind installed on a computer, then they should be removed.

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 pushails[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by pushails.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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