How to stop Rcompanythath.com redirects

Rcompanythath.com is a generic website that pushes a social engineering scam to trick users into allowing ads on the desktop. This site and many others misuse a legitimate browser feature to do this. This is why you will see a legitimate browser alert saying “Rcompanythath.com wants to show notifications” when you get redirected to the site. If you allow Rcompanythath.com to show notifications, you will start seeing spam advertisements on your desktop. Those ads could expose you to highly questionable content or even malware so we do not recommend interacting with them.

 

 

The browser feature that allows sites to show push notifications on users’ desktops is actually legitimate. It’s merely misused by questionable websites. But as long as a site is legitimate, you can allow it to show you notifications. It may even be useful to you. For example, if you frequent a particular news website, you can allow it to show you push notifications. The site would then show important news alerts directly on your desktop. The contents of the notifications depend on what the site usually posts. If there comes a time when you no longer wish to see the notifications on your desktop, you can easily revoke the site’s permission. If you don’t know how to do that, you are welcome to use the directions provided at the very end of the report.

Sites like Rcompanythath.com frequently misuse this feature to spam users with ads. Such sites are usually disguised to look like entertainment, video game, sports, etc., news sites, but they don’t actually have any content besides a picture and instructions on how to allow notifications. As soon as you enter the site, you will be shown a browser alert saying “Rcompanythath.com wants to show notifications. Normally, nothing bad would happen if you allow a site to show notifications. However, if you give Rcompanythath.com this permission, you will start seeing advertisements on your desktop. The ads might ask you to participate in various giveaways or prompt you to install some kind of program. Whatever the ads may be, do not interact with them because you will be exposed to questionable content. If you have given the site permission, revoke it immediately.

If you are redirected to sites like Rcompanythath.com seemingly without a reason, your computer may be infected with adware. Thus, we strongly recommend doing a scan with anti-virus software like WiperSoft. If you delete Rcompanythath.com adware, the redirects will stop. You should also install an adblocker program to block pop-ups and redirects when you browse high-risk websites.

What is triggering the redirects?

Depending on when the redirects occur and how often, there could be a couple of reasons for why they’re happening. In most cases, it happens because users visit high-risk websites that show questionable ads. As an example, sites that have pornography or pirated content are usually considered to be high-risk because of their ads. You should not visit them unless you have an adblocker program installed.

If you’re randomly redirected on a regular basis, your computer may be infected with adware. Adware, as well as infections like browser hijackers, aren’t very serious because they don’t directly damage computers. However, as you’ve likely already noticed, they are very annoying to deal with. These kinds of infections come attached to free software as extra offers and are permitted to install alongside automatically without requiring any explicit permission. This installation method is known as software bundling. Because it allows random programs to install without permission, the method itself is quite questionable. And programs that use it are usually classified as potential threats by anti-virus programs.

The added offers are always optional so you can prevent their installation. To do that, opt for Advanced settings when given the option during installation. The installation window will recommend that you use Default settings but those settings will conceal all added offers and allow their installation without your permission. However, Advanced settings will make all offers visible. You will be given the option to deselect the offers you do not want. Generally, we always recommend deselecting all extra offers. No legitimate program will try to install using this questionable method so you’ll likely end up with junk even if the offers seem useful at first sight. They can also be rather difficult to get rid of once installed. It’s much easier to prevent their installations in the very beginning.

Rcompanythath.com removal

If you are regularly redirected to questionable sites, we would recommend doing a scan with anti-virus software. The scan would show whether adware is the issue or not. If there is adware, only removing it would stop Rcompanythath.com redirects. It’s also a good idea to install an adblocker program. It’s a useful tool to have installed because it will not only stop the redirects but also block intrusive ads.

In case you have permitted the site to show you notifications, you ought to revoke that permission sooner rather than later. Fortunately, it’s not difficult to do. If you don’t know your way around your browser’s settings, you can use the directions provided right below. In addition to Rcompanythath.com, you should also remove all other unknown websites.

• For Mozilla Firefox: Open menu (the three bars top-right corner) -> Options -> Privacy & Security. Scroll down to Permissions, press on Settings next to Notifications, and remove Rcompanythath.com and any other questionable website. You can permanently turn off these notification requests by checking the “Block new requests asking to allow notifications” box in the same Notifications settings.
• For Google Chrome: Open menu (the three dots top-right corner) -> Settings -> Privacy and security -> Site Settings. Click on Notifications under Permissions, and remove Rcompanythath.com and any other questionable website. You can stop these notification requests permanently by toggling off “Sites can ask to send notifications”.
• For Microsoft Edge: Open menu (the three dots top-right corner) -> Settings -> Cookies and site permissions -> Notifications. Review which sites have permission and remove Rcompanythath.com and any other questionable website. You can permanently turn off these notification requests by toggling off “Ask before sending”.