How to stop news-rofahe.cc from showing notifications

What kind of website is news-rofahe[.]cc?

News-rofahe[.]cc is one of the websites designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, this page can open other websites of this type. Our team discovered news-rofahe[.]cc while inspecting websites that use rogue advertising networks. Typically, sites like news-rofahe[.]cc are visited unintentionally.

News-rofahe[.]cc in detail

News-rofahe[.]cc displays a fake video player with a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button to watch the video. It uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. Usually, notifications displayed by pages like news-rofahe[.]cc promote various scams, shady websites, untrustworthy apps, etc.

Additionally, news-rofahe[.]cc redirects visitors to bhrnkw[.]com - a virtually identical website. It may also redirect to other untrustworthy pages. Thus, it is highly advisable not to trust news-rofahe[.]cc or allow it to display notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by news-rofahe.cc
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	alphaMountain.ai (Malicious), Combo Cleaner (Malware), CRDF (Malicious), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (Malicious), Sophos (Malware), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	149.7.16.231
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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More about pages of this type

Websites like news-rofahe[.]cc are promoted via illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, and other pages of this kind, or questionable apps (e.g., adware-type apps). They can redirect to malicious pages and show notifications used to promote them. More examples of similar sites are news-focedu[.]cc, mycomputerads[.]com, and greenspecialmyline[.]com.

How did news-rofahe[.]cc gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Websites cannot display notifications until the "Allow", "Allow Notifications", or a similar button is clicked. Thus, news-rofahe[.]cc shows notifications because the aforementioned button was clicked while visiting it. In most cases, pages like news-rofahe[.]cc use clickbait techniques to get permission to show notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Never trust websites claiming that it is necessary to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, watch a video, download a file, etc. When a page like news-rofahe[.]cc asks for permission to show notifications, click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button, or close it.

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

Appearance of news-rofahe[.]cc website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by news-rofahe.cc?
• 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 news-rofahe[.]cc in the right lower corner of my desktop?

No page can show notifications without permission. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting websites (a browser displays that button). Thus, news-rofahe[.]cc displays notifications because it was visited, and the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it.

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

No, these notifications cannot infect computers. Although, they can open malicious websites.

Is news-rofahe[.]cc a virus?

News-rofahe[.]cc and other pages of this type are not viruses. Most of them are designed to promote other shady pages, questionable apps, various scams, etc.

Will Combo Cleaner remove news-rofahe[.]ccads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will remove permissions granted for this site. Additionally, it will block further access to it (it will not be required to perform additional steps).

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