How to stop captchasafe.top from sending notifications

What kind of page is captchasafe[.]top?

Our team discovered the website captchasafe[.]top while investigating pages that use dubious advertising networks. Captchasafe[.]top is designed to trick users into subscribing to its notifications. Additionally, captchasafe[.]top may redirect visitors to similar pages. It is rare for users to intentionally visit these types of pages.

Captchasafe[.]top in detail

Captchasafe[.]top uses a deceptive technique to trick visitors into accepting its notifications, prompting them to solve a fake CAPTCHA by clicking the "Allow" button. These notifications can lead to harmful websites and applications.

After analyzing notifications sent by captchasafe[.]top, our team discovered that many of them falsely claim that a computer is infected with viruses. If users click on such notifications, they may be redirected to technical support scams, phishing pages, websites that host dubious applications, and other potentially harmful content.

Trusting notifications from captchasafe[.]top can lead to financial loss, theft of personal information, and installation of malware on computers. In some cases, entire systems can be compromised, and users may become victims of identity theft or other cybercrimes.

It is recommended that visitors do not grant permission to receive notifications from captchasafe[.]top. Visitors should also not trust pages similar to captchasafe[.]top because they can redirect them to other untrustworthy sites.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by captchasafe.top
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Detection Names	Combo Cleaner (Malware), G-Data (Malware), Kaspersky (Phishing), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Serving IP Address	104.21.72.181
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

Sites like captchasafe[.]top are usually not accessed intentionally but through suspicious ads and websites that employ fraudulent advertising networks. Illegal movie streaming sites and torrent pages are among the platforms that promote such sites. These pages may also be promoted via ad-supported apps.

Other websites similar to captchasafe[.]top are realbeyondcook[.]com, topfieldnow[.]com, and dispatchfeed[.]com.

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

In order to send notifications, websites require visitors to give their consent by clicking on buttons such as "Allow" or "Allow Notifications" (depending on the browser). Therefore, if you are receiving notifications from captchasafe[.]top, you likely visited the website and clicked on one of these buttons.

How to prevent deceptive sites from delivering spam notifications?

Click the "Block", "Block Notifications", or a similar button when visiting untrustworthy websites that want to show notifications or close them. In other words, avoid clicking the "Allow" button when suspicious pages request permission to show notifications. If you are receiving unwanted notifications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

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

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Notification from captchasafe[.]top:

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

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Quick menu:

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

If you are seeing browser notifications delivered by captchasafe[.]top, it is likely that you have previously visited this website and granted it permission to send you notifications.

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

Clicking on a notification by itself does not pose a direct threat to your computer. However, as we mentioned in our article, the websites these ads lead to may be malicious and expose your computer to various threats.

Is captchasafe[.]top a virus?

Websites like captchasafe[.]top are not viruses in the traditional sense. They are typically used as a means to promote scams or malicious applications and websites, often through deceptive or coercive tactics.

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

After running a scan, Combo Cleaner can remove all permissions granted to malicious sites and block further access to them, eliminating the need for any additional steps.

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