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Startrafficc.com

Posted: December 11, 2019

Startrafficc.com is a bogus page designed to display decoy videos and content that the users cannot view unless they perform a certain action. Often, tricks of this sort are used to promote fake downloads and updates that may contain a harmful file, but the Web administrator of Startrafficc.com has opted to adopt a much less harmful strategy – they simply ask their visitors to subscribe to the website's notifications. Although this might not sound like an issue, there are several things you should know:

  • Websites that ask you to enable notifications to view embedded media are likely to be untrustworthy.
  • In the case of Startrafficc.com, enabling notifications is a guarantee that you will be bombarded with unwanted Web browser notifications.

One of the pages designed to display the prompt for notification permissions states that the users must confirm that they are over 18 years of age by clicking the 'Allow' button. Needless to say, this age check is fake and useless – its sole purpose is to trick visitors into thinking that they will access adult content if they follow the instructions.

The notifications that Startrafficc.com displays may have varying content – affiliate links, blog posts, links to suspicious services and products, etc. The quality of the content promoted by Startrafficc.com's notifications is very low, so it would not come as a surprise if they also are used to promote Potentially Unwanted Programs or harmful software.

If you have allowed Startrafficc.com to display notifications in your Web browser, you should navigate to your browser's settings and revoke these permissions immediately.

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