How to remove Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups (Virus removal guide)

What is Pushnotstudio.com?

Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups are a social engineering attack that is used to trick you and other unsuspecting victims into allowing push notifications. Push notifications are originally designed to alert users of recently published content. Scammers abuse ‘push notifications’ to avoid antivirus software and ad blocker apps by displaying intrusive advertisements. These ads are displayed in the lower right corner of the screen urges users to play online games, visit suspicious web pages, install web browser extensions & so on.

Pushnotstudio.com site displays a fake message that attempts to get you to click the ‘Allow’ button to subscribe to its notifications. Once enabled, the notifications will start popping up in the lower right corner of your desktop periodically and spam you with unwanted ads.

Threat Summary

Name	Pushnotstudio.com pop up
Type	spam push notifications, browser notification spam, pop-up virus
Distribution	malicious pop-up ads, social engineering attack, potentially unwanted software, adware software
Symptoms	pop up ads in bottom right corner of screen your web browser settings has modified without your permission advertising pop-ups won’t go away slow browsing Internet
Removal	Pushnotstudio.com removal guide

Where the Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups comes from

Some research has shown that users can be redirected to Pushnotstudio.com from shady ads or by potentially unwanted apps and adware software. Adware is a from of malicious software that can modify computer settings, redirect web-browsers to scam web pages, show annoying popup ads from various third-party ad networks and these intrusive advertisements is hard to close.

Most often, adware software installs on the personal computer in a bundle with freeware that users downloaded and installed from the World Wide Web. In many cases, it comes without the user’s knowledge. Therefore, many users aren’t even aware that their PC has been affected by potentially unwanted applications and adware software. Please follow the easy rules in order to protect your PC from adware and PUPs: don’t install any suspicious software, read the user agreement and choose only the Custom, Manual or Advanced install mode, don’t rush to click the Next button. Also, always try to find a review of the program on the World Wide Web. Be careful and attentive!

Remove Pushnotstudio.com notifications from web-browsers

if you became a victim of cyber criminals and clicked on the “Allow” button, then your web browser was configured to display unwanted ads. To remove the advertisements, you need to delete the notification permission that you gave the Pushnotstudio.com webpage to send push notifications.

Google Chrome:

• Click on ‘three dots menu’ button at the top right hand corner of the Google Chrome window.
• Select ‘Settings’. Then, scroll down to the bottom where it says ‘Advanced’.
• Scroll down to the ‘Privacy and security’ section, select ‘Site settings’.
• Go to Notifications settings.
• Find the Pushnotstudio.com site and click the three vertical dots button next to it, then click on ‘Remove’.

Android:

• Tap ‘Settings’.
• Tap ‘Notifications’.
• Find and tap the internet browser which displays Pushnotstudio.com browser notifications ads.
• In the opened window, locate Pushnotstudio.com site, other rogue notifications and set the toggle button to ‘OFF’ on them one-by-one.

Mozilla Firefox:

• In the top right corner, click the Firefox menu (three bars).
• Go to ‘Options’, and Select ‘Privacy & Security’ on the left side of the window.
• Scroll down to ‘Permissions’ section and click ‘Settings…’ button next to ‘Notifications’.
• Locate sites you down’t want to see notifications from (for example, Pushnotstudio.com), click on drop-down menu next to each and select ‘Block’.
• Save changes.

Edge:

• In the top-right corner, click on the three dots to expand the Edge menu.
• Click ‘Settings’. Click ‘Advanced’ on the left side of the window.
• Click ‘Manage permissions’ button below ‘Website permissions’.
• Right-click the Pushnotstudio.com URL. Click ‘Delete’.

Internet Explorer:

• Click the Gear button on the top-right corner of the screen.
• Go to ‘Internet Options’ in the menu.
• Click on the ‘Privacy’ tab and select ‘Settings’ in the pop-up blockers section.
• Select the Pushnotstudio.com domain and other dubious sites under and delete them one by one by clicking the ‘Remove’ button.

Safari:

• On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’.
• Open ‘Websites’ tab, then in the left menu click on ‘Notifications’.
• Locate the Pushnotstudio.com and select it, click the ‘Deny’ button.

How to remove Pushnotstudio.com popups from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

We are presenting a few solutions to remove Pushnotstudio.com pop ups from the Google Chrome, MS Edge, Firefox and Internet Explorer using only internal MS Windows functions. Most of adware software and PUPs can be removed through these processes. If these steps does not help to get rid of Pushnotstudio.com advertisements, then it’s better to use a free malware removal utilities linked below.

To remove Pushnotstudio.com pop ups, follow the steps below:

1. Remove Pushnotstudio.com notifications from web-browsers
2. Manual Pushnotstudio.com popup ads removal
   • Remove unwanted or recently added applications
   • Remove Pushnotstudio.com advertisements from Firefox
   • Remove Pushnotstudio.com pop-up advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer
   • Remove Pushnotstudio.com ads from Google Chrome
3. Automatic Removal of Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups
4. Stop Pushnotstudio.com popup advertisements

Manual Pushnotstudio.com popup ads removal

Most adware can be removed manually, without the use of antivirus software or other removal utilities. The manual steps below will show you how to delete Pushnotstudio.com pop ups step by step. Although each of the steps is very simple and does not require special knowledge, but you doubt that you can finish them, then use the free tools, a list of which is given below.

Remove unwanted or recently added applications

The best way to begin the computer cleanup is to uninstall unknown and suspicious apps. Using the MS Windows Control Panel you can do this quickly and easily. This step, in spite of its simplicity, should not be ignored, because the removing of unneeded programs can clean up the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer from popups, hijackers and so on.

Windows 7	Windows 8
Click ‘Start’. In the Start menu select ‘Control Panel’. Find and select ‘Programs and Features’ or ‘Uninstall a program’. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.
Windows 10	Mac OS
Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	On the top menu select ‘Go’, then ‘Applications’. Drag an unwanted application to the Trash bin. Right-click on the ‘Trash’ and select ‘Empty Trash’.

Remove Pushnotstudio.com advertisements from Firefox

If the Mozilla Firefox browser is redirected to Pushnotstudio.com and you want to recover the Mozilla Firefox settings back to their default values, then you should follow the few simple steps below. However, your saved passwords and bookmarks will not be changed or cleared.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and click the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu as on the image below.

A small menu will appear, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button as shown on the image below.

Follow the onscreen procedure to return your Mozilla Firefox web-browser settings to their default state.

Remove Pushnotstudio.com pop-up advertisements from Microsoft Internet Explorer

By resetting Internet Explorer browser you return your web browser settings to its default state. This is good initial when troubleshooting problems that might have been caused by adware related to the Pushnotstudio.com pop ups.

First, open the Internet Explorer, click ) button. Next, press “Internet Options” as displayed in the figure below.

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, press Reset button. The IE will open the Reset Internet Explorer settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and click Reset button.

You will now need to reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect. It will delete adware that causes Pushnotstudio.com popups, disable malicious and ad-supported internet browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like search provider, homepage and new tab page to default state.

Remove Pushnotstudio.com ads from Google Chrome

If you have adware problem or the Chrome is running slow, then reset Chrome settings can help you. In the steps below we’ll show you a solution to reset your Chrome settings to default state without reinstall. This will also allow to remove Pushnotstudio.com pop-up ads from your web-browser.

1. First, run the Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will open the Google Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed plugins. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, press “Advanced” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Chrome will display the reset settings dialog box as shown on the image above.
8. Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Automatic Removal of Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups

Is your MS Windows PC affected with adware? Then don’t worry, in the guide below, we’re sharing best malicious software removal utilities that can be used to delete Pushnotstudio.com pop-up advertisements from the Firefox, Chrome, MS Edge and IE and your PC system.

Delete Pushnotstudio.com popup advertisements with Zemana Anti-Malware

Zemana Anti-Malware is a malware scanner that is very useful for detecting and removing adware that causes Pushnotstudio.com pop-ups in your browser. The steps below will explain how to download, install, and use Zemana AntiMalware to scan and remove malware, spyware, adware, potentially unwanted programs, browser hijackers from your PC for free.

Download Zemana from the link below. Save it directly to your Windows Desktop.

Once the downloading process is complete, launch it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana will try to update itself and when this task is finished, press the “Scan” button for scanning your PC for the adware that causes Pushnotstudio.com pop ups.

This process can take some time, so please be patient. While the Zemana AntiMalware program is scanning, you may see how many objects it has identified as threat. Review the report and then click “Next” button.

The Zemana AntiMalware will delete adware that causes pop-ups and move the selected threats to the program’s quarantine.

Use HitmanPro to remove Pushnotstudio.com pop up advertisements

HitmanPro is a malware removal utility that is developed to find and delete browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, adware and dubious processes from the device that has been affected with malware. It’s a portable program which can be run instantly from USB stick. Hitman Pro have an advanced computer monitoring tool which uses a white-list database to stop dubious tasks and programs.

Installing the Hitman Pro is simple. First you will need to download HitmanPro on your Windows Desktop by clicking on the link below.

After downloading is done, open the file location and double-click the Hitman Pro icon. It will run the Hitman Pro utility. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to launch the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Next” for checking your device for the adware software which causes the intrusive Pushnotstudio.com popup ads. A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your personal computer and the speed of your computer. During the scan Hitman Pro will look for threats present on your device.

Once finished, HitmanPro will open a list of detected items as on the image below.

All detected threats will be marked. You can remove them all by simply press “Next” button. It will show a prompt, press the “Activate free license” button. The Hitman Pro will start to get rid of adware that causes pop ups. Once disinfection is complete, the utility may ask you to reboot your computer.

Run MalwareBytes to get rid of Pushnotstudio.com pop ups

We recommend using the MalwareBytes which are completely clean your PC system of the adware. The free utility is an advanced malware removal application developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti-malware technology. It’s able to help you remove intrusive Pushnotstudio.com advertisements from your web browsers, PUPs, malicious software, browser hijackers, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your PC system for free.

Click the following link to download MalwareBytes. Save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.

After the download is finished, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will try to update itself and when this task is finished, click the “Scan” button to look for adware which causes popups. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient. Next, you need to click “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware is a free application that you can use to delete all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malicious software removal tool, we advise you to read and follow the step-by-step instructions or the video guide below.

Stop Pushnotstudio.com popup advertisements

In order to increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted advertisements and harmful web sites, you need to use ad-blocking program that blocks an access to malicious advertisements and web-pages. Moreover, the application can stop the open of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of webpages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard from the following link.

After downloading it, double-click the downloaded file to start it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed in the following example.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guide like below.

Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick guide that will help you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your PC system, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop undesired advertisements, block Pushnotstudio.com, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your desktop.

Finish words

Once you have removed the adware using the step-by-step guidance, Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer will no longer open unwanted Pushnotstudio.com web site when you surf the Internet. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new adware, and then the best way – ask for help.

Please create a new question by using the “Ask Question” button in the Questions and Answers. Try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying Pushnotstudio.com pop-up ads.