How to eliminate the brainychoose-captcha.top ads?

What kind of page is brainychoose-captcha[.]top?

Brainychoose-captcha[.]top asks for permission to show notifications and opens questionable websites. It is improbable for this page to be visited on purpose. Most likely, it gets opened through shady ads, websites, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs).

Brainychoose-captcha[.]top website in detail

Brainychoose-captcha[.]top encourages to click the "Allow" button to confirm that a visitor is not a robot. It wants to get permission to show notifications that might be used to promote various scams, download pages for questionable, potentially malicious software, and so on.

Also, brainychoose-captcha[.]top can redirect its visitor to various untrustworthy pages. It is known that one of the pages that brainychoose-captcha[.]top is a scam designed to trick a visitor into providing/entering personal information. That scam is similar to "Chrome Search Contest 2021" scam.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by brainychoose-captcha.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Cyan (Malicious), Spamhaus (Spam), 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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Pages like brainychoose-captcha[.]top in general

Users do not open brainychoose-captcha[.]top and other similar pages intentionally. Most of these pages use some clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive their notifications. More examples of similar sites are news-wavaye[.]cc, thdedukicatio[.]xyz, and beparaspr[.]com.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are distributed through downloaders and installers for other programs, advertisements designed to run certain scripts, fake installers. In the first case, PUAs can be found and deselected in "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual" or other similar options of downloaders, installers used to distribute such apps.

Users allow for PUAs to be downloaded or installed when they leave the settings mentioned above unchanged. Fake installers used to distribute PUAs are promoted on deceptive websites, for example, on pages suggesting that users need to update the installed software.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Apps and files should not be downloaded from or through unreliable sources like unofficial pages, P2P networks, third-party downloaders. It is recommended to official websites and direct links for that. Downloaders and installers that have settings (or checkboxes) should be checked for optional downloads, installations.

Additionally, it is recommended not to trust advertisements that are displayed on/by shady websites. 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 brainychoose-captcha[.]top website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by brainychoose-captcha.top?
• 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why am I seeing ads (browser notifications) delivered by brainychoose-captcha[.]top in the right lower corner of my desktop?

A page does not deliver any browser notifications unless it has been allowed to do that. If brainychoose-captcha[.]top shows notifications, it means that this site has been visited before and given such permission.

I have clicked on notification ads, is my computer infected?

Clicking on a notification is harmless by itself (it cannot cause direct damage). However, a notification displayed by a shady page could open a malicious page.

Is brainychoose-captcha[.]top a virus?

Web pages like brainychoose-captcha[.]top are not considered to be viruses. Usually, these pages are designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive their notifications and promote various scams, shady pages, applications.

Will Combo Cleaner remove brainychoose-captcha[.]top ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions that brainychoose-captcha[.]top has. It will also block all further access to this web page. No additional steps will be required.

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