How to stop abovenetwork.co.in notifications

abovenetwork.co.in is a highly questionable website to which you likely got redirected when browsing high-risk sites. The site initiates a browser prompt saying “abovenetwork.co.in wants to show notifications”, and if you click “Allow”, you will be spammed with ads.

 

 

abovenetwork.co.in does not have anything on it besides a black screen and a message saying you need to click “Allow” to confirm you’re not a robot. The message is referring to the browser prompt that asks you to allow abovenetwork.co.in to show notifications. The site, like many others, is misusing a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show users useful content without them needing to visit the site. But instead of anything useful, the site just shows ads. The ads may purposely be made to resemble legitimate notifications, which may confuse users and prompt them to interact with them.

If you have been tricked into giving abovenetwork.co.in permission to show notifications, you can easily revoke it in your browser’s settings. Until you do, do not interact with them because you could be exposed to malware, scams, and other dangerous content.

Instructions for how to revoke a site’s permission to show notifications will be provided below.

Why are you redirected to sites like abovenetwork.co.in?

Users can be redirected to sites like abovenetwork.co.in for several reasons. Redirects can be a symptom of adware but most commonly, users are redirected when browsing high-risk websites without an adblocker program. Certain sites (e.g. ones with pirated or pornographic content) expose users to a lot of advertisement content. Clicking on anything on those sites will usually trigger a redirect. These redirects are easily blockable with an adblocker program.

However, redirects to abovenetwork.co.in could also be a symptom of an adware infection, especially if you’ve been redirected several times. Adware, browser hijackers, and similar infections are installed accidentally by users via what’s known as the software bundling method. They are often added to popular free programs as additional offers. Unfortunately, these offers are set to be installed alongside the programs they’re attached to automatically.

Added offers are optional but to stop them from installing, they need to be manually deselected. This is made difficult by the fact that the offers are hidden in settings users don’t normally use. This is why software bundling is a rather deceptive installation method.

If you pay attention when installing free programs, you should be able to easily prevent these unwanted installations. When installing a program, choose Advanced (Custom) settings instead of Default (Basic). The installation window always recommends using Default settings but these settings conceal all added offers and allow them to be installed without explicit permission.

Advanced or Custom settings will not only clearly display the offers but also give you the option to deselect everything. Some offers may initially appear useful but it’s never recommended to allow their installations. Legitimate programs do not use software bundling to install. Those that do are generally detected as potential threats by anti-virus programs. If you allow these installations, you will fill your computer with junk like adware and browser hijackers.

How to stop abovenetwork.co.in notifications?

Scan your computer with an anti-virus program to check for an adware infection just in case that’s what triggers the redirects. Adware can be problematic to remove manually so we suggest using an anti-virus program. You also need a good adblocker program to block future redirects and regular ads.

In case you have given abovenetwork.co.in permission to show you notifications, revoke it in your browser’s settings. This is very easy to do but if you need help, you can use the instructions provided below. Review all sites that have permission to show notifications and remove abovenetwork.co.in and all others you do not recognize. If you don’t plan on using this feature, you can also turn off the notification requests altogether.

If you have given the site permission to show notifications, here’s how to revoke it:

• Mozilla Firefox: Open the menu (the three bars at the top-right corner), click Options, then Privacy & Security. Scroll down to Permissions, press Settings next to Notifications, and remove abovenetwork.co.in and any other questionable websites from the list. It’s possible to permanently turn off push notification requests by checking the “Block new requests asking to allow notifications” box in the same Notifications settings.
• Google Chrome: Open the menu (the three dots top-right corner), then Settings, then Privacy and security, then Site Settings. Click on Notifications under Permissions, and remove abovenetwork.co.in and any other questionable websites from the list. It’s possible to permanently turn off push notification requests by toggling off “Sites can ask to send notifications”.
• Microsoft Edge: Open the menu (the three dots top-right corner), then Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, then Notifications. Review which sites have permission and remove abovenetwork.co.in and any other questionable websites from the list. It’s possible to permanently turn off push notification requests by toggling off “Ask before sending”.