How to remove antom.xyz ads

Complete tips to delete antom.xyz

antom.xyz is a malicious website that users could encounter at any time after being redirected from somewhere else. Upon entry to the site, they are presented with a pop-ups that ask them to enable notifications.

The page in the background shows a message that includes the information that should convince users that clicking on the Allow button is necessary for one reason or another. The authors may use various social engineering techniques to deliberately show false statement and make people subscribe to the notifications.

Those pop-ups often include malicious contents and direct users to the sties that propagate scams or offer download of untrustworthy software. It is important not to click on any ads by antom.xyz as you might get tricked into providing your personal data, downloading malicious programs or get lured into fake money-making schemes.

If you have encountered those ads and have no idea what they are and how to get rid of them, you came at the right place. In this article, we will provide you more details about the scams, way to avoid it in future, what needs to be checked on system and how to remove those notifications.

What are push notifications?

Push notifications are a browser based feature that is used by many websites so as to deliver most relevant information to the users who subscribe to them. However, crooks abuse this service for insecure advertising networks for the maximum profits of affiliate marketing.

They design many shady sites including antom.xyz and spread them over the internet. All of them are a copy of one another and while service provider or Google manages to shut down them, new one emerges on regular basis. There are several different versions of the scam that you encounter when dealing with such sites.

One the element is the push notification prompts itself that never changes. The second component of the pages is the background. Usually, it includes a simply notification that is meant to encourage users to allow the notifications. You could see the message in the background as:

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

Other techniques such as fake videos or fake download prompts can be used. When you click on block button, you are likely to be redirected to another similar site or end up to the same page. The best thing is just leave the site immediately.

If you already clicked on the notifications, you need to delete this permission. Luckily, this can easily be done within the browser settings. Follow the guide provided below the post for your specific browser. Note that, you can use the same way to deny or allow notifications to any website.

Take care of adware infection

It is likely that you get redirected to antom.xyz accidentally by clicking on a link somewhere or get rerouted by a URL address. The redirect after clicking on any links from any insecure sites can lead to practically nowhere and the destination websites might include push notification scams, fraudulent messages and much more.

Likewise, browser redirects can also be a sign of adware infection. Adware is a type of program specializes in ads delivery and cause redirects. If you see those symptoms while browsing, you should definitely check your system for unwanted software.

The easiest way of removing PUAs is to run a full system scan using some reputable antivirus tool that can ensure that all the malicious files are deleted. Of course, you can remove the PUAs manually as well- check our manual instructions provided below the post.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove antom.xyz:

Remove the related items of antom.xyz using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing antom.xyz issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (antom.xyz) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to antom.xyz removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to antom.xyz still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove antom.xyz plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in antom.xyz removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete antom.xyz (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.