Remove hotbkatefu.today pop-up ads

hotbkatefu.today is a deceptive scam website that tries to trick users into allowing desktop ads. The site misuses a legitimate browser feature that allows sites to show notifications on users’ desktops. Legitimate sites would show useful notifications about the content they post. However, hotbkatefu.today, like thousands of other sites, is far from being legitimate, so its notifications will be questionable at best. If you click “Allow”, you will authorize the site to show ads on your desktop. The thing about these kinds of ads is that they could expose you to potentially malicious content, including malware and scams. Fortunately, you can easily revoke a site’s permission if you have given it, and you can find instructions at the end of this report.

 

 

Websites like hotbkatefu.today are quite prevalent, and they all aim to trick users into allowing ads to appear on their desktops. These sites take advantage of a browser feature that enables desktop notifications if permission is given. Unfortunately, instead of providing interesting content, hotbkatefu.today and similar sites flood users’ desktops with advertisements, which can be both annoying and dangerous. If you’ve granted this site permission to show notifications, it’s best to avoid clicking on them, as they could lead to harmful sites that promote scams or malware. Do not download anything from those notifications. Fortunately, you can easily revoke hotbkatefu.today’s permission to show notifications, and it’s recommended to do so promptly. You can find instructions at the end of the report if you need assistance.

It’s a good idea to scan your computer with the anti-virus program WiperSoft to check for an adware infection that might be responsible for all the unwanted redirects. What’s more, you should install an adblocker program to block the redirects, especially if you frequent high-risk, ad-heavy websites.

Redirects to random sites can be a sign of an adware infection

If redirects to questionable websites only happen while visiting suspicious websites, the site is likely at fault. Certain websites, usually ones with adult or pirated content, try to expose users to as much advertisement content as possible, and that means spamming and redirects. However, any decent adblocker program will be able to block both ads and redirects.

However, if you notice redirects happening regularly, there might be an adware infection installed on your device. Adware typically installs via a method known as software bundling, where it comes bundled with free programs as additional offers that are set to install automatically unless you manually opt out. To prevent them from installing, you need to deselect the offers when installing free programs.

When installing free programs, you need to choose Advanced (Custom) settings instead of Default. Advanced settings will show all additional offers, allowing you to uncheck the ones you don’t want. Go ahead and uncheck all boxes, even if some appear useful at first sight. Software bundling is a controversial installation method, and programs that use it are often detected as potential threats by anti-virus programs. Legitimate programs also don’t use this method of installation.

How to remove hotbkatefu.today pop-up ads

We recommend using the anti-virus software WiperSoft to check your device for an adware infection. If adware is detected, only removing it will stop the redirects permanently. If adware isn’t the issue, you need to install an adblocker program.

If you’ve allowed hotbkatefu.today to show you notifications, you can easily revoke that permission. Below, you can find instructions to help you do that.

• For Mozilla Firefox: Open the menu (the three bars top-right corner) -> Options -> Privacy & Security. Scroll down to Permissions, press on Settings next to Notifications, and remove hotbkatefu.today. 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 the menu (the three dots top-right corner) -> Settings -> Privacy and security -> Site Settings. Click on Notifications under Permissions, and remove hotbkatefu.today. You can stop these notification requests permanently by toggling off “Sites can ask to send notifications”.
• For Microsoft Edge: Open the menu (the three dots top-right corner) -> Settings -> Cookies and site permissions -> Notifications. Review which sites have permission and remove hotbkatefu.today. You can permanently turn off these notification requests by toggling off “Ask before sending”.