I started to see notifications sliding in and out from the top right corner of my iMac two days.
The notifications have the setting wheel icon followed by "ask you", "gmail is hacked", etc.
Look like my iMac is finally infected after having been using iMac for almost 20 years!
So, how do I deal with this?
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iMac 27″
Hopefully you fixed it by now. This results from a web site that you inadvertently gave permission to send notifications. It seems to persist even after safari and Mac restarts, software updates, etc. It's easy to get rid of if you know where to look. In Safari, click the Safari menu and select "Settings..." Click on the little globe icon labeled "Websites" On the left side of the box, scroll down until you see "Notifications" and click it. On the right you will see icons of websites for which you are allowing notifications. One of them will have the settings wheel and no name listed. Select it and hit the remove button below. Poof gone.
Weijing211 and MiggityMike are absolutely correct. Just one point to add...because I was not as computer savvy as them I went to System Settings instead of Safari Settings and did not see the same thing as Weijing211 and MiggityMike showed in their screen shot. Be sure you go to notifications in Safari Settings and you will be able to remove "Ask You." I actually had two of them!
How to turn off notifications for Ask you, reset Safari or clean it out of Safari.
This was helpful for me. It was all in Safari. I deleted the notifications in Safari and the problem went away.
mjmlagan wrote:
I keep getting an "Ask You" notification sliding in & out on the upper right hand corner. What is it?
Open Safari, Go to Settings, Select extensions and it's in there.
Hey there, and welcome to Apple Support Communities lilianfromvancouver,
We can certainly understand your concern and are here to help.
We recommend checking out these steps for more information on how to protect your Mac from Malware.
" Protect your Mac from malware
macOS has many features that help protect your Mac and your personal information from malicious software, or malware. One common way malware is distributed is by embedding it in a harmless-looking app.
You can reduce this risk by using software only from reliable sources. Privacy & Security settings allow you to specify the sources of software installed on your Mac.
> System Settings, then click Privacy & Security 
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)In addition to apps, other types of files may not be safe. Scripts, web archives, and Java archives have the potential to cause harm to your system. Of course, not all files like this are unsafe, but you should exercise caution when opening any such downloaded file. An alert appears when you first try to open these files. See Open an app by overriding security settings. "
For additional information, check out this link: Protect your Mac from malware - Apple Support
These steps will help ensure your device is working with ease and can fix common issues like the ones you’re experiencing.
Kindest regards!
Yes. This. And for those confused by the foreign language version of the safari settings window, here is what it looks like in English.
Thank you Weijing21 for your post above. Don't know where or when that was installed on my computer, but you helped me get rid of it.
This information does nothing to answer the original post. Please explain what we are supposed to do about this. "~~dont let it happen in the first place" is not helpful...
Worked perfectly for me. In preference in system panel, there was nothing in notification.
It was in safari application that I had this notification bug / Spam.
Great, thanks for this.
I've been using Mac's for about 40 years and haven't really paid much attention to all the preferences in Safari in the last few years, so this option/setting was a bit new to me.
I'd investigated the general Mac System settings to turn off Notifications per application, but I wasn't aware it was more finely grained in a similar function in Safari itself, so all good really.
Strangely, all of the searches on how to "remove ixisivomer" popups were very complex (and unnecessary) procedures which were really trying to get you to download yet another app to clean your Mac.
Same here. I have tried all the suggestions listed and its still not gone; nothing irregular showing anywhere. I did read somewhere that there was a command one can do in the Terminal; so I guess it is the next step.
With respect: I stated in my post that I had tried everything suggested. That includes your very clear instructions. There is absolutely nothing there that shouldn’t be which is why it’s so weird.
on a brighter note: yesterday I had no more pop ups, so maybe somehow it has gone with everything I had tried.
I am still very wary though. I am planning to upgrade my MacBook and normally I do an install from the backup. If there is still something there then I am not happy about doing it the usual way which means a complete fresh install from scratch.
How to remove "Ask you" Notification on Mac
