Gossip-celeb-stories.com Pushes Annoying Pop-Ups

Gossip-celeb-stories dot com is a misleading website whose only purpose is to lure visitors into accepting annoying and intrusive ads in their browser.

When a user lands on Gossip-celeb-stories dot com, usually by clicking a rogue ad banner or pop-up, they will be greeted with a very generic page. The party behind the website hasn't even made an effort to make the page look like it has something to do with celebs or news. The page will display a stock image of a download icon. Along with it, the page will trigger the browser's default "allow notifications" dialog box to appear.

Clicking "allow" in the box will not lead to any downloads, nor will it display any news related to celebrities. The only purpose of the website is to inject annoying and potentially harmful ads into the user's browser.

If you click "allow" in the push notifications prompt, your browser will start displaying intrusive and annoying ads. Some of those ads can be sourced from rogue ad networks and redirect to malicious, unsafe and misleading pages, potentially exposing the user to further threats.

The best thing you can do to stay safe if you see a similar fishy site asking you to allow notifications is to just close the browser window and never click on any element on the page.