Thecoolposts.com Ad Spam - How to remove

Thecoolposts.com is a website that misuses browser settings in order to show unwanted ads. It hijacks notifications and sends people links to affiliated websites. Its ads are difficult or impossible to ignore and some of them lead to genuinely dangerous sites. The good news is that you can block Thecoolposts.com from sending these ads in your browser settings.

About Thecoolposts.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
Problems with Thecoolposts.com	It shows ads that might lead to dangerous websites, it spams the victim’s screen with ads.
How sites hijack browsers	They appear online with deceptive messages meant to trick people into subscribing to their notifications.
How to stop ads from Thecoolposts.com	Block notifications from Thecoolposts.com and other unwanted sites, scan your device and, if needed, remove malware and suspicious programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others).

Is Thecoolposts.com safe?

Thecoolposts.com might look like a news site, but it’s mainly a notification hijacker. It gets people to subscribe to its notifications and then sends them advertisements.

Subscribing to Thecoolposts.com’s notifications results in something like having your email spam folder displayed on your screen. It’s very annoying and potentially dangerous.

Notifications are messages from a website to a browser. If you allow a site to send them to you, they appear on your screen when your browser is open. They’re great for letting you know of new items in your email inbox or new direct messages in social media. Unfortunately, some sites use them to deliver advertisements.

Such as Thecoolposts.com, which uses notifications to deliver various unwanted ads. Some of them are harmless, others – not so much:

• Fake articles that serve as ads for various get-rich-quick scams.
• Payday loan ads.
• Browser hijackers disguised as utility extensions.
• Other adware sites and notification hijackers.
• Fake virus alerts that lead to tech support scams.
• Fake update warnings that lead to potentially unwanted apps.
• Clickbait sites that themselves show plenty of iffy ads.

It’s worse than just a few annoying ads. Some of the pages that Thecoolposts.com shows might expose you to predatory, deceptive webpages and could lead to real problems (malware, stolen personal information, bogus subscriptions).

A lot of controversial ads – the types of ads that most mainstream sites don’t want to show because they’re risky and controversial. Sites like Thecoolposts.com pick up the slack.

How to avoid adware sites

Thecoolposts.com is advertised online. It’s not the same page that you find when visiting Thecoolposts.com normally – a news site with a bunch of articles ripped from LA Times. It’s an empty page that shows you a notification prompt and tells you to accept notifications:

Click the “Allow” button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching

You might encounter it while watching movies on free streaming sites, in which cases, it might be easy to get tricked by the “and continue watching” part of text displayed by Thecoolposts.com. Do you have to allow its notifications to continue watching movies? Some people think so. The ad is made to people them and to take advantage of them.

Luckily, you can avoid a lot of unwanted redirects and pop-up ads by using an ad blocker. Some anti-malware programs can also help you stay safe by blocking malicious websites, but ad blockers do a lot more.

However, if Thecoolposts.com already has access to your browser, then you need to change that yourself by accessing your browser settings.

How to stop Thecoolposts.com ad spam

Disable unwanted notifications

You can stop a website from sending you unwanted notifications very simply.

You can catch a pop-up and click the settings button on it. It might say “Site settings” or something similar. Click it and you’ll be presented with the option to block all future notifications from the website that sent you this one.

Or go to your browser settings and block all unwanted notifications from there:

• 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.

Thecoolposts.com, other sites that you don’t recognize. It’s surprisingly easy to sign up for notifications by accident. There are so many notification hijackers. Allcoolposts.com, Tomachopan.com, and many other sites.

Remove malware

Check your computer for malware. Do a scan of your device with an anti-malware app, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, or another program. Review the scan results and remove programs if needed.

Check your browser extensions, too. Some browser add-ons inject ads and cause redirects to unexpected websites. If your browser starts behaving strangely, the Extensions page is the first place to check.

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