How to Stop Flowvideo.ru Notifications
Flowvideo dot ru is a website that will attempt to coax users into allowing push notifications and pop-ups in their favorite browser.
The most common way you will end up on websites like flowvideo dot ru and similar unsavory pages is through banner ads and pop-ups served by rogue advertising networks on other web pages. Once you land on flowvideo dot ru, you will be shown a fake image of what looks like the interface of YouTube's video player, with a black image frame and a loading "circle of dots" icon in the middle.
The image is fake and there is no video or player. The fake video frame is used to coax visitors to click the pop-up that your browser will display. When you land on flowvideo dot ru, your browser's default "allow notifications" dialog box will show up, asking you to allow push notifications sent by the page.
Agreeing and allowing notifications from flowvideo dot ru will only lead to your browser showing an annoying stream of random pop-up ads. The fake video player image shown on the page only serves to trick visitors into clicking "allow" in the hopes that they will be shown a video.
Similar websites that attempt to trick you into allowing push notifications usually serve up pop-up ads sourced from rogue advertising networks. Those ads will impair your browsing experience and can expose you to potentially dangerous content and pages containing malware.
The best thing you can do in case you run into similar deceptive websites that attempt to trick you into allowing notifications is to simply close the browser tab and never interact with any elements on the page and any pop-ups.
