Remove Headcaptcha.live advertising virus

How to remove Headcaptcha.live? Do you see unwanted ads promoted by the Headcaptcha.live domain? Headcaptcha.live is a fake website. The purpose of the Headcaptcha.live URL is to try to trick people into clicking unwanted ads.

Many websites have been created daily that try to trick online users. Headcaptcha.live is one such website. By promoting advertisements through Headcaptcha.live, cybercriminals can make money. Cybercriminals do this by promoting ads as pop-ups through the push notifications settings in your browser.

Suppose you have given the Headcaptcha.live domain permission to send notifications through your browser. In that case, you will see pop-ups on your computer, phone, or tablet. These pop-ups are therefore sent through your browser.

To remove Headcaptcha.live pop-ups, you need to remove the permission to send notifications in your browser. You can find this information in this article. After removing Headcaptcha.live permissions from your browser settings, I recommend you perform a thorough scan with the tools as this article advises.

By performing a thorough scan, you will prevent any remaining malware that the Headcaptcha.live pop-up may have installed. Also, you will prevent Headcaptcha.live from showing unwanted ads.

I have tested these instructions to remove Headcaptcha.live. All information and instructions in this article are free to apply by anyone.

How to remove Headcaptcha.live?

Step 1:

• First, download and install Malwarebytes for free.
• Scan your computer for any virus.
• Continue to the next step.

Step 2:

Choose your browser from the list below and follow the removal instructions to remove Headcaptcha.live.

Google Chrome

• Open Google Chrome.
• Click on the Chrome menu button in the top-right corner.
• Click on Settings.
• Click on Privacy and Security.
• Click Site settings.
• Click on Notifications.
• Click on the Remove button next to Headcaptcha.live.

Disable notifications in Google Chrome

• Open the Chrome browser.
• Click on the Chrome menu button in the top-right corner.
• Click on Settings.
• Click on Privacy and security.
• Click on Site settings.
• Click on Notifications.
• Click “Don’t allow sites to send notifications” to disable notifications.

Android

• Open Google Chrome
• Tap on the Chrome menu button.
• Tap on Settings and scroll down to Advanced settings.
• Tap on the Site Settings section, tap the Notifications settings, find the Headcaptcha.live domain, and tap on it.
• Tap the Clean & Reset button.

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Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Click on the Firefox menu button.
• Click on Options.
• Click on Privacy & Security.
• Click on Permissions and then to Settings next to Notifications.
• Click on the Headcaptcha.live URL and change the status to Block.

Internet Explorer

• Open Internet Explorer.
• Click on the gear icon (menu button) in the top right corner.
• Go to Internet Options in the menu.
• Click on the Privacy tab and select Settings in the pop-up blockers section.
• Find the Headcaptcha.live URL and click the Remove button to remove the domain.

Microsoft Edge

• Open Microsoft Edge.
• Click on the Edge menu button.
• Click on settings.
• Click on Cookies and site permissions.
• Click on Notifications.
• Click on the “more” button right next to the Headcaptcha.live URL.
• Click on Remove.

Disable notifications in Microsoft Edge

• Open Microsoft Edge.
• Click on the Edge menu button.
• Click on settings.
• Click on Cookies and site permissions.
• Click on Notifications.
• Turn the switch “Ask before sending (recommended)” off.

Safari

• Open Safari.
• Click in the menu on Preferences.
• Click on the website tab.
• In the left menu, click on Notifications.
• Find the Headcaptcha.live domain, click on it, and then click the Deny button.

Thank you!