Net01.biz Pop-Up Ads - How to remove

Net01.biz is a malicious website that spams people’s browsers with ads. It uses web notifications to do this. Avoid clicking on any pop-ups labeled with “Net01.biz”. You can stop Net01.biz’s ads in your browser settings.

Although this post is about Net01.biz, it also applies to Net02.biz, Net03.biz, and other versions with numbers up to at least 15. Also, each of these sites has subdomains, like 0.Net01.biz, 1.Net01.biz, 2, Net01.biz, etc.

About Net01.biz:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
Problems with Net01.biz	Ads shown by Net01.biz are misleading, some of the ads promote controversial and restricted content, and even malware.
How it hijacks browsers	Net01.biz is advertised on websites in a way that makes it seem like a warning to complete a captcha.
How to stop pop-ups by Net01.biz	Block notifications from the sites that abuse them, find and delete unwanted and malicious files and programs manually and with anti-malware programs like Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac.

How Net01.biz works

Shady ads by Net01.biz

Net01.biz is a website. Its main purpose is to send notifications to people’s browsers. Those notifications are used by various advertisers to promote their products. Net01.biz makes money from this.

There are some problems with this. Net01.biz doesn’t seem to have very good advertising standards, so advertisers who’ve been rejected by other advertising networks flock to Net01.biz and sites like it. As a result, a significant portion of Net01.biz’s ads is for potentially unwanted sites:

• scareware ads that lead to useless but expensive programs,
• other adware sites (Thewowfeed.com, Toapodazoay.com, Hopsigna.com, etc.),
• browser hijackers, search redirects, and adware extensions pretending to be utility add-ons,
• fake lotteries and sweepstakes that lead to phishing sites and to subscription scams,
• unregulated health supplements, diet pills, male enhancement pills, etc.

And worse, some of these ads are deliberately designed to look like notifications from trusted sites, such as social media websites. So, you might not even know where the ad leads to. And sure, this is all against Chrome policies, but as soon as one malicious site is caught, it gets replaced by another.

Getting notification permissions

But first, your browser has to allow Net01.biz to send notifications to it.

Net01.biz is advertised on various websites. It appears when you’re trying to download a file, watch a movie, or just click randomly on a site. Then, Net01.biz says:

Press Allow to verify, that you are not a robot

Net01.biz is lying. Those who do click allow might not realize that they’re allowing Net01.biz to show pop-ups on their screens.

How to block pop-ups by Net01.biz

Block notifications

Net01.biz uses browser notifications to display its pop-up ads. As notifications only work when your browser allows them, all you need to do to stop the Net01.biz spam is to go into your browser settings, find the Notifications section, find Net01.biz, and tell your browser to block notifications from it.

• 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.

Net01.biz should be in a list called Allow or have the status Allow. Click the button to Net01.biz’s right and you should get a drop-down menu where you can choose Block.  You can also choose the Remove option. The difference is that if Net01.biz’s notifications are blocked, it can’t ask you to allow them again.

Check your Allow entries for other unwanted websites. Block them, too, if you don’t know them or don’t want to hear from them. You can always reverse this, so don’t worry about making mistakes.

Remove malware and unwanted programs

Even though you’ve blocked pop-ups by Net01.biz, you may still have some issues on your computer.

For example, if your browser often shows obnoxious websites or if you still have some other kinds of pop-ups, then there may be adware or potentially unwanted programs on your computer. You could use an anti-malware app like Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others.

If there is adware found on your device, it might be a good idea to change your passwords.

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