The McAfee Consumer Product Removal (MCPR) tool described in the McAfee support article TS101331 is only designed to remove the last traces of full McAfee antivirus products like McAfee LiveSafe and McAfee Total Protection. Remove Unwanted Browser Ads and Pop-ups (Virus Removal Guide) Malvertising, or malicious advertising, is the use of online advertising to distribute malware with little to no user interaction required.įilters out annoying ads and scams while blocking trackers that spy on you.īrowser push notifications: a feature asking to be abusedĪdware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector How to install and run a scan with Malwarebytes (Guide)
A significant portion is attributed to browser-based push notifications, and while there are a couple of simple steps users can take to prevent and remediate the situation, there is also some confusion about how these should be handled.
McAfee is tracking an increase in the use of deceptive popups that mislead some users into taking action, while annoying many others.
Your browser displays fake McAfee notifications
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