How to stop a browser from opening the rcgaxg.com page?

What is rcgaxg[.]com?

Rcgaxg[.]com asks for permission to show notifications (in a deceptive way) and promotes questionable pages. It is more or less similar to news-ciwuwi[.]cc, allhotfeed[.]com, yourseismo[.]top, and more. It is uncommon for pages of this type to be visited intentionally. Pretty often, they get opened by installed potentially unwanted apps (PUAs).

Rcgaxg[.]com website in detail

As previously mentioned, rcgaxg[.]com uses deception (a clickbait technique) to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications - it displays a message encouraging visitors to prove that they are not underage by clicking the "Allow" button. Usually, notifications from pages like rcgaxg[.]com are used to promote untrustworthy websites.

Another reason not to trust the rcgaxg[.]com website is that it could open a couple of other pages designed to trick visitors into providing credit card details, names, surnames, email addresses, and other personal information. Also, rcgaxg[.]com could open download pages for browser hijackers, adware, and other PUAs.

A couple of examples of websites that pages like rcgaxg[.]com might promote are "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE VISITOR NO. 1.000.000", "Your Device Might Have Security Issues", and "Important Defender Update Available". Although, rcgaxg[.]com may open legitimate pages as well.

It is worth mentioning that individuals behind pages like rcgaxg[.]com get paid a referral fee when their websites open legitimate pages, and visitors create new accounts, purchase products or services on them. Either way, it is strongly recommended not to trust rcgaxg[.]com or similar sites.

More about potentially unwanted applications

It is worth mentioning that PUAs can be designed to collect browsing-related information such as entered search queries, IP addresses, geolocations, visited sites, or even sensitive data like passwords, credit card details. Moreover, that information may be misused for malicious purposes (for example, to steal accounts, identities).

Also, PUAs can be designed to generate banners, coupons, surveys, pop-up ads, and other advertisements. By clicking ads generated by PUAs, users may open questionable websites or cause unwanted downloads and installations. These are the main reasons not to have any PUAs installed on browsers or computers.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by rcgaxg.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Fortinet (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
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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Websites like rcgaxg[.]com in general

Rcgaxg[.]com is designed to display a deceptive message encouraging to click the "Allow" button and promote other pages of this kind. Typically, websites like rcgaxg[.]com are promoted through other untrustworthy pages, shady advertisements, and potentially unwanted applications - it is uncommon for them to be visited on purpose.

How did adware install on my computer?

Sometimes, PUAs are distributed via deceptive advertisements. Users download or install PUAs by clicking on those advertisements. Although, it is more common for apps of this kind to be distributed through downloaders or installers for other programs. This distribution method is known as bundling.

Usually, those downloaders and installers have "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual", or other options, or ticked checkboxes. Users download or install PUAs with other programs when they leave the aforementioned settings unchanged (or checkboxes ticked). Typically, PUAs are distributed via downloaders and installers for free programs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Applications should be downloaded from official, trustworthy websites and through direct links. Other sources can be used to distribute potentially unwanted or even malicious apps. It is common that unwanted software is distributed through third-party downloaders, Peer-to-Peer networks (like torrent clients, eMule), questionable websites, etc.

Furthermore, it is worth remembering that downloaders and installers that have options such as "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual" are likely to have optional offers. Therefore, those settings should be checked (and unwanted offers deselected) before finishing downloads and installations.

Advertisements that untrustworthy websites (or installed PUAs) display should not be clicked. Those ads might open unreliable pages or cause unexpected downloads or installations. Unwanted, suspicious extensions, plug-ins or add-ons installed on a browser and programs of this kind installed on the operating system 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 rcgaxg[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by rcgaxg.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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