"DigitalDataSearch", and why am I getting a pop-up that says, "Do you want the "DigitalDataSeach" to accept incoming network connections

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"DigitalDataSearch", and why am I getting a pop-up that says, "Do you want the "DigitalDataSeach" to accept incoming network connections

What is DigitalDataSearch (not misspelled, there are no spaces between the words as it appears on a pop-up) and why am I getting a pop-up that says, "Do you want the "DigitalDataSeach" to accept incoming network connections? Is this malware or something else? What is it and how do I stop the pop-up? I have a screen shot of the pop-up, don't know how to attach it to this enquiry.

I am currently running and it is up to date, macOS Mojave.

MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 22, 2019 1:36 PM

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Barney-15E

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Dec 22, 2019 1:45 PM in response to Wild Ringo

One, you have the Firewall enabled. Probably not necessary, but it alerted you to another problem.

Two, you've downloaded and installed some form of Adware. Try Etrecheck or MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac to remove it.

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Wild Ringo Author

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Dec 22, 2019 1:49 PM in response to Barney-15E

How are you sure I have downloaded and installed anything? I don't think I have downloaded or installed any type of Adware. And Don't want to install either of the suggested to remove something that more than likely not there.