Message-alert.info Spam - How to remove

Message-alert.info is a malicious website that tricks people into subscribing to its ads. Then, it spams browsers with unwanted and often dangerous pop-ups. To stop Message-alert.info from spamming ads, you can manage the notification settings in your browser. To stop seeing Message-alert.info, you can block ads or malicious websites.

Message-alert.info in short:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How to stop ads by Message-alert.info	Block unwanted notifications, remove malware manually and with antivirus programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others), disable notifications if needed.
How Message-alert.info hijacks browsers	It appears as a pop-up on video streaming sites, it lies about what it does.
Problems and issues	It promotes scams that could be dangerous, its ads appear on any site and are distracting.

How to block Message-alert.info ads

Block unwanted notifications

Message-alert.info is a notification spammer. It displays ads in the victim’s internet browser. To stop it, all you need to do is go into your browser settings and block Message-alert.info from sending notifications to you.

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.

Message-alert.info has a few versions, such as 2.Message-alert.info, 3.Message-alert.info, etc. So, if you have more than one entry for Message-alert.info, each of them needs to be managed individually.

You may see other sites that your browser apparently allows to send you notifications. Take this chance to block them, as well.

To block notifications, just press the menu button to the right of each address. Then choose “Block” in the drop-down.

Remove malware

Check your device for malicious programs, apps, and browser extensions. Look at your most recently installed programs. You can use an anti-malware program, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others to check them.

Message-alert.info may have advertised some dubious programs to you. Fake virus warnings and notifications designed to look like system warnings are sometimes used to push scareware programs and malware. Make sure that you didn’t download anything like that.

Also, sometimes adware infections cause sites like Message-alert.info to appear in your browser, which is another reason to check your device for malware.

How Message-alert.info hijacks notifications

Maybe you stumbled on Message-alert.info while you were browsing the internet. Or maybe a malicious extension opened it in a new tab.

Message-alert.info has its ads appear on video streaming sites where people go to watch movies and shows for free. It pops up like an ad, but it doesn’t really look like one. So, people might mistake it for a legitimate warning.

When Message-alert.info opens, it always asks the visitor to click the Allow button. What’s the Allow button for? According to Message-alert.info, it may be to “confirm that you are not a robot”, “to continue”, “to play the video”, or even “to close this page”. In reality, it is always to allow notifications.

Message-alert.info tricks visitors into subscribing to its notifications by lying to them. I mean, “YouTubeBroken”? Youtube never requires you to allow notifications.

Always be suspicious of notification requests. If you don’t use notifications (they can be pretty useful for getting timely updates from various websites), you can disable them completely so that sites like Message-alert.info can’t hijack them.

Or just use an anti-malware program to block malicious sites. Message-alert.info is already detected as malware by a couple of scanners (Virustotal.com).

Dubious ads

One of the first ads that Message-alert.info showed me was of a business guru who would, supposedly, help me get rich. Next, I was taken to Special-offers.online. On another attempt, I got an “Amazon loyalty program” ad – a $1 phone scam using Amazon’s name.

Scams – that’s the type of ads that you can expect from Message-alert.info. Here are a few more examples:

• Fake virus detections – tech support scams.
• Fake giveaways phishing sites – sites that try to trick people into revealing private information.
• Browser hijackers – extensions that change the settings of your browser to promote certain websites.
• Adult chatting services – subscription scams.
• Other adware sites.

Be careful of Message-alert.info’s ads. They’re not intentionally malicious, rather, Message-alert.info probably just has no safety or security standards, so it’s one of the few options that scammers and cybercriminals have for promoting their products.

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