How to stop special-discounts.club from showing notifications

What kind of website is special-discounts[.]club?

Special-discounts[.]club is designed to display deceptive content to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Also, it can redirect visitors to other shady pages. Our team discovered special-discounts[.]club while inspecting torrent sites, illegal movie streaming pages, and similar websites.

Special-discounts[.]club in detail

Special-discounts[.]club shows a message claiming that some video is ready and instructs to press the play button to watch it. Also, special-discounts[.]club asks for permission to show notifications. We have found that special-discounts[.]club delivers fake WhatsApp notifications, coupons, links to dubious pages, etc.

Typically, clicking on notifications displayed by pages like special-discounts[.]club opens various scam pages, phishing websites, download sites for dubious apps, etc. As we mentioned in the introduction, special-discounts[.]club itself can redirect to websites of this kind too.

While we examined special-discounts[.]club, it redirected us to special-trending-news[.]com - another shady website that contained advertisements promoting various adult sites, crypto-related pages, etc. Thus, it is highly advisable not to visit special-discounts[.]club or allow it to display notifications.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by special-discounts.club
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Heimdal Security (Malicious), Seclookup (Malicious), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	213.227.149.216
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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Websites of this type in general

Pages like special-discounts[.]club get opened via deceptive advertisements, other untrustworthy websites, advertising-supported apps, etc. Users do not visit them on purpose. Most of these sites use clickbait techniques to get permission to show notifications. Their notifications can open malicious page.

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How did special-discounts[.]club gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

This website received permission to show notifications after the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it. Neither this or any other page can display notifications without permission. Typically, sites like special-discounts[.]club use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Never trust sites stating that you must click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, download a file, etc. Click the "Block" (or similar) button when a page like special-discounts[.]club asks for permission to show notifications or close it before doing so.

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

Appearance of special-discounts[.]club website (GIF):

Notifications displayed by special-discounts[.]club:

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by special-discounts.club?
• 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 special-discounts[.]club in the right lower corner of my desktop?

Special-discounts[.]club shows notifications because it was visited and allowed to show them. Websites are allowed to display notifications by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting them. They cannot deliver any notifications without permission.

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

No, notifications cannot infect computers. Nevertheless, clicking them can lead to malicious web pages.

Is special-discounts[.]club a virus?

Special-discounts[.]club and similar pages are not viruses. They are used to promote various scams, potentially malicious applications, and websites. In some cases, they are used to collect illegitimate commissions.

Will Combo Cleaner remove special-discounts[.]club ads automatically or manual steps are still required?

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove permissions that special-discounts[.]club website has been granted. Also, this application will block access to this page. It will not be necessary to take any additional steps.

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