How to stop receiving notifications from wholewowblog.com

What kind of page is wholewowblog[.]com?

Wholewowblog[.]com is a deceptive website that has been discovered by our team while testing sites that use questionable advertising networks. We examined wholewowblog[.]com and found that it uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications that promote other untrustworthy websites.

Wholewowblog[.]com in detail

Once we visited wholewowblog[.]com, we saw a message asking us to click the "Allow" button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching. After allowing wholewowblog[.]com to show notifications, it delivered various deceptive notifications.

At the time of the research, we received notifications offering to remove useless files, scan a computer for viruses, and renew a Norton antivirus subscription (even though this antivirus software was not installed on any of our devices). We learned that notifications displayed by wholewowblog[.]com are used to promote scams and other untrustworthy pages.

Some of those notifications can be used to promote legitimate software. However, legitimate software developers do not use pages like wholewowblog[.]com (their notifications) to promote their products. These pages (notifications coming from them) are used by affiliates who seek to collect illegitimate commissions.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by wholewowblog.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (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, false claims within visited websites, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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Browser notification spam in general

Wholewowblog[.]com is similar to aucfuu[.]com, important-incoming-news[.]com, bestfaustcaptcha[.]top, and plenty of other pages. Most of them are promoted through illegal streaming, torrent, adult dating sites, and similar websites. As a rule, these websites ask for permission to show notifications and redirect visitors to other untrustworthy pages.

How did wholewowblog[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

In order to trick more visitors into agreeing to receive notifications from wholewowblog[.]com, its creators have designed this page to use a clickbait technique. Like any website, wholewowblog[.]com cannot show notifications without permission. It starts to deliver notifications after clicking the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Do not click "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button in a pop-up displayed by a browser while an untrustworthy page is opened. Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or equivalent button, or simply close the page before agreeing or disagreeing to receive notifications.

If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of wholewowblog[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by wholewowblog[.]com:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by wholewowblog[.]com using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by wholewowblog.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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why am I seeing ads (browser notifications) delivered by wholewowblog[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?

A website cannot display any browser notifications without permission. If the wholewowblog[.]com page displays notifications, it means that it has been visited and allowed to display them.

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

A notification cannot infect a computer, but it can open websites used to distribute malware (or other untrustworthy web pages).

Is wholewowblog[.]com a virus?

Wholewowblog[.]com is not a virus. The purpose of this page is to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications (and redirect them to shady websites) used to promote various scams, questionable applications, etc.

Will Combo Cleaner remove wholewowblog[.]com ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and block notifications from wholewowblog[.]com (remove permissions granted for this site). It will also block further access to wholewowblog[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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