How to stop receiving notifications from informblurb.com

What kind of page is informblurb[.]com?

Our team found that informblurb[.]com is a deceptive website designed to lure visitors into allowing it to show notifications. Also, informblurb[.]com redirects visitors to other shady websites. We discovered informblurb[.]com while inspecting pages that use rogue advertising networks. Users do not visit sites like informblurb[.]com on purpose.

Informblurb[.]com in detail

Informblurb[.]com displays a fake CAPTCHA with a message instructing visitors to click the "Allow" button if they see a robot. The purpose of informblurb[.]com is to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. We learned that notifications from informblurb[.]com offer to install free antivirus software.

Those notifications can open untrustworthy websites asking to provide sensitive information, call fake technical support numbers, download shady (or even malicious) software, etc. Some of those pages may be malicious. Thus, it is strongly recommended not to allow informblurb[.]com to send notifications.

Additionally, informblurb[.]com redirects visitors to other shady pages. We found that one of those pages is bastionthree[.]xyz - another page that uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by informblurb.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.43.31
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

In most cases, websites like informblurb[.]com get opened via illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites (and other pages that often use rogue advertising networks), shady advertisements, advertising-supported apps, etc. They are promoted using shady methods. Users do not open them intentionally.

There are hundreds of sites similar to informblurb[.]com on the Internet. Some examples are notifpushback[.]com, updaterglobal[.]com, and timespace[.]top.

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

Informblurb[.]com received permission to show notifications when the "Allow" button was clicked while visiting it. No web page can display notifications without permission. As a rule, websites like informblurb[.]com display deceptive messages and other content to trick unsuspecting visitors into allowing them to show notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", "Always Block", or a similar button (depending on a web browser) or close shady websites when they ask for permission to show notifications. Never trust pages claiming that you have to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, download a file, play a video, continue to the page, etc.

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

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

Notifications from informblurb[.]com:

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Quick menu:

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

If a website shows notifications (in this case, informblurb[.]com), it means that it was visited and has been allowed to show them. Users agree to receive notifications from pages by clicking the "Allow" (or similar) button while visiting them.

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

Notifications from websites like informblurb[.]com can open malicious websites. However, they cannot infect computers.

Is informblurb[.]com a virus?

Websites like informblurb[.]com are not viruses. They can show notifications designed to promote various scams, questionable (potentially malicious applications), and websites. Also, they can redirect to other pages of this kind.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and eliminate permissions granted for informblurb[.]com. Also, this application will block further access to informblurb[.]com. No additional steps will be required.

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