How to uninstall apps designed to open news-central.me?

What is news-central[.]me?

It is uncommon for pages like news-central[.]me to be visited intentionally. Usually, they get opened by installed potentially unwanted applications (PUAs), through deceptive advertisements or other unreliable web pages.

It is worth mentioning that the aforementioned apps are called potentially unwanted because most users download and install them unknowingly. There are many pages like news-central[.]me on the Internet.

Some examples are udsignation[.]biz, linstersbig[.]com, and turboflash[.]me. Depending on visitor's geolocation, these pages either load deceptive content or open two, three other shady sites.

It is common that websites like news-central[.]me are designed to show questionable notifications used to advertise potentially malicious pages, applications, etc. It is important to mention that most of these pages use one or another clickbait technique to trick their visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

For instance, they encourage visitors to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots or too young to visit them. News-central[.]me displays a message suggesting that visitors need to click the "Allow" button to continue loading the page.

It is strongly recommended not to give permission for pages like news-central[.]me to show their notifications. Another reason not to visit/trust these pages is that they can open other pages designed to trick visitors into providing personal information (e.g., credit card details, login credentials, names, surnames), installing unwanted applications (e.g., adware, browser hijackers), etc.

More precisely, page like news-central[.]me can open scam websites like "Code 0x03A10 (0E10)", "You Are Our Winner Today!", "Instagram Copyright Infringement", and other untrustworthy sites. It is important to mention that apps used to promote sites like news-central[.]me can be designed to gather Internet Protocol addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, visited websites, and other browsing-related details, or even personal, sensitive data.

Data collected by PUAs could be used to steal identities, online accounts, make unauthorized purchases, or monetized in other ways. Additionally, PUAs can be designed to generate coupons, pop-up ads, surveys, banners, and other types of advertisements.

It is common for their ads to be used to promote potentially malicious pages. In some cases, those ads can download or even install unwanted apps by running certain scripts. For these reasons, PUAs should never be downloaded and installed.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-central.me
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	52.3.79.121
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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In conclusion, pages like news-central[.]me are promoted via various untrustworthy ads, websites, and potentially unwanted apps. It is strongly recommended not to visit websites of this kind and not to have PUAs installed on browsers or computers.

It is worth mentioning that PUAs can be advertised as useful and legitimate applications. Nevertheless, most of them are useless but can cause various problems. As mentioned in the first paragraph, most users download and install PUAs inadvertently.

How did adware install on my computer?

Potential unwanted applications are often bundled with other programs - they are distributed by including them in downloaders, installers for other programs as additional offers. This distribution method works because not all users decline unwanted offers when they download or install programs that come with PUAs.

Typically, bundled applications can be opted out/offers to download or install them can be declined using "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual" or other settings, or by unticking certain checkboxes. It can be done before finishing downloads, installations.

Another deceptive way to distribute PUAs is through ads that can execute certain scripts. Those ads cause unwanted downloads or even installations when users click them.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended not to use third-party downloaders or installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule), questionable, unofficial websites, etc. It is common for them to be used as channels to distribute unwanted, potentially malicious files/programs.

It is advisable to download applications (and files) from official pages and via direct download links. Also, it is recommended not to finish downloads and installations without checking downloaders, installers for "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar settings (or ticked checkboxes).

Quite often, downloaders and installers that have the aforementioned settings include additional offers. Additionally, it is advisable not to click advertisements appearing on untrustworthy websites.

Those ads can be designed to open shady websites or download, or even install unwanted apps. Suspicious, unwanted, or unknown extensions, plug-ins, and add-ons installed on a web browser should be uninstalled.

Programs of this kind installed on the operating system should be uninstalled too. 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 news-central[.]me website (GIF):

Notifications from news-central[.]me:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by news-central.me?
• 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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