undowinowing.com is a deceptive website that tries to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. To do that, it misuses a legitimate browser feature, which is why you’ll get a browser alert saying “undowinowing.com wants to show notifications”. If you click “Allow”, the site will start spamming ads on the desktop.
undowinowing.com does not have anything on it, besides a message saying you need to prove you are not a robot. It’s implied that to continue to the site, you need to click “Allow” on the “undowinowing.com wants to show notifications” alert. However, if you click “Allow”, the site will be able to show notifications directly to your desktop. And when we say notifications, we mean ads. While legitimate sites show legitimate notifications, undowinowing.com will show ads. Don’t interact with those ads because you could be exposed to harmful content, including scams and malware.
The “show notifications” feature is completely legitimate, so it’s safe to give sites permission as long as they will show you safe content. You may even find the feature to be useful in some cases. For example, if you frequently visit a news website and want to see important news without needing to visit the site, you can give it permission.
It’s easy to revoke a site’s permission to show notifications in your browser’s settings. If you need assistance, you can use the instructions provided at the end of the report. The sooner you remove undowinowing.com from the list of sites with permission, the better.
What triggers redirects to sites like undowinowing.com
In many cases, users are redirected to sites like undowinowing.com because they do not have an adblocker program enabled while browsing high-risk websites. Some websites try to expose users to large amounts of advertisement content, which means they spam ads and trigger redirects no matter what users click on. Sites with pornographic or pirated content are particularly guilty of this, as they trigger redirects nonstop. Fortunately, these redirects can be easily blocked with a decent adblocker program.
Being randomly redirected could also mean your computer is infected with adware. These types of infections are not dangerous but the ads it exposes you to are very troublesome. Adware and similar infections get installed via what’s known as the software bundling method. The way it works is adware is attached to free programs as an extra offer and permitted to be installed without requiring your explicit permission. The method is quite controversial, and it’s not uncommon for programs that use it to be detected as potentially unwanted by anti-virus programs.
All added offers are optional and it’s not difficult to prevent their installations, as long as you know how. When installing a program, make sure to choose Advanced (Custom) settings. The installation window will recommend using Default settings but if you follow this advice, all of the added offers will be installed automatically. However, Advanced settings will make the offers visible and give you the option to deselect all of them. All you need to do is uncheck the boxes.
Allowing added offers to install is never recommended, even if you think some offers could be useful. If you allow these unwanted installations, your computer will be filled with useless junk in no time.
How to stop undowinowing.com redirects
We strongly recommend you scan your computer with an anti-virus program for an adware infection if you are redirected to undowinowing.com and similar sites on a regular basis. Adware infections can be tricky to get rid of manually so using an anti-virus program is much easier. You also need to install an adblocker program.
If undowinowing.com is showing you notifications, you can easily revoke its permission in your browser’s settings. If you need help to remove undowinowing.com from the list of sites that have permission, we have provided directions below. You can also turn this feature off if you don’t want to get future notification requests.
- 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 undowinowing.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 undowinowing.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 undowinowing.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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