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Posted: August 24, 2020

Thewowfeed.com is home to a Web-based tactic whose goal is to hijack your Web browser notifications. But why would con artists want to do this? The answer is quite simple – they abuse this browser feature to deliver dozens of paid advertisements that will generate revenue whenever these advertisements are displayed or clicked on. If a page like Thewowfeed.com manages to hijack the notifications of a hundred people, the administrators may get quite a profit. Of course, it also is important to remember that the con artists behind pages like Thewowfeed.com usually manage dozens of similar websites.

The tactic on Thewowfeed.com works by displaying a message that reads 'Click the Allow button to subscribe to the push notifications and continue watching.' While the message is somewhat honest, many users are not familiar with the negative consequences they may experience by approving this change. First of all, the video that Thewowfeed.com hosts is likely to be available on many other websites that will not ask you to agree to suspicious terms and conditions. Second of all, no video is worth subscribing to Thewowfeed.com's notifications – this website will abuse this feature relentlessly to maximize the profit generated by its advertisements. The Thewowfeed.com notifications may often include shady links and content, so it is best not to interact with them.

If your Web browsing sessions are being interrupted by random notifications from Thewowfeed.com, then you have fallen for the tactic described above. Thankfully, nothing harmful can come out of this, and you should not be worried about your online safety. You should, however, eliminate the unwanted notifications by limiting Thewowfeed.com's permissions in your Web browser.

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