Important-incoming-news.com ads (spam) - Free Instructions

What is Important-incoming-news.com ads?

Important-incoming-news.com spams users with intrusive pop-up ads periodically

Important-incoming-news.com push notifications can carry all sorts of information, including malicious links

The internet is full of websites that show visitors all sorts of misleading messages and other content in order to make people do something that they otherwise wouldn't. Important-incoming-news.com, for example, uses a legitimate feature within Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, MS Edge, or another web browser, in order to show ads to users that often can be not only misleading but also insecure to click on.

The symptoms of push notifications showing up on users' desktops have sparked a lot of questions among those affected, as they can show up completely randomly, without users performing any significant actions such as clicking links or accessing particular websites. In fact, Important-incoming-news.com ads might show up regardless of what people are doing, as long as the browser is active or is idling in the background.

The truth is that users themselves allow these push notifications without even realizing it. Social engineering tricks are commonly used by scammers to convince them to do so, and they are successful in some cases. Upon entering the site, they are quickly shown a brief message and an image that is supposed to convince people to press the “Allow” button within the notification prompt.

For example, users might be told that they need to confirm that they aren't robots or that a browser is blocking video playback and they need to resolve this issue by pressing the “Allow” button. Of course, all these claims are fake and were only invented in order to fool people to subscribe. Crooks can later profit from ad revenue this way.

As evident, people usually don't enter websites that could harm them on purpose (although they do tend to diminish the possibility of getting infected when they do). Thus, in most cases, they end up on Important-incoming-news.com after clicking a malicious link or after being redirected by adware. Both possibilities are just as likely, thus the infection case should always be investigated.

The main danger of this activity is the contents of ads that the website keeps pushing constantly. Since the authors of the scam are not particularly concerned about users' safety or positive experience, they rely on unsafe advertising networks to deliver the ads through, hence those affected can see various phishing^[1] messages.

As a result, people might be tricked into wasting their money on useless services or even installing malware on their devices. Thus, we strongly recommend avoiding clicking and interacting with these promotions at all costs and instead eliminate the intrusive pop-ups, as we explain below.

What are push notifications?

Many people who do have the Important-incoming-news.com ad problem don't know much about the source of them. First of all, it is important to note that they are not the same as pop-up ads that one sees on a website that has them embedded. Push notifications themselves are not malicious in any way, as they are a legitimate feature used by most modern browsers – it was first adapted in 2015 by Google Chrome for desktop computers.

Many websites choose to employ this feature, and people can either accept or decline this proposal. Without a doubt, such functionality can be particularly useful to those who want to receive new information from websites they like. The downside of this is that push notifications can show up on the screen at times when they expect them the least, which can ruin the experience. Thus, many people choose not to enable them. Hence they have little practice with the feature in the first place.

This is exactly why crooks decided to use it for their own purposes and began creating fake websites such as Important-incoming-news.com, Videomx.ru, Severalmefark.com, Phaisoaz.com, and many others. None of these scam sites have any content in them apart from the fake message and a picture that is meant to confuse visitors.

Here is one of the examples that you might see after entering a push notification scam site:

Click Allow if you are not a robot

This is a typical phrase used by fake websites in order to make people confused about what they are asked to do. Since many websites employ the protection feature that would prevent bots from entering it (captcha is a good example of such protection measures), users might get totally confused and believe it is one of those instances, clicking the “Allow” button in the process.

While push notifications are not directly related to a virus, adware could be a reason why you ended up on Important-incoming-news.com site in the first place

In order to avoid being scammed in the future, you should always remember that the push notification prompt only has one function – to allow that particular website to send you information at any time. Besides, no reputable website would ask you to do so in order to let you view its contents.

Removal steps explained

Many users believe that Important-incoming-news.com ads are related to some sort of virus infection. While this can be true in some sense, malware infection is not the direct cause of this activity. Therefore, in order to stop these pop-ups, you need to access your browser settings and make adjustments there.

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.

Adware checks to be made

Unfortunately, adware is a very common reason why people end up on malicious websites. The advertisements and scammers tend to go hand-in-hand, so it's not surprising that users are more susceptible than ever before – increasing their chances of being scams or malware infections.

You might not even be aware that adware is present on your system in the first place, thanks to its deceptive delivery techniques. PUP distributors and developers often employ software bundling, fake updates, misleading messages, and similar techniques to ensure that adware is spread to as many computers as possible. This increases the advertising profits for both parties. In the meantime, users have to deal with unwanted ads and data tracking activities.

First and foremost, you should always stay away from pirated program distribution sites, as these commonly not only bundle potentially unwanted applications but also malware such as ransomware.^[2] Also, when installing shareware or freeware^[3] from third-party sources, always read the instructions carefully and pick the Advanced method instead of Recommended one if such is available.

All that being said, you should download and install SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner or Malwarebytes and perform a full system scan in order to check your system for infections, ensuring that no malicious processes are running in the background. Likewise, anti-malware is one of your first lines of defense against cyberattacks, so never dismiss its detection warnings.

You should also take your time to remove your browser's cookies, caches, and other web data. Many tracking mechanisms can be used for data gathering purposes; hence it is recommended to clean browsers after adware removal. You can either refer to the instructions below or employ an automatic maintenance tool FortectIntego instead.