Uiz.io Notification Ads - How to remove

Uiz.io is a URL shortening service and it allows users to make money by showing visitors ads. Users get paid for each click. But the people who click the Uiz.io links are exposed to junk sites, malicious content, and obnoxious ads designed to trick them. Even after leaving Uiz.io, it may still show you unwanted notifications with more dangerous content.

What is Uiz.io

Classification	Adware.
Distribution	Pirating sites, video, audio, and document converter sites.
Problems with Uiz.io	Could be used to distribute malicious sites and files, shows low-quality ads, sends notification spam with ads.
Stop Uiz.io notification ads	Block web push notifications from the site in your browser, remove malware using antivirus programs (Combo Cleaner for Mac OS, SpyHunter for Windows).

Uiz.io is a link shortener that makes monetized links for registered users. Clicking on a Uiz.io link won’t take you to the destination site right away. Instead, you will land on Uiz.io’s ad-filled page that requires you to wait a few seconds to watch an ad and only then it lets you move on.

As an example, Uiz.io’s services are used by owners of websites that offer file downloads and video streaming. Clicking on a download/watch button opens Uiz.io, which requires you to jump through some hoops to get to your file, and in the end, you’re exposed to quite a few ads. The person who made those links with Uiz.io gets some ad revenue for each visit.

The problem is that Uiz.io’s ads are not always safe or legitimate. Sites like Uiz.io, Adf.ly, Ckk.ai, and others, are suspicious because they allow unsafe content to be promoted:

• get-rich-quick schemes, trading scams, and marketing schemes,
• dubious medical products, like miracle cures and diet pills,
• free energy scams,
• fake giveaways,
• unreliable subscription services that work like phishing scams.

These and other bad sites can cause harm, especially to someone inexperienced and credulous. This includes people who think they know how to use a computer. According to ScamWatch, all age groups lost similar amounts of money to all scams. It does look like young people are quite resistant to fake lotteries, though.

Malicious ads can cause people to lose money to fraudsters. They can also trick people to give away their usernames and passwords, their whole credit card information, and transfer money to criminals who deceive them. So, be careful on Uiz.io and do not trust the ads there. Most of them won’t harm you, but don’t let your guard down.

Problems with URL shorteners

Some URLs are really long. URL shortening is making a much shorter URL that redirects visitors to the original site. This is useful, but shortened URLs present some security risks.

One of those risks is that short URLs don’t show what the destination of the link is. For example, the link “sho.rt/blah” could lead to “totallynotavirus.best/document.docx.exe”, and there’s no way to tell by just looking at the shortened address that it downloads a malicious executable. I am not saying that Uiz.io links are full of malware, but this shortener doesn’t seem the most concerned with security.

Another problem with Uiz.io is that it sends out ads through its notifications, which is extremely annoying. Uiz.io notifications attack both desktop and mobile devices and can disrupt normal browsing by showing links to unwanted, potentially NSFW sites. This makes Uiz.io a notification spammer just like Special-offers.online, Celeb-secret.live, and Click-on-this.today.

The safety of shortened URLs has been debated for the last ten years. Shortened URLs are banned from various forums and discussion sites. Emails with suck links risk being sent to spam. Social media posts and comments aren’t allowed to post when they contain shortened links to protect people on the internet and to make it harder for spam and malware to spread. And secret files that have had short links made for them are very vulnerable to theft and hacking.

How to stop Uiz.io Pop-ups and Ads

When you see a Uiz.io link, remember that you can use a service to check the destination of the link and decide if it’s safe to visit. There are various online URL expanders that show what lies at the end of a shortened URL. Some anti-malware programs consider all Uiz.io links to be suspicious, so they might block them by default. If you want to be careful online, using a web-protection tool could be really useful. It would also be useful to scan your computer for malware with an antivirus program, like Combo Cleaner for Mac, SpyHunter for PC, or another program.

If Uiz.io is sending you unwanted pop-up ads, you can block them in your browser. Go to the settings where all the sites are listed that can send you notifications. Just find Uiz.io and block its permissions:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge – open Settings, Advanced settings, Notifications, Manage.
• Firefox – type “about:preferences#content” in the address bar, find the Notifications section.

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