Is allowing firefox notifications itself a security threat?
I use a ThinkPadNotebook with Windows. While surfing with Firefox, in a careless moment I clicked "allow" at a notification request of a suspicious website (qltuh.check-tl-ver-116-1.com). After this a few other websites opened up rapidly and soon after notification at the bottom right corner of the screen appeared. I immediately went offline and deactivated the corresponding permission for notifications in firefox. In particular, I did not follow any link displayed on the bottom right notifications.
My question is: Did simply granting permission of notification to this webiste create a security risk on my desktop? Or can I rest assured, since I revoked the permission and in the meantime did not follow any links displayed by the notification?
Thanks for help and clarification!
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You can check if you have a Push permission for suspect domain(s) like shown at the bottom of the message and revoke this permission. See "How do I revoke Web Push permissions for a specific site?":
cor-el said
You can check if you have a Push permission for suspect domain(s) like shown at the bottom of the message and revoke this permission. See "How do I revoke Web Push permissions for a specific site?":
Well, I already revoked the permissions. The question is, if during the time period where I did permit notifications (but did not follow any of the links provided in them) some virus or other security threat may have entered my system.
By the way, my initial post already spelled out that I "deactivated the corresponding permission for notifications in firefox", so I am a bit surprised to get that kind of answer from a "Moderator".
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