How to remove unwanted apps promoting alfabet.fun?

What is alfabet[.]ads?

It is highly advisable to avoid visiting alfabet[.]fun website - this page is designed to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications or promote other shady pages (it depends on visitor's geolocation). Alfabet[.]fun is similar to a great number of other sites, for example, pushnote[.]top, agazinethede[.]biz, worldactualstories[.]com.

As a rule, websites of this type get opened through untrustworthy advertisements, other untrustworthy websites, and (or) potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). It is recommended to avoid downloading and installing PUAs as well. It is common that apps of this kind are designed not only to promote pages like alfabet[.]fun, but also to gather various data, generate unwanted advertisements.

At the time of the research, alfabet[.]fun asked to click the "Allow" button (to allow it to show notifications) to continue loading it. It is important to know that websites like this one show notifications containing ads for shady pages, potentially malicious applications, etc.

For this reason, they should not be allowed to show notifications. It is worth mentioning that other pages like alfabet[.]fun use different clickbait techniques to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button, for example, they display deceptive messages encouraging to click that button to prove that they are not robots.

Another problem with pages like alfabet[.]fun is that most of them are designed to open a couple of other shady pages. It is common that that they open scam websites used to trick users into entering credit card details, login credentials, names, surnames and other personal information or downloading, installing questionable software (for example, adware-type apps, browser hijackers).

Some examples of types of pages that alfabet[.]fun may be designed to open are "Code 0x03A10 (0E10)", "You Are Our Winner Today!", and "Instagram Copyright Infringement". It is common that PUAs (apps used to promote pages like alfabet[.]fun) generate advertisements and (or) collect information relating to browsing activities (or other data) as well.

PUAs can be designed to generate coupons, pop-ups, surveys, banners, or other ads used to promote shady, potentially malicious pages. In some cases, their ads can cause unwanted downloads or even installations by running certain scripts. Either way, ads generated by PUAs should not be trusted/clicked.

Examples of details that PUAs usually target are IP addresses, entered search queries, geolocations, visited websites, and other browsing-related data. Although, apps of this type can be capable of accessing sensitive details (e.g., login credentials, credit card details) that may be used to commit identity fraud, steal online accounts, make unauthorized purchases, or misused in other ways.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by alfabet.fun
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	172.67.152.206
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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To summarize, neither alfabet[.]fun (or similar websites), or potentially unwanted applications are trustworthy. As a rule, potentially unwanted apps are designed only to generate revenue by displaying unwanted advertisements, opening various questionable websites, and (or) gathering information about their users.

Either way, apps of this kind should never be downloaded and installed, or websites like alfabet[.]fun visited. Typically, users download and install PUAs without knowing about it.

How did adware install on my computer?

Sometimes users download or install PUAs through advertisements - by clicking ads designed to run certain scripts. It is worth mentioning that ads of this kind appear mostly on potentially malicious websites.

In other cases, users download or install potentially unwanted applications through downloaders, installers for other programs - when PUAs are distributed using a "bundling" method. Although, users cause these unwanted downloads, installations only when they do not change certain settings.

Typically, offers to download or install bundled applications can be declined via "Advanced", "Manual", "Custom", or other options. In other cases, it can be done by unticking ticked checkboxes. It is worthwhile to mention that most of the times, PUAs are bundled with free programs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is strongly recommended not to use third-party installers, downloaders, torrent clients, eMule (and other Peer-to-Peer networks), unofficial pages, and so on to download or install programs. Files and apps should be downloaded from official pages and via direct links.

Also, it is advisable to analyze downloaders and installers that have options, settings to see if they mention offers to download or install additional apps. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, it is common for PUAs to be mentioned in "Advanced", "Custom" or other settings, or alongside some ticked checkboxes.

Additionally, it is recommended not to trust advertisements that appear on shady web pages. Quite often, ads of this kind are designed to download or install unwanted software or open potentially malicious sites.

Unwanted, suspicious apps (plug-ins, or add-ons, extensions) installed on a browser should be removed. Software of this kind installed on the operating system should be removed 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 alfabet[.]ads website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by alfabet.fun?
• 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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