Get Rid of False McAfee Virus Popups

[@danielwiener3157]

Thank you. None of the articles I read seemed to have a clue. They all suggested complex procedures or downloading various anti-malware programs. Your video very clearly explained that the problem was some website where I'd mistakenly given permission for notifications. But what complicated things for me is that I routinely have at least two different browsers open at the same time, often three or more. I first searched through settings on my Chrome browser without finding anything that looked like the culprit. But when I checked my Opera browser I spotted the name of the pop-up window and was able to block its notifications (and everything else about it for good measure). Problem instantly solved. This had become a very annoying distraction, and it always seemed like there should be a simple solution, which you provided. Thank you again.

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks Daniel, I'm pleased that you finally cracked it.

[@danielwiener3157]

@@daparocksstudio This is not an uncommon experience. I'll run into some problem with our refrigerator or our spa or an appliance, but their user manuals never even mention the issue, much less providing a solution. So I google it, and see lots of other people with the same problem, but the wide variety of suggested solutions either don't work or are too complex to waste my time on to try them. But then I'll find one or more KZbin videos where the person has had exactly the same experience as me, and has discovered the simple and straightforward solution, and provides a video of the step-by-step actions to take to fix it. That makes it so easy. And (as in your case) the comments then are filled with people who went through the identical process and are profusely grateful. So once again, thank you.

[@WiggityWagner]

@@daparocksstudio I too "blocked everything else about it for good measure". Is there any reason to NOT block everything from this website I want nothing to do with? Is there a way to delete it off my computer entirely? This information solved my problem instantly, thank you!

[@daparocksstudio]

@@WiggityWagner Hi, I get asked this quite a lot. There is nothing on your computer to remove, you don't have a virus. Instead, you are essentially on somebody's mailing list, and they keep sending you messages. Once you have blocked them, you will get no more messages, but in the background they will no doubt be trying to send you further messages, as it is fully automated and they have no reason to bother removing you from their list. As for whether you should block other things in the notification list, that's your decision. There may be messages that you would like to receive, such as from Facebook or trusted sources that want to message you from time to time. Good luck.

[@magiccalls4116]

thanks mate these notifications we're REALLY getting on my nerves, you saved me alot of stress and time figuring out how to remove these annoying messages you're really underrated +1 sub

[@daparocksstudio]

Hi, Thanks for taking the trouble to let me know. Appreciated.

[@BaddGotSteeze]

i absolutely love you. I searched all over google, and looked at like 6 different videos and nothing helped. Right as i was about to give up i clicked on your video and you took me right to where i needed to go to fix it. Much love

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great. So pleased that it helped. Thanks for letting me know.

[@peterbaker4065]

I spent hours, without success, looking at many videos on how to solve the pop up problem. This was the best, simplest and quickest way to solve this issue. Excellent! Thank you so much

[@daparocksstudio]

My pleasure, Peter.

[@crazeyspivey]

Thank you so much for showing me how to delete these stress-inducing pop up threats.

[@tacticalhawk4531]

Thank you so much sir! After watching numerous videos regarding this issue, I stumbled upon your video and now I don't have to deal with this nonsense anymore.

[@daparocksstudio]

Great to hear.

[@acidhouse3308]

Hi, thanks for taking the time and effort to share this info. It`s very much appreciated. I`m completely computer illiterate and i also experienced that EVIL Mcafee pop and had no clue how to get rid of it until i followed your brilliant instructions. Thanks again, cheers.

[@daparocksstudio]

It's always nice to know it has helped. Thanks for taking the trouble to let me know.

[@margueriteschneider8625]

Thanks from New York! My husband visited NBC News yesterday using chrome, and got bombarded with popups from security companies to buy their product (even though we have some of these already, they are bogus). Doing as you say to do cleared up the problem! You saved us the time and cost of going to a shop to have this fixed.

[@daparocksstudio]

Great news. Actually some decades ago I went into a shop in New York to ask directions and, to my surprise, the man in the shop gave me a free map. So, finally my debt to NY is paid and we're quits. 👍

[@charlesjackson2759]

Brilliant video. You fixed that garbage for me! What a hassle those popups are. They take up half your screen, always stay on top, and without your (settings) advice, pop up every three minutes and you can't X out of them. I also found those two as extensions recently added in my chrome browser and permanently blocked them in settings (three dots up right and scroll to bottom). Corporate viruses like that make your windows unusable.

[@jordancooper3855]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! everyone else was just showing that the popups were harmless but didn't show how to get rid of them. Thank you!

[@sarazayet6425]

Thank you, dude, It started to pop up and I was getting worried, plus even 8 Months later it still works, You're the best man.

[@drewski6843]

DUDE! Thank you so much for this video man. I just went to a supplement site to buy some products but ended up leaving with a spammer. Tried all my virus scanners and did not detect anything. I was like, yeah right, I'm not gonna be freakin scammed lol. Then I found your video. Thanks again, man.

[@extremly1019]

Even though I watched this video 6 months since the video I love how simple it was to turn this off. And all the other videos that I watched were so complicated and made no sense and this was a click of a button. Thank you so much

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad you got it fixed.

[@streets_aheadd]

AHHH THANK YOU!! didnt realize how simple this was lol. i guess this is what happens when your sister and her cousin decide to illegally download the eras tour via the most sketchy website possible 💀

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks for letting me know. Always nice to hear when things get fixed.

[@MerakiArtDump]

This was the only tutorial that worked for me. As soon as I didnt allow the push pop-up adds from chrome, all 4 pop-up adds disappeared and didnt come back. Thank you so much!!

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks for telling us, and happy it's fixed.

[@karenphillips7290]

Thank you so much! Your directions for fixing this issue were very easy to understand and execute. I appreciate the time and effort you put into helping others solve this annoying issue with false virus popup warnings. You ROCK!

[@daparocksstudio]

Thank you.

[@anthonyjimenez490]

brooooo... tank you so much. I just scan my laptop and they was no virus so I was going crazy and boom!!! there's the savior making this absolute helpful video. THE GOAT!!!

[@juliaevans9521]

I just used these steps on a relative's PC and found 2 items in both places which are now turned OFF. I am feeling hopeful (thanks to your video) that the push notifications are gone forever!

[@daparocksstudio]

It sounds as if there are.👍

[@salt9485]

Thanks so much sneaky jerks used the notification strategy and you saved me a MASSIVE head ache :]

[@seanhickey1560]

Thank you so so much I really thought my computer was hacked. I’ve only had it for a short while and thought that I really messed up. This was so help you don’t understand how much I appreciate this.

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad you're fixed up now, Sean.

[@sheenatroy]

So glad I found this. Mcafee fake account was driving me nuts every few seconds. Now blocked. Thank you so much. Very easy to understand and follow as well.

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great, and thanks for letting me know about your success.

[@mswiderska]

I’ve been having the same issue for over 24hrs. I tried 3 different videos and I couldn’t get rid of it. Just wanted to say a massive thank you 😊 In 4 mins I was able to start using my laptop again ❤

[@daparocksstudio]

Excellent. I'm very pleased that you got it fixed. And I appreciate the feedback.

[@deathbyshockolate]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! i even turned on the pop-up blocker and it didn't work, but this did. massive respect dude.

[@daparocksstudio]

Great news. Thank you for sharing that.

[@MelissaDelaney-k2q]

All I can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for taking the time to create this simple to follow video! Saved me a trip from going to Best Buy to visit the Geek Squad.

[@daparocksstudio]

That's very good to hear. Thanks for passing it on.

[@NormaDancer2]

Oh thank you so much! Brilliant! Saved me a trip to the computer store! I thought I had gotten infected with malate but the real McAfee didn't find anything. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad it's fixed, Norma.

[@lindafinegan15]

Just got rid of McAfee pop-ups coming in from another source. Thank you so much for a very clear explanation that was easy to follow and sorted the issue.

[@daparocksstudio]

Good to hear, Linda.

[@chansongkaing7364]

Thanks! This helped a lot! And this is the reason why i don't make games anymore, the antivirus said that there was no virus after like 10 check ins. So i searched up some videos and this really helped!

[@neillpatrick8395]

Thank you so much. I was getting worried I would never fix this problem. Your GREAT video was unlike the other suggestions I found, none of which worked. Sometimes on KZbin, the "gems" are hard to find. Glad I found yours.

[@daparocksstudio]

I'm pleased to have helped. Thanks for letting me know.

[@stuartboyer2817]

Thank you for the information. I was able to remove a false virus popup from McAfee. This saved me a lot of aggravation and probably some money.

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad to hear it, Stuart. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Wildfox5508]

Thank you so much!!!! The pop ups were appearing every minute, and they stopped now. That had never happened before I almost clicked on "install malware now". For me, it began after I clicked a facebook link to watch a funny video. Thanks for sharing!

[@daparocksstudio]

Pleasure. Thanks for letting me know that it helped.

[@gefd1983]

Superb video. I had exactly this issue but the permission had been granted through Chrome rather than Edge. I wouldn't have managed to fix this issue without your video, thank you so much.

[@daparocksstudio]

Good to hear, and thanks for letting us know.

[@CgtWgt]

Perfect, short, sharp, to the point and works.

[@HunterDuncan0509]

thank you for putting this out for all of our benefits. just got a laptop today and in less than 12 hours this happened to me. your video was super helpful 😀

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Allycat2208]

Thank you so much man. I figured it was a fake thing as there didn’t to seem to be a problem with my computer other than the annoying pop ups but I didn’t know how to get rid of the annoyance. You’re a life saver.

[@daparocksstudio]

Pleased you got a result!

[@dand3975]

The McCaffe popups seriously Piss me off. I will NEVER purchace their products EVER Again because of their rotton popups. Thank you for the video, I will block these settings as you showed. Ideleted the whole MCCaffe folder on my hard drive but every day get the same popup.

[@falcosirrus8620]

I used the same method as you. Thing is, within 20secs of me switching off notifications i had a call on my parents landline. My mum answered and a man with an Indian accent claiming to be from Microsoft asked her if she had switched off notifications on her laptop (it was her laptop i was solving for her). She told him she would get me on the phone but by the time i got there he had hung up. I have had plenty phone scammers call claiming to be from Microsoft but this one appeared to know my mothers laptop was in use and had switched off notifications to their pop up. Very weird.

[@puckarooo]

YESSS this happened to me but instead it was someone saying that i had visited an illegal website and will go to jail... I had clicked allow notifications on a sims 4 mods website 💀

[@PatriciaEileenGillam5479]

Yes exactly 💯 alert same old stories target from Microsoft account and Microsoft offices were taken those out of country due stolen from Google /Yahoo/AOL Mail and Outlook and window live no longers but won't let us see unfair false info talk about capture under 13 years old I am not on it without timeline non already breech alert mails serious displaying this not processing it failed and not work so far I know one of mine guard from North Carolina already has been delivered to message that one ox accent Indian name was false info from outside of country due not in USA ruined comes from former Samsung Galaxy mobile and Facebook account was scam for ask the different numbers of spies by tricky about winner and get money that's what I did not know that until found out there was a crawling into anyone of who has been accounted for used all of your apps same mine I said can't be there.failure android never show up not work from down load prefer a best Smart watch out of the different thing of platforms problems. Thanks again.

[@kamranasif2004]

Thank you. I tried so many antiviruses but to no avail. This worked like a charm.

[@robertwayne808]

This worked. Thank you for putting this on youtube. I hate these lousy scam thieves.

[@daparocksstudio]

We all do. They are bunch of sociopaths IMHO.

[@MrAwesomeSauce777]

You saved me brother! I was freaking out! I did allow a website when using a free calculator on the web for maths. Apparently it was that easy to fix! I started changing passwords for Microsoft, thought that hackers will hack into it but i just had to add restrictions in settings. Thanks for the video. The HP phone numbers online are also a scam👎

[@daparocksstudio]

I'm very pleased to have helped. Thanks for letting me know.

[@CobySchwartz-e7e]

Thank you so much this is the only video that helped and I was terrified I got a virus God bless you

[@daparocksstudio]

My pleasure Coby, I'm glad it helped.

[@Mc69legend]

After looking to much videos to get rid of this, this video was exactly was I was looking for, thank you so much!

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great! Thanks for letting me know.

[@lorraineruhl7738]

Thank you SO much! Easy to understand instructions, cannot believe I put up with this until I found your video, nothing else worked, not scanners, etc. And I have Malwarebytes Premium. Since the issue was something I inadvertently and unknowingly clicked on, I had to stop the annoying push notifications, as per your instructions!

[@Rocky-ry6uw]

Thank you so much. I have Windows 11 so it was a bit different to find the settings you showed but when I did find them, I shut most of them off. And all the pop ups disappeared. Thank you so much for this video.

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad you got it fixed.

[@officialyami5980]

thank you bro, went through a variety of videos trying to solve this issue and it not working but the last part saved me!

[@tynebean]

Just used this after trying to stream a movie and got the same popups. Worked 💯 thank you !

[@shazk.557]

Thanks so much for the help here. One question: we have just blocked them from sending notifications, could they be in the machine still? If yes, then how to flush them out completely? Thanks, again!

[@daparocksstudio]

No, it's highly unlikely in my opinion. All that happened here was that you gave an external website permission to send you messages - not to load software onto your machine. Now you have removed permission to send you the messages, so the problem should be gone. If you are worried that something may be on your machine, you should run an anti-virus or malware program, some of which are free if you do a search. If you have a PC, you should have that on your PC anyway. Windows Defender is built-in. Good luck.

[@shazk.557]

@@daparocksstudio Oh, that makes sense. Thanks a lot!

[@jamescalautti3231]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...!!! I spent hours watching videos about virus scanning and other subjects but your solution solved my problem immediately. And it was so simple. I will be forever grateful...!!!

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great. I am always pleased to hear when this video has helped somebody. So, thanks for troubling to let me know.

[@jamescalautti3231]

@@daparocksstudio - I had it happen today on another browser but was easily able to turn off notifications, so thanks again. What I would like to know is if there's a way to delete these programs from my PC? It seems I'm simply blocking them from showing notifications, but are they still there?

[@daparocksstudio]

@@jamescalautti3231 There are no programs on your PC, it's more like an annoying company that keeps sending you emails. They have your details - probably your IP address - and they just keep sending. Given that these people are basically criminals, even if you could reach out to them it's unlikely that they would take the trouble to remove you from their notifications list. They don't care. So, I believe that the best you can do is block them. I could be wrong.

[@jamescalautti3231]

@@daparocksstudio - Okay, so I've blocked these ads from popping up but is there a way to delete these programs completely from my PC?

[@girardirene6916]

THANNNNNK YOUUUUUU. This worked well for me. I thought I would have to do something drastic and it had me worried. Thank you so much for sharing. It saved me a lot of otherwise wasted time and anxiety.

[@daparocksstudio]

I am very pleased that it helped.

[@chrisgomes5048]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was really helpful.

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad it helped, Chris.

[@d.bradfordwalker6819]

I feel the same as the poster below! THIS RESOLUTION WAS EXCELLENT! 👌

[@daparocksstudio]

I'm glad it helped, and thanks for letting me know.

[@pierblanchet]

Français: Par exemple Edge. Chercher en haut à droite les 3 petits points. Choisir Paramètres. Choisir cookies et autorisation de site. Choisir autorisation de site. Tous les sites. Choisir le sujet à désinstaller et l'ouvrir par la flèche à droite. Bloquer tous, un à un. Espérant vous avoir été utile.

[@daparocksstudio]

Merci pour votre traduction.

[@larrywheeler8713]

Thank you - have a friend in a nursing home who asked for my help - you are the best!!!!!!

[@daparocksstudio]

Thank you. It's kind of you to let me know.

[@Grappng]

bro i thought that i got an virus

[@donmurphy1593]

Excellent.. was searching for an answer for over an hour.

[@Floweryii]

Only one that actually worked! Your getting a new sub

[@salt9485]

Youre an absolute legend dude thanks so much

[@thomasdahl2232]

All the extremely complicated explanations I got, and you solve it in seconds! :)

[@daparocksstudio]

Great. Thanks for letting me know.

[@joostelffersfilms6725]

Thank you so much! I was stressing a lot haha. But now they are gone!

[@kermitedits652]

OMG im subscribing no one can just get to the point within 2 min of vid thx so much

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks.

[@__pumkin]

thank you so much i was litterly crying because of this, i love you man! ty ty ty i got 7 pop ups in 5 minutes it wsa so scary

[@daparocksstudio]

I'm very glad to help. The people who do this kind of thing are heartless idiots.

[@monicagomez5072]

Thank you soooo much!!! I have spent hours trying to fix this issue. Problem solved with this video!!!

[@gavinblackmore7662]

thanks very helpful - switch off on the notifications

[@ricksiu2840]

Thank you this fixed it. I ran so many anti-malware that did not help.

[@daparocksstudio]

Great. Thanks for letting us know.

[@Dagon196]

Your getting a sub. I only recently got my pc then I was looking for mods on a game then I went and agreed to something them that’s when I saw the pop ups but when I used your strat I didn’t see them anymore. God bless you

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks, I appreciate you letting know, and I'm glad the problem is fixed. Well done.

[@Dagon196]

@@daparocksstudio all good bro your an actual life saver

[@redg8gt]

TY sir, got rid of mine too. virus scanner would likely never detect it as a virus/threat

[@daparocksstudio]

Correct. It's not a virus, just a message. Glad you're OK now, though.

[@bertjennings2109]

Brilliant mate, thank you much, straight and to the point it's much appreciated!

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks for the positive feedback, Bert.

[@CarlosMartinez-zh3ud]

Great information. Nice and easy to follow

[@norcompm3959]

excellent video. my problem has been solved because of this video. Like you , I could not for the life of me, figure out how to stop the pop ups, as I could not come up with the proper and correct language to get to the right video. Thanks again.

[@daparocksstudio]

Yes, it comes down to what you know. After I fixed the issue and made the video, I told my youngest son - a gamer - about it, and his attitude was, 'Pop-ups are easy to get rid of, you should have just asked me.' Still, at least we know now, should it ever happen again.

[@laytnspeeding7971]

Thanks for the help. Short, concise and accurate.

[@necromancer88something]

My computer finally doesnt feel like a drug trip after using it for 2 minutes

[@LaChismosa-fr5lc]

Wonderful!!!! Thank you for doing this. It worked and I enjoyed listening to your cool accent

[@daparocksstudio]

Thank you, glad it helped. What accent do you have?

[@EjectoSeatoCuz.]

Top Quality right here!

[@richmoore9444]

Well done. Simple, straight forward, and successful. Thanks for the video!

[@daparocksstudio]

That's good. Thanks for the feedback.

[@collapse6391]

Thank you so much it was my first time ever getting those pop up and I got so scared

[@daparocksstudio]

You were supposed to get scared, and then buy their software. I hope you didn't.

[@mc2e100]

Thank you! I wish I had found this days ago. I am going to share your video with others.

[@daparocksstudio]

That's great. Glad it helped, and thanks for letting me know.

[@nickyelr]

Thank you - a great help, was driving me mad

[@phantomforester9337]

Thank you. You would think McAfee would have taken steps to eliminate this threat to their reputation.

[@daparocksstudio]

Yes because somebody is profiting from this scam.

[@S0U1K33P3R]

thank you sososo much man. I had absolutely no clue what to do but this helped a lot and im super thankful

[@daparocksstudio]

My pleasure.

[@maxximus1]

i actually love you bro you deserve a sub!

[@daparocksstudio]

That great, thanks for letting me know.

[@davidshere2438]

All I can say is , Thank you so much! Worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

[@daparocksstudio]

Good to hear it.

[@ryanwilson8293]

Thanks so much. I was able to fix it in Google Chrome because of your video. You helped me out!

[@BusyBozz]

Thanks! Is it only blocked, but still on my pc? If so, any way to get completely rid of it?

[@daparocksstudio]

Hi, no it's not on your PC, and never was. It's not malware and it's not a virus. What has happened is that you accidentally gave a website permission to send you messages. And now you have withdrawn permission, so they can never send you these messages again unless you turn the permission back on again.

[@grub44]

THANK YOU!!! THAT THING WAS ANNOYING!

[@ytashy]

Thanks, was trying to install an mp3 off a website. It said I had to do a captcha test by clicking notifications and boom! Five viruses on my computer. Now each 5 seconds a message says that I have a virus (I uninstalled McAfee over a year ago and use no anti-virus) Gonna test it out! Thanks.

[@daparocksstudio]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, but if this happened while you were installing a file from a website, that might genuinely be a virus. I hope it turns out OK.

[@moparman5941]

Thank you. What do you do if this happens on an Android phone. (I use one for searching things at home no sim card) I have deleted all apps logged out of internet and rebooted it (twice to be safe)

[@daparocksstudio]

I am no Android expert, but I don't think that it can happen on an Android phone.

[@FnRxpz]

Appreciate u man mine kept coming through like a notification every 15 seconds so I blocked it now havnt got any 👍

[@daparocksstudio]

Glad it's fixed.

[@chiquita011999]

Thank you so so much.. I have a proctored test next week and I was getting concerned.

[@daparocksstudio]

I had to look up proctored test, but now I get. Good luck with it.

[@sassieranger6926]

Thank you man I hate those trying to take advantage of me bc I thought that I really did have a virus thank you so much

[@frankveri2241]

Thank you so much for creating this video. I was sure I had a virus or ransomware. All good now many thanks.

[@daveed3085]

Excellent, I did both options you gave, and cleared it. Thank you so much sir.

[@daparocksstudio]

So glad it helped.

[@rosecirafici9839]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is the only one that worked!!

[@martimcgahan6463]

The ads will not stop long enough for me to SEE what you have told me to do under settings....now what do I do.

[@daparocksstudio]

If the ads are push notifications, they should only appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. So that should not stop you from going into settings? Anyway, I am not a PC expert, but you could look for a video on how to start your PC in SAFE mode, this may stop the pop-ups while you address the problem.

[@timmymoniere5734]

You have time I can help you get rid of them

[@saiftoha6161]

Bro i love you, already like and subscribe

[@daparocksstudio]

Cheers.

[@Ken.Howard]

Thank so much but why not block all the settings under their name? Like Location, Camera, Microphone, block them access to everything on that settings page!!!!????

[@daparocksstudio]

I don't know what you mean?

[@diegovaldes3471]

Thanks GOD for you Dude! I owe you a beer.

[@daparocksstudio]

Thanks for letting me know that it helped, and I'm pleased to have helped.

[@martinhalley9668]

Thank you very much for your help, this has helped me finally get rid of annoying pop ups.

[@daparocksstudio]

Good to hear!

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

I really appreciate this thanks those pop ups were driving me crazy

[@russfraser]

thank you so much for the help here...........ur method worked perfectly to block the scammers............

[@YEETUS_DELETUS1]

Thank you so much. I hated getting it and you just made my day. Thanks for that. You're the man.

[@daparocksstudio]

Good, glad it's fixed, and thanks for letting me know.

[@shidamohdrashid704]

Thank you so much bro. Really appreciate this. Glad watch your videos. I almost make payment to this website

[@daparocksstudio]

I'm very glad you didn't.