How to remove software force-opening the beastbuying.com site?

What is beastbuying[.]com?

Beastbuying[.]com is an untrustworthy site designed to present visitors with questionable content and/or redirect them to other unreliable and malicious webpages. The Internet is full of such dubious websites; stream-your-vids.com, scleriends.website, and play-new-vids.com are but some examples.

Untrustworthy sites like beastbuying[.]com are rarely accessed intentionally. Most users enter them via redirects caused by rogue pages, intrusive advertisements, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

Unwanted apps can infiltrate systems without explicit user permission. PUAs operate by causing redirects, delivering intrusive advert campaigns, and collecting browsing-related data.

Beastbuying[.]com in detail

Once accessed, the first thing beastbuying[.]com does is check the visitors' IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to learn their geolocation. This data determines the website's behavior. In other words, whether visitors are presented with questionable material and/or get redirected elsewhere - depends on their geolocations.

Additionally, beastbuying[.]com and sites akin to it use deceptive statements/content to trick users into enabling into their browser notifications. This webpage uses fake CAPTCHA verification for this purpose.

Should the notifications be allowed, beastbuying[.]com will start running intrusive advertisement campaigns. The displayed ads are misleading, untrustworthy, and even malicious.

The advertisements promote various deceptive, scam, compromised, and dangerous websites. Furthermore, some intrusive adverts can stealthily download/install software (e.g., PUAs) without user consent - when they are clicked on.

How do potentially unwanted applications operate?

PUAs can have varied heinous functionalities, which can be in different combinations. For example, these applications can force-open webpages and/or deliver intrusive advertisement campaigns.

Most PUAs have data tracking abilities as well. They monitor browsing activity (URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries typed, etc.) and collect sensitive information extracted from it (IP addresses/ geolocations, personally identifiable details, etc.). PUA developers monetize the gathered data by sharing it with and/or selling it to third-parties, intent on musing for profit.

To summarize, the presence of unwanted software on devices can result in system infections, severe privacy issues, financial losses, and even identity theft. Therefore, it is strongly advised to eliminate all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins immediately upon detection.

Threat Summary:

Name	beastbuying.com pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Webroot (Malicious), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Suspicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	54.174.174.39
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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Potentially unwanted applications in general

PUAs usually appear legitimate and offer a wide variety of "useful" functionalities. However, the features seldom work as promised, and in most cases - they are utterly nonoperational.

The sole purpose of unwanted apps is to generate revenue for the developers; they have no real value to users. Instead of delivering on any promises, PUAs can cause redirects, run intrusive ad campaigns, and gather private information.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are spread via downloaders/installers of other programs. This deceptive marketing technique of packing regular software with unwanted or malicious additions - is called "bundling". Rushed download/installation processes (e.g., ignored terms, skipped steps and sections, etc.) increase the risk of unintentionally allowing bundled content into the device.

Intrusive advertisements are used to proliferate PUAs as well. Once clicked on, the ads can execute scripts to make stealthy downloads/installations. PUAs may also have "official" promotional/download webpages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended to research software products before download/installation and/or purchase. Furthermore, all downloads must be done from official and verified sources.

Untrustworthy download channels, e.g., unofficial and free file-hosting (freeware) websites, P2P sharing networks (Torrent clients, eMule, Gnutella, etc.), and other third-party downloaders - often offer bundled and/or harmful content.

When downloading/installing, it is important to read terms, explore possible options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings, and opt-out from supplementary apps, tools, features, and so forth.

Intrusive adverts appear ordinary and innocuous; however, they redirect to various unreliable and questionable sites (e.g., gambling, pornography, adult-dating, and many others).

In case of encounters with advertisements and/or redirects of this type, the system must be checked and all dubious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins detected - immediately removed from it. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Screenshots of ads delivered by the beastbuying[.]com website:

Appearance of the beastbuying[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is beastbuying.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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