„This website has been blocked for you!" Virus - How to remove

“This website has been blocked for you!” is a warning that appears when visiting some websites and it’s caused by a Trojan-type infection that causes redirects to malicious websites. You’re shown this scary alert indicating that the page you attempt to open is blocked as a consequence of a recent “spam bot like” activity.

The notification is usually shown when the users attempt to visit popular pages, such as ebay.com, walmart.com, amazon.com, google.com, paypal.com, and so on. The alert instructs you to take part in online surveys to prove you’re not a robot. But it’s not real – this warning is a scheme by fraudsters who monetize your surveys.

The information provided by the “This website has been blocked for you!” pop-up is absolutely misleading. It is not related to any of the genuine websites you visit. The requirement to take part in the survey is a trick by the scammers who aim to get a lot of your personal details, such as:

• your name and surname;
• mobile telephone number;
• email address;
• credit or debit card details.

“This website has been blocked for you!” is a symptom of a trojan infection and a dangerous alert that might be used to steal your private details:

Type of threat	Trojan Scareware
Symptoms	Seeing the “This website has been blocked for you!” alert when trying to visit specific websites The surveys asking for your private details The surveys trying to get you to sign up for subscriptions
Harm	Private information exposed to cybercriminals Hacked online accounts Money lost to bogus services or stolen
Stop “This website has been blocked for you!” alerts	Scan the computer with antivirus tools (Combo Cleaner for Mac, SpyHunter for PC) Remove applications and extensions installed around the time the pop-up started Restore system settings manually

“This website has been blocked for you!” pop-up technical details

The investigation of the “This website has been blocked for you!” pop-up issue reveals that the alert attempts to redirect the user to 184.22.81.15. This is caused by a trojan that infected your computer at some point and made malicious edits to your hosts file without your permission. The hosts file controls which URLs match what IP addresses, so a malicious entry could cause you to be redirected to a malicious site every time you try to go to a particular website.

In the case of the “This website has been blocked for you!” virus, the following text may be displayed:

This website has been blocked for you!
Steps to access this website again:
1. Click unlock button below
2. Pick survey to verify that you are human
3. Complete survey
4. Continue using this website
This website has been blocked because of your recent activity. Your actions have been marked as spam bot like, to visit this website again follow instructions on the left. This is made for security reasons. Please take your tine to go through the certification process to restore your access to blocked websites, thank you for your time!

WARNING!
The content you are browsing is blocked!
You must complete at least one offer to have an access to this page.
Message from website – You must use your VALID information while filling this offer out. If your information is fake our system is automatically alerted to permanently ban you and not unlock the download

Though real CAPTCHAs do exist, “This website has been blocked for you!” isn’t one. It looks like it could be real at first, but when you click the button to access the surveys, they’re definitely suspicious:

• attempting to make users provide their personal details;
• tricking users into subscribing for costly mobile services;
• encouraging users to share their personal credentials to social networks.

No doubt, you should refrain from providing any of your personal details when you encounter “This website has been blocked for you!” pop-ups on your screen. Your personal information may be stolen and easily become available in the hands of online frauds who may manipulate it. For example, you may start receiving a lot of spam emails to the specified webmail account or get messages directly to your mobile device indicated during the survey.

The “This website has been blocked for you!” alert might threaten to ban you from the site you’re trying to access. Such fraudulent alerts sometimes threaten with data loss and you losing access to your accounts – just to scare people into completing the fake surveys. They can’t do that and legitimate websites would never do that, so if a website is being suspicious, just close the tab and don’t listen to scammers. “This website has been blocked for you!” isn’t the only scam alert, there are also “This URL has been blocked”, COMPUTER BLOCKED, Browser Blocked Based On Your Security Preferences, and others. These are tech support scams rather than fake robot checks, so they might be even more dangerous, but they can all be dismissed without worry.

The most common ways of promoting the “This website has been blocked for you!” alert are through hacked websites and drive-by downloads. Dubious apps like “Facebook hack”, “Wifi password hack” and “Free Xbox Live Gold Code Generator” are designed to trick victims into downloading the Trojan on their own. If you ever encounter such absolutely fake alerts on your screen, then it’s clear that your device is infected by adware that needs to be immediately deleted.

How to prevent your computer from being infected

The Internet today is full of malicious applications that may be disguised under the mask of some useful software. Trojans, ransomware, adware, and other dangerous programs might be uploaded by cybercriminals online, like some sort of bait. There are several important recommendations we want to share with you to help you avoid injection of malware that produces “This website has been blocked for you!” pop-ups:

• Use only reputable resources for downloading free software. Make sure you’re using the official website of the program you’re trying to download.
• When installing freeware that has optional offers bundled with it, always opt for the “Advanced” or “Custom” installation mode to uncheck third-party programs you do not need.
• Do not pirate programs and don’t use key generators and cracks to try to illegal unlock commercial programs.
• Keep your device protected with genuine security software, especially with real-time protection.

How to get rid of “This website has been blocked for you!” effectively

The adware may function in your computer through several unauthorized system modifications. The following introductory manual steps are recommended to be accomplished:

• Uninstalling suspicious software from the list of available programs, especially software that was installed right before the pop-up started to appear.
• Disabling and deleting third-party browser extensions that you installed around that time, or disabling extensions that have risky permissions.
• Checking your hosts file, DNS and proxy settings for malicious entries. For detailed guidelines of this step visit this article – it has detailed descriptions and solutions to fixing redirect problems.

Despite the fact that a lot of problems may be fixed by implementing the steps reviewed above, scanning your computer with reliable and powerful anti-malware tools is equally important. A lot of adware programs today are hidden in the system and are very hard to be manually discovered. Scanning your computer with Spyhunter for Windows or Combo Cleaner for Mac OS will help you reveal where else the problem may be concealed and get rid of the malicious program before it can mess with your system settings again. It might also fix other browser problems similar to the “This website has been blocked for you!” scam.

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How to remove „This website has been blocked for you!" Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like „This website has been blocked for you!" Virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to „This website has been blocked for you!" Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make „This website has been blocked for you!" Virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

Find and edit the hosts file

The hosts file can be found on C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts. If you don’t see it, change the settings to see hidden files.

1. In the Start Menu, search for Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, find Appearance and Personalization.
3. Select Folder Options.
4. Open the View tab.
5. Open Advanced settings.
6. Select “Show hidden files…”.
7. Select OK.

Open this file with administrator privileges.

1. Open the Start Menu and enter “notepad”.
2. When Notepad shows up in the result, right-click on it.
3. In the menu, choose “Run as administrator”
4. File->Open and browse for the hosts file.

The hosts file should look like this:

Delete additional lines that they connect various domain names to the wrong IP address. Save the file.

Manual removal