How to stop verifyisreal.com from showing notifications

What kind of page is verifyisreal[.]com?

We have discovered the verifyisreal[.]com site while visiting illegal movie streaming, torrent, and similar sites. We found that it redirects visitors to other websites and uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into allowing it to display notifications.

Verifyisreal[.]com in detail

Verifyisreal[.]com shows a fake CAPTCHA with a message encouraging you to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot. Clicking that button allows verifyisreal[.]com to display notifications that promote various scams, shady websites, applications, etc.

It is worth mentioning that affiliates use websites like verifyisreal[.]com to promote legitimate software. Their goal is to collect illegitimate commissions. Legitimate software developers do not use such methods to advertise their products. In some cases, sites like verifyisreal[.]com promote malicious apps.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by verifyisreal.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, unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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Similarities with other pages of this type

Verifyisreal[.]com shares similarities with orderstartir[.]com, gr4phic-4rt[.]xyz, lmonopolic[.]com, and numerous other pages. Most of them use clickbait techniques to get permission to show notifications. Also, they often open other pages of this type. In all cases, they cannot be trusted.

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

Websites get permission to show notifications after clicking the "Allow" button in a pop-up displayed by a browser while they are opened. They cannot show any notifications while they do not have permission for that. In most cases, pages of this type display deceptive content to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

When a page asks for permission to show notifications, and you do not wish to receive them, click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button. Another way to avoid receiving unwanted notifications is to close websites asking for permission to show them.

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

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

Notification from verifyisreal[.]com:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by verifyisreal.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 verifyisreal[.]com in the right lower corner of my desktop?

A website shows notifications only when it has permission to do so. If verifyisreal[.]com displays any notifications, it means that it has been allowed to show them.

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

A notification cannot directly infect a computer, but it can open a malicious website or other untrustworthy sites.

Is verifyisreal[.]com a virus?

Verifyisreal[.]com and similar pages are not classified as viruses. As a rule, the main purpose of these sites is to promote various scam pages, shady apps, potentially malicious pages. They redirect users to such pages and promote them via browser notifications.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will eliminate all permissions that the verifyisreal[.]com has. This application will also block further access to verifyisreal[.]com (it will not be necessary to perform additional steps).

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