Nonotifications.com is a newtab virus, a browser hijacker that redirects your search queries to Yahoo.com. It isn’t dangerous but it is bad for privacy and for customization. Though Nonotifications.com promises to help you block unwanted notifications, it offers nothing that you can’t already do, no extensions required. Besides that, Nonotifications.com is just a new tab replacer that spies on your browsing history.
Nonotifications Com New Tab quicklinks
- Nonotifications.com
- Features of the new tab
- Browser hijacking
- How to block notifications
- How to remove Nonotifications.com
- Automatic Malware removal tools
- Remove unwanted browser extensions
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About Nonotifications.com:
Classification | Browser hijacker. |
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How Nonotifications.com changes the browser | Replaces the new tab page,
redirects search queries to Yahoo, reads your browsing history, displays ads based on your interests. |
How to block notifications | Open notification settings in your browser,
find the sites that have access to your browser that you don’t want to have that access, block their notifications or remove your preferences. |
How to remove Nonotifications.com | Uninstall unwanted browser extensions,
find and remove potentially unwanted programs (with Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others). |
Nonotifications.com
Features of the new tab
Nonotifications.com (not related to the No Notifications extension) is extremely similar to Stopnotifications.com and to Removenotifications.com (this last one was pretty popular but it seems to have been removed from the Chrome Web Store). It’s related to browser extensions FlashIt and SMedia.
So, once Nonotifications.com is in your browser, it replaces your new tab.
First, Nonotifications.com has a search box for searching the internet. If you use it, you’ll notice that it ignores your search engine preferences and opens Yahoo.com.
For stopping notifications, which is what Nonotifications.com’s name implies, it has a button that opens your own browser settings, the chrome://settings/content/notifications page, which is accessible to anyone with or without the help of Nonotifications.com.
Browser hijacking
So, Nonotifications.com links to the page that you can by opening your browser’s settings. But with this button come a lot of potentially unwanted changes that Nonotifications.com makes to your browser:
- The new tab page is changed. This means that your frequently visited sites, bookmarks, and your personal background image aren’t visible.
- The default search engine is also changed – to Yahoo.com, as is usual for shady browser add-ons. Even if you replace Nonotifications.com with another new tab page, it’ll still be able to redirect your searches to Yahoo.
- Nonotifications.com now has access to your usage information and device information, including your browsing history. This data can be used for showing you relevant ads.
It’s a very small thing for Nonotifications.com to open the notification settings page. It absolutely did not need to touch your search engine settings, to replace your new tab page, or to read your browsing history to do this. The notification settings button is just an excuse for Nonotifications.com to get access to your web browser, to your data, and to your traffic.
How to block notifications
If your browser is being spammed with notification pop-ups by sites like Mol11.biz and New-message.live, know that you can block them manually. First, open the page with your browser settings. Here are the instructions for a few different web browsers:
- 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, Preferences, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
Once you’re on the notifications page, you can see a bunch of addresses. Some are in the Allow list, some are in the Blocked list. The Allow list is the list of sites that your browser accepts notifications from.
Next to each address is a three-dot button that opens a menu with choices to Remove or Block. This refers to notifications from the site and the actual site. Choose Block and the site will be removed from the Allow list. It won’t send any new notifications to your browser.
In addition, there may be browser extensions that can show notifications in your browser. Those extensions need to be removed if you want to stop their pop-ups from appearing.
How to remove Nonotifications.com
Unwanted browser extensions can be found in browser settings or by clicking the puzzle piece button in the upper right corner of your browser. You can remove extensions or disable them. Which extensions you want to remove is up to you, but the one responsible for Nonotifications.com is probably on that list.
Nonotifications.com itself isn’t malware but if you want to, you can use an anti-malware app (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others) to find potentially unwanted and malicious programs and browser extensions.
Automatic Malware removal tools
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Remove unwanted browser extensions
TopRemoving Nonotifications.com New Tab from Chrome
- Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
- Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
- Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Nonotifications.com. Click on the trash bin icon next to Nonotifications.com New Tab or other add-ons you want to remove.
- Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
- If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
- Restart Chrome.
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings
If you are still experiencing any issues related to Nonotifications.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.
- Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
- Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
- Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.
How to remove Nonotifications.com New Tab from Microsoft Edge:Top
- Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.
- Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Nonotifications.com New Tab. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Nonotifications.com or other add-ons you want to remove.
- Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
- If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
- Restart Microsoft Edge.