How to remove Hurirk.net ads

Hurirk.net ads might bring you to dangerous places on the internet

There are plenty of websites that are created to trick people into performing certain actions – be it provide personal information, download suspicious software, or allow intrusive ads. Hurirk.net is one of many websites that uses scam and phishing techniques in order to make users subscribe to notifications from the site.

If you have pressed “Allow” as soon as you entered the site, you have granted permission for the site to show you pop-ups which can occur at random times (the frequency varies from a few times a day to several pop-ups every few minutes). This behavior is extremely intrusive and can interrupt all your work on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, MS Edge, or any other web browser.

Embedded links or ads may redirect users to more dangerous websites, where their personal information might be stolen or malware downloaded and installed. In any case, if you are dealing with pop-up ads that won't go away, you should check the paragraphs below on what the phenomenon is and how to stop the notifications from being shown for good.

Many users believe that their computers have been infected because they see  Hurirk.net notifications and ads frequently. However, this could be or could not be true, as each situation varies from person to person.

You could have accessed the site after being redirected from anywhere else on the internet – this usually happens when you click on deceptive or malicious links. Browser redirects through several domains are also possible – these are usually triggered automatically until users end up on a particular landing page.

This issue can be easily addressed: all you have to do is simply leave the site as soon as possible and never click on anything. Unfortunately, some less experienced computer users are unaware that some of these landing pages might be of malicious origin and believe what is said there.

Another reason why you might have ended up on the Hurirk.net site is because of adware.^[1] These potentially unwanted programs commonly travel within software bundles or are distributed via deceptive ads, which commonly results in unintentional installation. In other cases, adware might be installed intentionally without people initially knowing about the full (unwanted or malicious) capabilities of the app.

This is why it is important to check your system and remove adware or any other malicious programs. You can look for PUPs manually, although this might be rather difficult, especially if you use many different apps (it is impossible to know which program is initiating these ads without thorough analysis).

The easiest way to identify and delete adware is by scanning your device with powerful anti-malware software. We recommend using one of these tools:

• SpyHunterCombo Cleaner
• MalwarebytesMalwarebytes

Keep in mind that having a powerful security application is your first line of defense against potentially unwanted programs, malicious sites, and malware. All you have to do is make sure you have automatic updates enabled so that the database would be renewed automatically as required. Also, cleaning web browsers after adware infection is a mandatory practice, so you should check how to do that below or employ a powerful cleaning tool FortectIntego.

It is important to note that anti-malware software will not remove Hurirk.net ads for you; the pop-ups were enabled through a browser feature. You can find all the details on how to fix this situation below.

Scam engineering: how to avoid being tricked online

Push notifications are initially a legitimate feature implemented by all modern browsers. It allows websites to deliver the latest news and other information directly to users. For this to take effect, users need to agree for these notifications to be shown in the first place, hence many websites provide a prompt upon entry that asks whether or not visitors would like to receive them.

Malicious actors quickly realized that this feature could be abused as long as users are tricked into allowing the notifications to be shown in the first place. Victims rarely realize that they have been fooled, as crooks use social engineering^[2] to make them believe that the notifications prompt is anything but what it actually is.

Here is one example of a message you might see upon entering the site:

Click “Allow” if you are not a robot

In this example, crooks abuse the familiar security feature used by many websites to prevent DDoS^[3] and bot attacks. This way, users believe that all they do by pressing the “allow” button is passing a simple identification check, which is obviously not the case.

Push notifications can include any kind of information – primarily, links. Once clicked, these links allow the actors to gain monetary benefits, although they definitely do not care about user experience, hence often insecure advertisement networks are used. This is how users end up being exposed to scams, phishing, and malware-laden links, which can be very dangerous.

This is why you should never trust sites like Worldtimes.xyz, News-pezesu.cc, or Stoutlionslick.com and never enable notifications in the first place. If you want to stop Hurirk.net ads, follow the instructions in the next section.

Stop the intrusive notifications

If you have checked your device for adware and nothing was found (although you continue to receive the annoying pop-ups), you are not alone. Thousands of users are looking for ways on how to remove the notifications for good. Luckily, this is not that difficult – just follow the instructions below.

Google Chrome (desktop):

1. Open Google Chrome browser and go to Menu > Settings.
2. Scroll down and click on Advanced.
3. Locate Privacy and security section and pick Site Settings > Notifications.
4. Look at the Allow section and look for a suspicious URL.
5. Click the three vertical dots next to it and pick Block. This should remove unwanted notifications from Google Chrome.

Google Chrome (Android):

1. Open Google Chrome and tap on Settings (three vertical dots).
2. Select Notifications.
3. Scroll down to Sites section.
4. Locate the unwanted URL and toggle the button to the left (Off setting).

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and go to Menu > Options.
2. Click on Privacy & Security section.
3. Under Permissions, you should be able to see Notifications. Click Settings button next to it.
4. In the Settings – Notification Permissions window, click on the drop-down menu by the URL in question.
5. Select Block and then click on Save Changes. This should remove unwanted notifications from Mozilla Firefox.

Safari:

1. Click on Safari > Preferences…
2. Go to Websites tab and, under General, select Notifications.
3. Select the web address in question, click the drop-down menu and select Deny.

MS Edge:

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click the Settings and more button (three horizontal dots) at the top-right of the window.
2. Select Settings and then go to Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions, pick Manage permissions and select the URL in question.
4. Toggle the switch to the left to turn notifications off on Microsoft Edge.

MS Edge (Chromium):

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and go to Settings.
2. Select Site permissions.
3. Go to Notifications on the right.
4. Under Allow, you will find the unwanted entry.
5. Click on More actions and select Block.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer, and click on the Gear icon at the top-right on the window.
2. Select Internet options and go to Privacy tab.
3. In the Pop-up Blocker section, click on Settings.
4. Locate web address in question under Allowed sites and pick Remove.

Bonus tip: disable notification prompts

If you find the notification prompts rather annoying as we do, you might as well disable the prompt via the web browser settings. If needed, you can still call it up from the URL bar and accept the notifications in that way. However, disabling them will not bug you every time you access a site that offers its messaging service.

• Open Google Chrome
• Go to Menu > Settings
• Scroll down to Privacy and security section
• Select Site Settings
• Scroll down again and pick Notifications
• Choose Use quieter messaging option.

You can also choose Don't allow sites to show notifications if you don't want to deal with them at all.