How to stop captchaglow.top from showing notifications

What kind of website is captchaglow[.]top?

Our team has inspected captchaglow[.]top and found that it is a deceptive website designed to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications and redirect them to other untrustworthy pages. We have discovered captchaglow[.]top while visiting sites that use shady advertising networks.

Captchaglow[.]top in detail

Captchaglow[.]top displays a deceptive message to trick visitors into allowing it to show notifications. It instructs visitors to click the "Allow" button to prove that they are not robots. Clicking the "Allow" button while visiting captchaglow[.]top permits it to display notifications.

Notifications from captchaglow[.]top urge visitors to reactivate their antivirus software subscription, offer to claim bonuses on various gambling sites, etc. Clicking those notifications can open shady designed to trick visitors into providing sensitive information, downloading questionable software, calling fake technical support numbers, etc. Some of those pages may be malicious.

We also found that captchaglow[.]top promotes a scam similar to the "AMAZON TRIAL" scam. That page is designed to extract personal information and possibly money from unsuspecting visitors. Thus, it is strongly recommended not to trust captchaglow[.]top, its notifications, or websites opened by it.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by captchaglow.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	N/A (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	5.181.203.24
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 captchaglow[.]top often use clickbait techniques to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications. Sometimes, these sites are owned by affiliates who aim to collect illegitimate commissions for promoting legitimate software.

Examples of websites similar to captchaglow[.]top are menispirfly[.]com, aguhoa[.]com, and vividcaptcha[.]top. Typically, these sites are promoted through illegal movie streaming pages, torrent sites, adult pages, etc., and shady advertisements. Users do not visit them on purpose.

How did captchaglow[.]top gain permission to deliver spam notifications?

Captchaglow[.]top cannot show notifications without permission. Thus, captchaglow[.]top displays notifications because it has been allowed to do so by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting it. As mentioned in our article above, captchaglow[.]top uses a clickbait technique to trick visitors into agreeing to receive notifications.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block" (or "Block Notifications") button when shady web pages ask for permission to show notifications or close them. Do not trust pages instructing you to click the "Allow" button to prove that you are not a robot, play a video, download a file, etc.

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

Appearance of captchaglow[.]top website (GIF):

Notifications from captchaglow[.]top:

Video showing how to eliminate ads delivered by captchaglow[.]top using Combo Cleaner:

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Quick menu:

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

If a website delivers browser notifications, it means that it has permission to do so. This permission is granted by clicking the "Allow" button while visiting pages (in this case, captchaglow[.]top).

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

Notifications from websites like captchaglow[.]top or any other page cannot infect a computer. However, they can open malicious pages.

Is captchaglow[.]top a virus?

Websites like captchaglow[.]top are not viruses. In most cases, they promote various scams, shady websites, and questionable applications.

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

Yes, Combo Cleaner will scan your computer and remove all the permissions granted for captchaglow[.]top. It will also block further access to captchaglow[.]top. No additional steps will be required.

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