Checking-your-browser.com Pop-up Ads - How to remove

Checking-your-browser.com is an adware site. It’s advertised on pirating and adult sites and gives a platform to scammers and fraudsters. Pop-up ads by Checking-your-browser.com can be blocked in browser settings and that should be done before anyone falls for one of the scams advertised on the site.

About Checking-your-browser.com in short:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker
How users get infected	Through malicious ads (mostly on file download sites) and by downloading infected programs
Dangers of Checking-your-browser.com pop-up ads	The op-ups show various scams that cost victims money, as well as content that should be restricted, like gambling sites
How to block Checking-your-browser.com’s ads	Delete malware using anti-malware programs (like Combo Cleaner for MacOS, SpyHunter for Windows, or another). Open browser settings and bock notifications from all versions of Checking-your-browser.com.

How browsers get infected with Checking-your-browser.com

Checking-your-browser.com is able to show pop-up ads in your browser no matter what site you’re on. The pop-ups just keep coming. That’s because Checking-your-browser.com sends you ads via notifications. Notifications, which are usually used by social media sites to tell you of a personal message, by email sites to let you know about a new email, and by blogs to tell you about a new post, are being abused by adware sites like Checking-your-browser.com, Checking-in-progress.com, and Sauwoaptain.com.

One of the ways that a site like Checking-your-browser.com hijacks your notifications is by an adware virus. Downloading some junkware from an unreliable download site or installing a fake software update could set Checking-your-browser.com in your browser, together with other problems. Or you could visit the site yourself and subscribe to its notifications yourself.

Checking-your-browser.com is accessible through monetized URL shorteners – links like that tend to be used for pirated software, converted video and audio files, and other file downloads. Browser hijackers like Launchpage.org also sometimes promote adware sites.

Users get transferred to Checking-your-browser.com while they believe that they’re on another website, then they’re shown text like:

To access the website content, click Allow!

Please tap the Allow button to continue

Following the instructions, people press the button, which allows Checking-your-browser.com to show them pop-up ads – annoying, relentless, and potentially dangerous.

How Checking-your-browser.com can be dangerous

This site shows ads for a lot of fake surveys, sweepstakes, and giveaways. Checking-your-browser.com shows various fake sites made to look like your local companies that promise prizes – new phones, gaming consoles. There are also betting sites, fake articles about how to get rich (ads for various scams that require you to pay upfront), and fake warnings about viruses on your computer (actually, ads for rogue anti-malware programs). Also, sites for adware and browser hijackers like PDFConverterHD and EasyZipTab.

Checking-your-browser.com shows not just any normal ads in its pop-ups. It has partnered with scammers and junkware distributors. Its ads can be genuinely dangerous.

Lots of fake giveaways, lotteries, and surveys are promoted by Checking-your-browser.com. They included the Annual Survey scam, Rewards Center surveys, various other giveaways and fake lotteries. These sites promise prizes such as new phones, gaming consoles, and cash. They trick users to give away their payment information and subscribe to fraudulent and unwanted services and pay fake fees. Sometimes scammers trick people individually by emailing with them back and forth. This can cost a significant amount of money to the victim.

Another group of scams that Checking-your-browser.com promotes are various get-rich-quick schemes. They usually appear as fake articles about your local celebrity and how they got very rich. The bottom of the article usually includes a link to some site that asks for an initial investment and promises unrealistically high returns. Fake testimonies of happy members are there to push you forward. You can lose thousands of dollars and months of your time.

Less dangerous but still unpleasant are various “You have viruses” alerts and fake online security scans. Yes, Checking-your-browser.com also spreads tech support scams – you see a website that tells you that your computer is infected, but the removal supposedly costs up to $200. These scammers also sell fake long-term support that’s even more expensive.

Checking-your-browser.com’s ads also have betting and gambling ads, ads for adult sites, and promos for microtransaction-supported online games – all these ads can easily be seen by children. To avoid accidents, Checking-your-browser.com’s pop-up ads should be removed as soon as they’re noticed.

How to remove Checking-your-browser.com

Checking-your-browser.com exposes users to lots of adware, fake antivirus tools, and other unwanted software. If you suspect you downloaded something and if you saw some fake warnings in your browser, look at your recently installed programs. Or, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool like Combo Cleaner for MacOS or SpyHunter for Windows. If there are unwanted programs on your computer, remove them.

Also, some websites must have hijacked your notifications and are using them to show you pop-ups in your browser. If you are seeing pop-ups, they can be blocked by going to notification settings and finding the offending sites in the list. Then, you can block or allow notifications for each site individually. As for finding the notification settings:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge – open Settings, Advanced settings, Notifications, Manage.
• Firefox – type “about:preferences#content” in the address bar, find the Notifications section.

Checking-your-browser.com might have multiple entries that start with a different number, like “v1.checking-your-browser.com” and “v33.checking-your-browser.com”. All of them need to be blocked. As do any other sites that you do not know or that you don’t want to hear from. A site might be dormant now and start showing annoying pop-ups later, so it’s better to avoid that before it even happens.

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