Gretaith.com Pop-up Ads - How to remove

Gretaith.com pop-up virus has been around for months but only recently did its activity surge upward with it being actively promoted and spread online. This website is used by its operators as a sort of ad-delivery system. It works by abusing the notification system and showing pop-ups to users who did not ask for any ads.

The ad spam is periodic, constant, and unending. And Gretaith.com offers no useful features in exchange. Rather, the site promotes various dangerous, harmful websites and even malware. Gretaith.com is not like normal, high-profile advertising networks which reject risky, harmful, or objectionable content to keep their users happy and safe. It seems to be okay with doing business with some very problematic advertisers. And it’s the advertisers of harmful, deceptive, and malicious content who need Gretaith.com, Pushedwebnews.com, and other online adware the most.

How Gretaith.com ads work

Ads from Gretaith.com show up periodically on the screens of those users who have unwittingly invited Gretaith.com to send them notifications. People agree to them unintentionally because the website employs manipulative and deceptive design. A visitor who is a bit impatient or distracted has a good chance to be caught in Gretaith.com’s lies.

How does it start? Gretaith.com and other online adware show up unexpectedly, masquerading as CAPTCHAs, loading screens, age verification pages, or loading videos. These mundane themes are meant to trick people into following the page’s instructions (Press “Allow” to continue) without thinking much about it and to forget about the page immediately.

Clicking “Allow” on the notification prompt gives Gretaith.com the power to start spamming you with unwanted ads. These might not be very frequent, it also depends on which country you’re in. But the ads are there and they promote some questionable content.

Gretaith.com ads include things like:

• Get-rich-quick schemes.
• Malicious browser extensions (Free-streamz.com).
• Tech support scams (“Microsoft has detected”).
• Betting and gambling sites.
• Unregulated medical products.
• Scam subscription services (Geeker.com).
• Payday loan sites.

Some of these are predatory, risky, heavily regulated or banned in the safer parts of the internet. They can result in real money lost to scammers, especially tech support scammers. Consuming products that advertise using fake testimonies and fake experts is also risky. Just exposing yourself to Gretaith.com ads is a constant risk.

How to avoid online adware

Do not trust pop-ups. Ads that open unexpectedly are almost never to be trusted. It doesn’t matter if it’s saying that you have a virus on your system, or even four viruses. Even if it’s a professional-looking page saying that your browser or media player needs an update. Even if it’s a social media installation page. If it’s an unexpected pop-up or a redirect, close the tab immediately. Fake installers, phishing sites, fake security alerts — they can all look convincing, but have really bad consequences.

Be very careful when installing freeware. If you use websites like Softonic, FileHippo, and Download.com to download programs, know that you risk downloading bundlers. Be aware of each installation option and don’t allow bundlers to install unwanted programs on your computer. Adware that’s installed on your device can take over all of your browsers and it starts trying to get you to download a lot of malware. Adware programs also like to open new browser tabs with promoted websites, which include Gretaith.com-type pages. These symptoms require immediate attention, otherwise, it’s only a matter of time until the infected computer is exposed to a serious virus. If your installed antivirus doesn’t work, try Spyhunter (for Windows), Combo-Cleaner (for Mac), or another trusted and powerful tool.

Gretaith.com is also advertised by legitimate if unscrupulous networks like Propeller Ads on shady pages like “free” streaming sites. Be suspicious of any ad that you didn’t intentionally click on. Some scams look very convincing, for example, the fake PayPal warning, so it’s safer to just close unexpected pages and forget them.

How to remove Gretaith.com ads

The good thing about Gretaith.com is that this virus isn’t installed on your computer. It can be blocked from sending you ads by just blocking notifications from it — that’s easy to do manually. The bad thing about Gretaith.com being online is that it’s still there, online, and you and other people can still encounter it and have your browser be infected by it. Luckily, now that you know how to stop the ads, and can even disable notifications completely, all the viruses of this type shouldn’t scare you anymore.

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