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What is Wukbgater.buzz ads?

Wukbgater.buzz asks you to press the “Allow” button to deliver intrusive ads to your screen later

Wukbgater.buzz is a fake site you should not trust

Wukbgater.buzz ads may start showing up on your screen out of the blue one day, and if you are at a loss about where they came from, it's because you have enabled push notifications from this site sometime before. Some people might not know much about the push notification feature or how it works, hence subscribing to notifications may be completely unintentional. Nonetheless, the crooks behind the Wukbgater.buzz scam use plenty of phishing^[1] techniques to ensure that users click the “Allow” button upon entering it.

Once allowed, the notifications might not start showing up immediately but only sometime later. Users may spot strange activity whenever they watch a video, visit a social media network, or even play a video game. Since the feature is an API^[2] within the browser, Google Chrome or another browser needs to be running for these ads to show up.

You should never interact with the promoted content within these Wukbgater.buzz pop-ups, as you may be misled into believing that you have won an expensive item and disclose your personal information to cybercriminals. You may also be told that your anti-virus has expired and that malware has been found on your device, endorsing you to renew or subscribe to security services. These are all scams that would proliferate your device as long as push notifications are allowed – we explain how to get rid of them quite easily below.

Why do you get redirected to Wukbgater.buzz site?

The majority of people access push notification fraud websites via clicking a booby-trapped link on a deceptive or fraudulent website. This chance can be significantly decreased by staying away from questionable websites that distribute pirated software, stream illegal videos, or similar. Besides, torrents and other repacked installers can easily introduce malware, such as ransomware,^[3] to your system, which can have devastating consequences to your personal files.

Adware, which frequently manifests with a variety of invasive ads that may be displayed while browsing, is another factor that might cause redirection to phishing websites. Due to the fraudulent distribution techniques used by this potentially unwanted software, such as software bundling, fake updates, or other misleading marketing, many individuals are unaware that they have it installed on their systems.

To operate, adware modifies a few browser settings and, occasionally, system settings. It is well known that it is frequently linked to unsafe advertising networks, which causes people who are impacted by it to frequently encounter low-quality advertisements that might even be dangerous in some circumstances.

Thus, we advise doing a comprehensive system scan using SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner, Malwarebytes, or another powerful security program if you think your system is compromised by adware or other malicious software. Following that, you should clean your web browsers to stop tracking activities and eliminate any dangerous components that can bring back unwanted ads. RestoroIntego can help you with this task, although this can also be performed manually as follows:

Google Chrome

• Click on Menu and pick Settings.
• Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
• Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
• Click Clear data.

Mozilla Firefox

• Click Menu and pick Options.
• Go to Privacy & Security section.
• Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
• Click on Clear Data…
• Select Cookies and Site Data, as well as Cached Web Content, and press Clear.

MS Edge (Chromium)

• Click on Menu and go to Settings.
• Select Privacy and services.
• Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
• Under Time range, pick All time.
• Select Clear now.

Safari

• Click Safari > Clear History…
• From the drop-down menu under Clear, pick all history.
• Confirm with Clear History.

Internet Explorer

• Click on Gear icon > Internet options and select Advanced tab.
• Select Reset.
• In the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset.

Phishing messages used in a scam

As mentioned, most users accidentally end up on malicious websites, which adds to the possibility of the scam being effective. When people are shown something they did not expect, they tend to make more mistakes and not think too much about what they are seeing, and scammers abuse this fact quite often.

Push notification scams rely on people not spotting the difference between a push notification prompt and a legitimate request they have previously seen on some other websites. For example, this message, in conjunction with a picture of a robot, is commonly shown to users visiting websites like Wukbgater.buzz:

Click “Allow” to confirm that you are not a robot

Since many users have previously encountered captcha or similar checks, it is not difficult to see how crooks want to manipulate them into pressing the “Allow” button. However, you should remember that the prompt that asks to enable push notifications applies to the said functionality, regardless of what the background message or the image implies.

The scam specializes in portraying legitimate features that people may take for captcha or similar verification methods

How to stop malicious Wukbgater.buzz pop-ups?

While you might have tried to remove unwanted pop-ups with security software or other methods, these solutions would simply not work. In order to stop a particular website from showing you notifications, you need to block it within browser settings as explained below:

Google Chrome (desktop)

1. Open the Google Chrome browser and go to Menu > Settings.
2. Scroll down and click on Advanced.
3. Locate the 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 choose Block. This should remove unwanted notifications from Google Chrome.

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 the Settings button.
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.

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.

Safari

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

Internet Explorer

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