How to remove permissions granted for push-detectors.com

What kind of page is push-detectors[.]com?

Push-detectors[.]com is an untrustworthy website that displays deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Moreover, it redirects to other websites of this kind. Our team has discovered push-detectors[.]com while examining pages that use rogue advertising networks.

Push-detectors[.]com in detail

Push-detectors[.]com displays a pop-up message claiming that the page has detected missing permissions. It instructs visitors to permit it to show notifications. Untrustworthy pages should never be allowed to deliver any notifications. Usually, their notifications are deceptive.

We have inspected notifications displayed by push-detectors[.]com and found that they promote shady apps, various scams, and other dubious web pages. The push-detectors[.]com page itself (an article on it) promotes some questionable app that is supposed to protect Android smartphones.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by push-detectors.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	23.106.248.15
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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Browser notification spam in general

Pages like push-detectors[.]com are also used by affiliates who aim to collect illegitimate commissions from purchases made through their sites. In such cases, these pages promote legitimate software. However, developers of that software have nothing to do with these promotions.

More examples of pages designed to trick visitors into allowing them to show notifications: nerybelfaste[.]xyz, news-jivuka[.]cc, and myauto[.]site.

How did push-detectors[.]com gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

No page can display notifications without permission. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting pages. It means that push-detectors[.]com was visited and allowed to show notifications. As we mentioned in the second paragraph, this page claims that it is required to agree to receive notifications from it.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Close untrustworthy pages or click the "Block" button when they ask for permission to show notifications. Note that legitimate pages do not ask to click the "Allow" button to play a video, download a file, confirm that you are not a robot, etc. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of push-detectors[.]com website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by push-detectors[.]com:

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

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Quick menu:

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

Push-detectors[.]com shows notifications because it was visited and allowed to show them. More precisely, the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting this page.

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

Clicking on notifications cannot infect computers. However, it can open malicious websites or other untrustworthy sites.

Is push-detectors[.]com a virus?

Websites like push-detectors[.]com are not viruses. Most of them are designed to promote various scams or other shady websites, questionable apps, etc. In some cases, they promote legitimate software and websites.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions granted for this page. It will also block further access to it (it will not be necessary to perform any other steps).

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