Donlinepost.net ads (spam)

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Donlinepost.net is a rogue website that might show intrusive ads directly on your desktop

Donlinepost.net is a fake video streaming website that shows users untrustworthy and dangerous ads

The main Donlinepost.net page can manifest itself in various forms, and circumstances under which users encounter it may vary. Previously users could access it as a source for illegal program downloads, although sometimes, especially after a browser redirect, they may see a phishing message on the landing page. Finally, people might also be tricked into subscribing to its notifications, which would later show intrusive pop-ups on top of all other apps running at the time. Despite the many versions of it, one thing is clear – it should be avoided at all costs.

If you have encountered redirects to Donlinepost.net and are overall more prone to seeing suspicious ads, redirects, and similar suspicious browser activity, there also is a chance that adware^[1] or another potentially unwanted program is installed on your device. Adware is usually distributed via deceptive methods, thus, users often don't even know they have this problem. Those infected are also more likely to encounter various dubious websites, some of which might not be appropriate or even secure to visit.

Thus, if you are experiencing frequent redirects to Donlinepost.net or similar websites, or you constantly see strange pop-up messages showing up at the bottom-right corner of your screen, you came to the right place, as we are going to explain how to remove all of these unwanted activities once and for all.

The dangers of illegal video streaming sites

Some people might encounter the movies.donlinepost.net website when trying to look for movies to stream. While the action itself is not illegal, the copyrighted material, such as the newest movies that are being shown in cinemas right now, is definitely not legitimate and infringes the copyright laws in most countries.

Therefore, we strongly recommend staying away from websites that offer seemingly “free” movies that you would otherwise have to pay for, as there is always a catch. Some websites of this nature, such as Movie4k.to, would ask you to provide certain personal details in order to allegedly view the videos, under the premise of verification of country of origin (to be fair, there could be many other “reasons” they would ask for this or anything else for that matter).

Other sites, such as Donlinepost.net, rely on excessive advertisements instead, and these are extremely aggressive. In fact, it is almost impossible to get any of the videos going without being redirected to other malicious websites or exposed to ads that cover the whole page.

There are plenty of video streaming platforms that utilize legitimate monetization schemes and are placed by the authors of videos themselves – YouTube is one such example. If you want to see the most recent movie, simply visit the cinema or wait till it will be available for free later. It is not worth compromising your computer security and privacy for the cost of a movie ticket.

Redirects from the site might lead to other malicious places

Push notifications and how to remove them

Push notifications are a feature that is still surrounded by mystery, although it all depends on how it is introduced. Most people by now have already seen the prompts to allow notifications when accessing all types of websites – news, entertainment, social media, video streaming, etc. In this case, users can freely decline the offer and leave it at that (although it can be definitely useful for some users, as long as they subscribe to sites that are trustworthy).

However, some websites might present the push notification feature as something else. For example, Donlinepost.net asks people the following:

Want To Get Notified When a New Movie Comes?

miss out Yes

It is implied that by not pressing “Yes”, users would miss out on this amazing and important information. However, this is all fake, and instead of the “new movie notifications,” people would instead be exposed to dozens of fake and malicious ads that are shown at any time – activity that can be very intrusive.

During your time on Donlinepost.net, you could also be redirected to numerous websites that use similar techniques that would ask you to “Continue watching” by pressing the allow button or to ensure that “you are not a robot. These are all well-known social engineering^[2] tricks used by many other scam sites such as Eukwasan.com or Proasdf.com.

If you were tricked into enabling notifications in such a way, you could easily remove these websites from the “Allowed” list within your website settings:

Google Chrome

• Select Menu > Settings > Advanced.
• Click on Site Settings > Notifications.
• Check the Allow section and find the address of the site.
• Select More Actions and pick Block.

Mozilla Firefox:

• Go to Menu and then select Options.
• Go to Privacy & Security > Notifications > Settings.
• Choose Block after picking this option from the drop-down menu.
• Confirm with Save Changes.

MS Edge (Chromium)

• Go to Menu and pick Settings.
• Select Site permissions.
• Click on Notifications.
• Find the site URL, and click More actions.
• Pick Block.

MS Edge (legacy):

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.

Safari

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

Perform additional checks

If you have stopped the intrusive push notifications from Donlinepost.net and the ads, redirects, and other suspicious activity does not go away, you might be facing an infection residing on your system without your knowledge. First of all, we would recommend checking your browsers for unwanted browser extensions – keep in mind that even apps you consider trustworthy might not like that at all, especially if you got them from third-party sources.

If you find the culprit within your browser, you should definitely take your time to clean it properly. Leftover files, such as cookies,^[3] can be used to track your online activities, and this information might be somethings hijacked or sold to dangerous third parties. You can use the instructions at the very bottom of this article for more details or employ the FortectIntego tool for the automatic maintenance routines.

We would also recommend checking the installed programs on the system level – those can be much more impactful and also even dangerous. Proceed with the following steps:

Windows

1. Enter Control Panel into Windows search box and hit Enter or click on the search result.
2. Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.
3. From the list, find the entry of the suspicious program.
4. Right-click on the application and select Uninstall.
5. If User Account Control shows up, click Yes.
6. Wait till uninstallation process is complete and click OK.

Mac

1. From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
2. In the Applications folder, look for all related entries.
3. Click on the app and drag it to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash)

To fully remove an unwanted app, you need to access Application Support, LaunchAgents, and LaunchDaemons folders and delete relevant files:

1. Select Go > Go to Folder.
2. Enter /Library/Application Support and click Go or press Enter.
3. In the Application Support folder, look for any dubious entries and then delete them.
4. Now enter /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders the same way and terminate all the related .plist files.

Finally, using SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner, Malwarebytes, or another powerful security software can locate and delete all the malicious files from your system. Anti-malware tools are also extremely useful to prevent malware intrusions in the first place, so make sure yours is always updated and running in the background. Also, never ignore the warnings it shows you, as it is one of the main causes of virus infections among users.