Fastsolvecaptcha.com Ad Spam - How to remove

Fastsolvecaptcha.com is a website that takes over the settings of web browsers, spamming them with pop-up ads. It advertises various potentially unwanted and unsafe content by displaying pop-ups on your screen. You can stop it in your browser settings.

Fastsolvecaptcha.com in short:

Classification	Adware.
How to stop ad spam from Fastsolvecaptcha.com	Stop unwanted notifications, check your browser extensions and apps for unwanted items and remove them (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others).
Dangers that come with ad spam	Ads lead to scams, malware, and misleading ads, persistent pop-ups distract and waste time.
What causes Fastsolvecaptcha.com ads	The website tricks visitors into allowing it to send them notifications.

How to stop Fastsolvecaptcha.com ads

Block notifications

Fastsolvecaptcha.com being a website, it’s not a virus that you can delete from your computer.

You can find the problem in your browser settings:

• Chrome – open Settings, scroll down to Site settings (under Privacy and security), click on Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – open Settings, click Site Permissions, Notifications.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.

Find Fastsolvecaptcha.com and other addresses of various websites. Some of them are allowed to send you notifications, while some are explicitly blocked from doing that.

Next to Fastsolvecaptcha.com, there should be a button that you can click to bring up a selection to remove, block, or allow the site to send you notifications. Block it so that it can’t send any more pop-ups – and do the same for other sites on your “Allowed” list.

The only sites that should be able to send messages to your browser are those that you trust and explicitly want to send you notifications. Like maybe your social media sites.

You can also block pop-up ads as they come by clicking the Site Settings button that appears on the pop-up.

Remove malware

Knowing that Fastsolvecaptcha.com advertises scams and other unwanted and potentially dangerous content, it’s also important to scan your device with an anti-malware app (Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others) to check that nothing malicious was downloaded. And to remove it if it was.

Sites like Fastsolvecaptcha.com occasionally advertise browser hijackers, potentially unsafe apps, etc. It’s good to also check your recent installations and your Downloads folder for suspicious items and to remove them.

What makes Fastsolvecaptcha.com dangerous

It shows malicious ads

Fastsolvecaptcha.com’s ads are annoying, which is bad enough. The site offers absolutely no useful features, it’s nothing but an advertising virus. It wastes time and distracts you from your work. And some of the ads might contain explicit adult pictures, which can be awkward.

And then the ads themselves. Sometimes they’re mundane and safe, but other times, they lead to get-rich-quick schemes, ads for counterfeit products, and mild malware. There’s the danger that you might fall for some of these scams and download malware or expose your personal information to a phishing scam. It’s a real risk.

For example, one malicious ad that affects mobile devices are fake update prompts and virus warnings that try to trick you into installing unwanted apps (Highsecureus.com). Often, the apps have subscription costs, which means they can cause very real financial harm.

It hijacks browser settings

Like many adware and clickbait sites, Fastsolvecaptcha.com spreads by being advertised itself. It shows up in a new browser tab on your screen, opened by a site. Notification spammers get promoted by various free movie sites and file download sites (like Fzmovies.net and others).

If you visit a lot of such sites, one way to protect yourself is to use anti-malware apps and ad blockers. They can stop (some) malicious sites from being opened on your screen and thus improve your online security.

Other than that, it’s easy enough to block unwanted notifications, as described in this post.

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