alphapcnetwork.com is a generic website with nothing on it. Like thousands of others, it tries to trick users into allowing ads on their desktops. When users initially get redirected to it, it will show a browser alert saying “alphapcnetwork.com wants to show notifications”. If users allow these notifications, the site will spam ads.
alphapcnetwork.com doesn’t really have anything on it, besides a message saying you need to click “Allow” to prove you are not a robot. As soon as you enter the site, a browser notification will pop up saying “alphapcnetwork.com wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, the site will be able to show notifications directly to your desktop. While legitimate sites would show legitimate notifications, sites like alphapcnetwork.com simply display ads, questionable ones at that. We don’t recommend interacting with those ads because you could be exposed to harmful content, including scams and malware.
The feature is legitimate, so you can give sites permission to show notifications as long as those sites are trustworthy. You may even find the feature to be useful in some cases. For example, if you frequently visit a particular website and want to see more of its content, you can give it permission.
Notification permissions can be easily revoked in your browser’s settings. If you need help navigating them, you can use the instructions provided at the end of the report.
What triggers redirects to sites like alphapcnetwork.com
Most commonly, users are redirected to sites like alphapcnetwork.com because they do not have an adblocker program enabled while browsing questionable websites. Some websites try to expose users to large amounts of advertisement content, meaning they spam ads and trigger redirects all the time. For example, if you visit sites with pornographic or pirated content, you will be redirected nonstop. Fortunately, if your redirects to alphapcnetwork.com are triggered by the sites you visit, any decent adblocker program will stop them with no issues.
An adware infection could also be why you get redirected. The infection is not dangerous but the ads it exposes you to can get annoying very quickly. Adware and similar infections are installed via the free software bundling method. Adware is attached to free programs as an extra offer and permitted to be installed without your explicit permission or without you even knowing about it. The method is quite frowned upon, and it’s not uncommon for programs that use it to be detected as potentially unwanted by anti-virus programs.
If you want to stop these added offers from installing, it’s not difficult to do because they are optional. When installing a program, choose Advanced (Custom) settings. The installation window will recommend you use Default settings but if you do that, all of the added offers will be installed alongside. Advanced settings, on the other hand, will make the offers visible, and you will have the option to deselect all of them. You simply need to uncheck the boxes.
Don’t allow any of these extra offers to be installed, even if they appear initially useful. If you allow these installations, you will fill your computer with useless junk that only cause issues. They can also be tricky to get rid of. It’s significantly easier to just uncheck a couple of boxes when installing free programs.
How to stop alphapcnetwork.com redirects
We recommend scanning your computer for an adware infection if you are redirected to alphapcnetwork.com and similar sites on a regular basis. It could have snaked in without you noticing. It’s recommended to use anti-virus software because adware infections can be tricky to get rid of manually. You also need to install an adblocker program.
If you have given the site permission to show you notifications, you need to revoke it. It’s not difficult to do if you can navigate your browser’s settings. If you do not know how to remove alphapcnetwork.com from the list of sites that have permission, use the directions provided below.
- 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 alphapcnetwork.com 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 alphapcnetwork.com 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 alphapcnetwork.com and any other questionable websites from the list. It’s possible to permanently turn off push notification requests by toggling off “Ask before sending”.
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