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Software is up todate. I went to a website the infected my computer "Turn on your Antivirus- Your Macafe has expired- Click here to renew-- Click to run Antivirus". Pop ups keep happening about every 30 seconds. I have tried every suggested way to stop it with no luck-
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.4
What worked for me was to:
Please let me know if this works for you, my software version reads Sonoma 14.3.1 so it may not be applicable to all.
What worked for me was to:
Please let me know if this works for you, my software version reads Sonoma 14.3.1 so it may not be applicable to all.
This solution isn't possible in Sonoma 14.1; there IS no "Deny Notifications for all Websites."
This is going to drive me mad! What can I do to stop it so that I don't just end up ignoring all system notifications?
Go to Safari > Settings > Websites > Notifications, and Deny Notifications for all Websites.
Please read Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.
Please read Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.
Please read Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.
Unless you have a specific need to have a Website pop up a Notification, then you will want to block it. There are not any websites that I use that I need to be notified of any action on screen, although that is just me. Allowing every website you come across to pop up a notification will make it much more likely that you will see the kind of Notifications that you had.
You can try to turn them on one at a time to determine which one is giving you problems. From the screen shot you posted, I would suspect the one named "NOTIFICATIONS".
Please read Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.
But I do not wish to Block All??? or do I???? - I did find unrecognizable website addresses in these location and removed them. Now things seem to be back to normal. I took a screenshot of these 2 places we seem to be referring to. If you see something fishy? or a reason I should BLOCK ALL? Appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. I had already removed the one that seemed to be the culprit BEFORE sharing a screenshot. I am going to now delete the "Notification" one The others I do like to receive up todate notification. Now I am a LITTLE more wiser to how this may work.
Thank you for your time and care!
Good Evening from Utah!
Is sounds like you got it figured out. A reputable website will use the Notifications as intended and they can be useful, but that is not the case for every site.
I would say the same is true for the Pop-Up Windows setting that you posted also. Some sites will require a Pop-Up window to work correctly and will usually tell you that. Other sites may use that to Pop-Up a dialog box that looks like a Software Update to get you to install some software you do not want. Just be aware of phishing scams similar to the McAfee notification and don't give out your Apple ID and Password to one of those.
The fake mcafee site leaves a cookie, which creates the pop-up. I think. I saw what the website was, went into settings on safari, went to privacy, manage website data, and deleted the offending website. So far so good.
Check keep getting messages to renew my McAfee,… for some suggestions.
Thank you!
Just Deny the Websites that come up in Notifications one by one.
How to turn off McAfee Pop ups
