How to stop notadvertise.com from delivering notifications

What kind of page is notadvertise[.]com?

Notadvertise[.]com is a deceptive website designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and redirect them to other untrustworthy websites. Typically, pages like notadvertise[.]com are visited unintentionally. We found this site while examining websites that use rogue advertising networks.

Notadvertise[.]com in detail

Notadvertise[.]com displays a fake CAPTCHA with a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots. This page uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into allowing to show notifications. After inspecting notifications displayed by notadvertise[.]com, our team learned that they promote various scams, shady apps, and potentially malicious pages.

We also found that notadvertise[.]com can redirect visitors to notadslife[.]com - another website that uses the same clickbait technique (displays similar content) to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button. Thus, neither notadvertise[.]com nor websites opened through it (or notifications displayed by it) are trustworthy.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by notadvertise.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	34.224.110.161
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 websites of this type

Pages like notadvertise[.]com are promoted via illegal movie streaming, torrent sites (and similar websites), shady advertisements, and advertising-supported applications. Clicking on notifications displayed by such pages can open malicious pages.

There are many websites of this type on the Internet, some examples are cleancaptcha[.]top, easydating[.]top, and captcha-test[.]top.

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

Notadvertise[.]com cannot show notifications without permission. It displays them because it has been allowed to do so. Websites receive permission to show notifications after clicking the "Allow" (or similar) button while visiting them. This button is displayed by a web browser.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Remember that legitimate pages never show messages instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots, play videos, download files, etc. Click the "Block" button every time a suspicious page asks for permission to show notifications or close that page.

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

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

Notifications displayed by notadvertise[.]com:

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Quick menu:

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

The only reason why you are seeing notifications from notadvertise[.]com is that this page has been allowed to show them. In other words, you have visited this page and clicked the "Allow" button while visiting it.

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

No, such notifications cannot infect computers. The worst thing they can do is open malicious pages.

Is notadvertise[.]com a virus?

Notadvertise[.]com and other websites of this type are not viruses. Usually, they are designed to open other shady websites (e.g., various scams, download pages for untrustworthy apps).

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan the operating system and remove permissions granted for the notadvertise[.]com page. Also, this application will block any further access to this site. No additional steps will be required.

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