How to eliminate ads delivered by the fresh-content.biz website?

What is the fresh-content[.]biz website?

Fresh-content[.]biz is a rogue site akin to allactualjournal.com, rplnd1.com, myfreshspot.com, news-lipaze.cc, and countless others. It is designed to present visitors with dubious material and/or redirect them to different (likely unreliable or malicious) websites.

Users typically enter webpages of this kind via redirects caused by untrustworthy sites, intrusive adverts, or installed PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications).

Fresh-content[.]biz website overview

Whether visitors to fresh-content[.]biz are presented with questionable content and/or redirected elsewhere - depends on their IP addresses/ geolocations.

Furthermore, rogue websites usually use clickbait, fake CAPTCHA verification, or similar - to lure visitors into enabling their browser notifications. This applies to fresh-content[.]biz as well. Should the notifications be allowed, the site will begin running intrusive ad campaigns.

The displayed advertisements promote a wide variety of untrustworthy, sale-based, scam, and malicious webpages. What is more, some intrusive ads can infiltrate software (e.g., PUAs) into systems - once they are clicked on.

Threat Summary:

Name	fresh-content.biz pop-up
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Observed Domains	0.fresh-content[.]biz; 2.fresh-content[.]biz; 3.fresh-content[.]biz; 4.fresh-content[.]biz; 8.fresh-content[.]biz; 9.fresh-content[.]biz; 10.fresh-content[.]biz; 1.fresh-content[.]biz
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 application overview

Despite their harmless appearance, PUAs rarely work as promised. Instead, unwanted apps can force-open suspect and malicious sites, run intrusive ad campaigns (adware), modify browsers to promote fake search engines (browser hijackers), and gather private data. PUAs can cause system infections, serious privacy issues, financial losses, and even identity theft.

How did adware install on my computer?

PUAs are proliferated using the "bundling" technique - packing regular programs with unwanted/malicious supplements. Rushed downloads/installations increase the risk of allowing bundled content into the system. Intrusive adverts spread PUAs as well. Upon being clicked, the advertisements can execute scripts to make stealthy downloads/installations. Select PUAs also have "official" download pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is highly recommended to download from official and verified sources. Untrustworthy download channels, e.g., unofficial and freeware sites, Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, etc. - often offer bundled content.

When downloading/installing, it is advised to read terms, study possible options, use the "Custom/Advanced" settings, and opt-out from all additions. Intrusive advertisements appear legitimate; however, they redirect to highly questionable (e.g., gambling, pornography, adult-dating, etc.).

In case of encounters with such ads and/or redirects, the device must be checked and all suspicious applications and browser extensions/plug-ins detected - removed from it without delay. 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 the fresh-content[.]biz website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is fresh-content.biz 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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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

You have most likely visited fresh-content[.]biz and allowed it to display browsers notifications. It is noteworthy that such websites are usually accessed inadvertently, and they use deceptive content (e.g., fake CAPTCHA, clickbait, etc.) to trick visitors into enabling their notifications.

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

No, clicking on a notification will not initiate any infection processes. However, these advertisements can promote virulent content (e.g., sites, apps, etc.) that can cause infections.

Is fresh-content[.]biz a virus?

Websites like fresh-content[.]biz are not deemed to be viruses. Although these sites commonly promote various scams, untrustworthy and harmful applications, and even malware.

Will Combo Cleaner remove fresh-content[.]biz ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your device and revert all the permissions granted for the fresh-content[.]biz site. It will also block further access to this and other dubious/malicious websites. Therefore, no extra steps will be necessary.

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