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Linkspeed.xyz

Posted: February 5, 2020

Linkspeed.xyz is a website designed to display unwanted advertisements by abusing your Web browser's ability to display push notifications. Depending on your Web browser, you may end up seeing Linkspeed.xyz's notifications on both your smartphone and computer.

However, Linkspeed.xyz can't just start using your Web browser's notifications – it first needs to get your permission to do this. This is why Linkspeed.xyz may host several fraudulent pages that claim to contain interesting content that can only be accessed by clicking the 'Allow' button. The button in question is found in a prompt that asks you to provide Linkspeed.xyz with permissions to display notifications – users who do not pay enough attention may easily get tricked into doing this.

However, this is not a critical security issue – you can get rid of Linkspeed.xyz's notifications by navigating to your Web browser's privacy settings, finding Linkspeed.xyz and revoking its permissions.

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