Yourviralnewz.com Pop-Up Ads - How to remove

Yourviralnewz.com is an adware virus that shows ads in people’s browsers. More accurately, Yourviralnewz.com is an advertising website that takes over the settings of web browsers. This allows it to send unwanted messages to those hijacked browsers.

The fix to Yourviralnewz.com ad spam is simpler than some people suggest – all you need to do is go into your browser settings and block notifications from this and other unwanted sites.

About Yourviralnewz.com in short:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How to remove Yourviralnewz.com ads	Disable them in browser settings, find and remove potentially unwanted programs with Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, etc.
What Yourviralnewz.com pop-ups look like	Little pop-ups that appear even when Yourviralnewz.com is not open, ads that sometimes lead to potentially unwanted sites.
How adware hijacks browsers	Yourviralnewz.com is advertised on movie streaming sites and other pirating sites, its ads are a little misleading, which can lead to people subscribing without meaning to.

How to stop ads by Yourviralnewz.com

Block unwanted notifications

Disable notifications from sites that abuse them. With so many notification hijackers still out there, knowing how to block them is very useful.

Keep in mind that this doesn’t block the websites themselves. This also doesn’t block the ads shown on the websites. All it does is stop the sites from sending notifications to your browser, which are those little pop-up boxes in the corner of your screen (or the top of your screen, for mobile users).

Here’s how to find notification settings for Yourviralnewz.com and all other sites:

• 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.

All the sites that are either allowed to or blocked from sending you notifications are listed in these settings. Find Yourviralnewz.com and move it to the “Blocked” category by opening the drop-down to its right and clicking “Block” (Safari users should click “Deny”).

Alternatively, you can wait for a Yourviralnewz.com pop-up to show up and then press the settings button on the pop-up itself. This opens an option to block all notifications from this site.

Remove malware

If you interacted with the ads that Yourviralnewz.com sent to you, it might be a good idea to check your device for malware. Scan it with Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and other programs.

This is important because Yourviralnewz.com advertises not just unwanted sites and scams, but also unwanted software and browser hijackers. For example, lately, I’ve been seeing MACClean Booster advertised left and right. Various browser hijackers, like My Inbox Helper, sometimes also use advertising sites like Yourviralnewz.com.

If your antivirus program finds something suspicious on your device, like a potentially unwanted program, consider removing it.

How Yourviralnewz.com can be harmful

Unwanted ad spam

You might be familiar with email spam. Annoying, irrelevant, even deceptive letters coming to your inbox and trying to get you to buy things. Luckily, spam filters have largely taken care of them.

But there aren’t spam filters for browser notifications. Webpages like Yourviralnewz.com can just deliver them to your screen. While there are many great uses for web push notifications, some sites only use them to deliver advertisements.

Yourviralnewz.com and similar sites, like Loglaupt.com and Allcoolposts.com, send out ads for various websites and products that are their clients. Unfortunately, Yourviralnewz.com’s ads are often controversial:

• Casino, gambling sites.
• Adult video and chat services.
• Potentially unwanted programs and browser hijackers.
• Tech support scams (fake virus warnings).
• Get-rich-quick scams (fake articles about people getting rich with the help of a trading platform).
• Diet pills, supplements, enhancement products.

Worse, some of the ads that Yourviralnewz.com shows may be designed deceptively, so that the pop-up looks like a social media notification or a notification from another app. This tricks people into clicking on the ads.

Other than that, Yourviralnewz.com is a news site that’s actually just populated with articles copied from LA Times.

How Yourviralnewz.com takes over browsers

So, how does this adware virus spread? It’s not just random.

Yourviralnewz.com is advertised online by free movie sites, pirating sites, file sharing sites, online converters – you get the idea. These types of websites tend to show more aggressive and lower quality ads than most sites.

In addition, some websites infected with malicious redirects (websites get infected, too) may also promote Yourviralnewz.com. 

And when it’s advertised, Yourviralnewz.com appears as a blank page with nothing but a loading bar and a text encouraging you to subscribe to its notifications and “continue watching”, as if it’s part of whatever site advertised it.

getting your browser infected with Yourviralnewz.com’s ads is as simple as clicking the Allow button. It’s even easy to do by accident.

When you’re checking your notification settings, you might notice a bunch of unfamiliar sites in there. Sites that you’ve accidentally allowed to or blocked from sending notifications. Don’t worry – you can always change these settings. It’s recommended to change your notification display to quiet. This should make it way harder for sites like Yourviralnewz.com to hijack them.

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