Aggravating McAfee popup

[tallyho8]

I will be reading a long story or watching a long video and when I start getting close to the end, this McAfee popup comes on my screen blocking it. There is no way to get it off except hitting control, alt, delete and using Task Manager to close the browser. Then you have to restart the browser and start over at the beginning at whatever you were doing.

I have good virus protection on my computer and have never had any problem with viruses since I installed it a few years ago. I have never had McAfee on this computer. I'm wondering how I can prevent this from popping up again.

 

[Eagle1]

Pretty sure it is browser installed popup notification app that self installs on various browsers. Several different variant out there. Here is one common variant removal.
Lan01.bid Virus Removal Guide

 

[TractorTYMe]

This is a push notification to your browser. What are you using? Chrome, Firefox.........you'll need to reset the push notification settings for your brand of web browser. Go to Settings and search for notification and block any new request for notifications, remove the current ones.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

That sounds pretty dodgey. What kind of sites are you visiting?

Kidding.

If you hover over the "scan" button BUT DON'T CLICK ON IT, is there a web address that appears in the corner of your screen?

I'm thinking they are trying to trick you into going to a site where a hacker tries to get into your pc, or they spoof a McAffee site and try to trick you into "scanning" your PC.

Sounds like you picked up some malware.

What is Malware? Definition, Types, Prevention - TechTarget

I use this software in addition to my antivirus software:

What is Malware? Malware Definition, Types and Protection

The popups will continue on your PC until you find and root out the malware you've been infected with. Quite a few antivirus programs will not find and root out ALL malware.

 

[Omega Woods]

Your computer is infected with malware, as others have said. If you're not comfortable eliminating it yourself, I'd call a local computer shop to assist.

 

[Farmer495]

I will be reading a long story or watching a long video and when I start getting close to the end, this McAfee popup comes on my screen blocking it. There is no way to get it off except hitting control, alt, delete and using Task Manager to close the browser. Then you have to restart the browser and start over at the beginning at whatever you were doing.

I have good virus protection on my computer and have never had any problem with viruses since I installed it a few years ago. I have never had McAfee on this computer. I'm wondering how I can prevent this from popping up again.

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I'd get a pro to remove that if you aren't confident. Looks like malware to me, no way would I click that. It screams scam.

 

[EarPlug]

Malwarebytes would good a getting rid of most of those. Cyber Security Software & Anti-Malware | Malwarebytes

 

[tallyho8]

Pretty sure it is browser installed popup notification app that self installs on various browsers. Several different variant out there. Here is one common variant removal.
Lan01.bid Virus Removal Guide

I searched my computer and can not find Lan01.bid on it.

 

[tallyho8]

This is a push notification to your browser. What are you using? Chrome, Firefox.........you'll need to reset the push notification settings for your brand of web browser. Go to Settings and search for notification and block any new request for notifications, remove the current ones.

I am using Edge. I turned off all the notifications ecept a few that I trust completely.

 

[tallyho8]

Before I install any new virus or malware protections, I will use it a few days and see if I get that popup again.

 

[tallyho8]

If you hover over the "scan" button BUT DON'T CLICK ON IT, is there a web address that appears in the corner of your screen?

I did that and it says http://otrck.com/click. I was just reading a link on nola.com and now this popup came up. Could it be that an antivirus seller is installing malware to get you to buy their antivirus?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I guess it's possible, but highly unethical. So I doubt it's actually being generated by McAffee. I mean it could be, I don't have any feelings about McAffee either positive or negative, but they are an actual "company", and I'd still like to think most wouldn't stoop this low. But I'm still thinking it's a ruse to get you to go to a pirate hacker site and click on something that downloads a virus, or installs spyware on your PC.

I think the only way you're going to get rid of it is to get some form of malware software to remove it. Most antivirus software has trouble identifying "malware" as harmful, so it doesn't get flagged and removed.

That hyper link is NOT going to anywhere on a McAffee website. I certainly wouldn't click on it myself.

 

[newbury]

Malwarebytes would good a getting rid of most of those. Cyber Security Software & Anti-Malware | Malwarebytes

I installed Malwarebytes 2 weeks ago to get rid of annoying pop-up and I know I opted for the FREE version of Malwarebytes.
It worked for the pop-up I was trying to get rid of, but installed it's own pop-up for the paid version of Malwarebytes.

 

[Eagle1]

I installed Malwarebytes 2 weeks ago to get rid of annoying pop-up and I know I opted for the FREE version of Malwarebytes.
It worked for the pop-up I was trying to get rid of, but installed it's own pop-up for the paid version of Malwarebytes.

That right there is funny....... but true.

 

[TractorTYMe]

These push notifications to web browser is a new way to push spam popups. It's a BS feature allowed by web browser, and most people click "yaddi yaddi yes yes yes *click*.....just give me mah stuff" and presto.........I've been in IT since the mid 80's.

 

[drssg]

Just for the heck of it, have you checked the list of installed programs on your computer to confirm that you don't have a version of McAfee installed?

If it's there, and that's not the antivirus you want to use, then I would uninstall it. It is common for a PC to come pre-installed with a trial version of antivirus software, and the nagging to buy it can be annoying.

 

[tallyho8]

I just installed a free version of Malwarebytes. I will see how it goes now.

 

[Arky217]

If you want to eliminate those type of problems entirely,
then drop Windows like a hot potato and switch to Linux.

I have been using Linux distros for over 15 years and I
have never had a single virus or malware problem.

 

[tallyho8]

When I bought this computer it had a program on it that tried to get me to buy McAfee. I uninstalled that program but evidently it left files on my computer. I did a long search for McAfee and finally, under Task Manager, Services, I found McAfee WebAdvisor that was running. I turned it off and have had no new popups from it yet.

 

[IXLR8]

When I bought this computer it had a program on it that tried to get me to buy McAfee. I uninstalled that program but evidently it left files on my computer. I did a long search for McAfee and finally, under Task Manager, Services, I found McAfee WebAdvisor that was running. I turned it off and have had no new popups from it yet.

Next time you start your computer I'll bet WebAdvisor will reload. You need to find that file and delete it, if you can. Make sure it is not running or you won't be able to delete it.