Share via

Pop-up adverts have suddenly started to come up on my computer screen again.

Anonymous
2022-08-11T09:26:19+00:00

I have a problem that I need a definitive answer to so I can stop it straight away.

The problem I have hasn’t raised its ugly head for ages, so I thought I had it under control. I wonder whether I accidentally set it somewhere to cause it to return.

I am starting to get advertising pop-ups on the bottom right-hand side of my computer screen. Is there a setting anywhere that I may have inadvertently changed to allow these pop-ups to come up again? If this is the case, can anybody tell me where this setting may be so I can change it back to stop the pop-ups coming up altogether?

Thank you

HB

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

17 answers

Sort by: Most helpful
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. DaveM121 868K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-08-11T10:34:45+00:00

    Hi Heathside,

    Thank you for that information, those are usually created by the web browser

    1

    Open the Settings App, then go to System - Notifications and Actions

    Temporarily turn off notifications from the Edge app and wait to see if the notifications have stopped.

    2

    If the Notifications have stopped, re-enable Edge Notifications if you wish

    Then open Edge and click the 3 dots at the top right to open Edge Settings.

    In the search box in Edge Settings, type notification

    On the right scroll down to find the notifications settings. open that

    You should see a list of websites allowed to produce notifications, remove any website you do not want producing notifications and ensure 'Ask First' is set for websites to produce notifications, so they are not automatically added to the list.

    10+ people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-11T09:30:14+00:00

    The rt lower side of the screen might suggest the Windows Notifications

    Do you see advertising mail in your mail access?

    10 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. DaveM121 868K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-08-11T12:17:22+00:00

    Hi Heathside,

    That annoying McAdee popup and others are usually form some website, that would not be named as McAfee, they just feed notifications an adverts, they change the name of those websites regularly to avoid detection.

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-11T10:08:49+00:00

    I am now getting many more emails in my junk folder in Microsoft Outlook. However, these are easy to contain. The more annoying adverts are the ones that pop up on the bottom right-hand side of the computer screen. They linger there for ages until they eventually disappear. McAfee is one of the culprits, and there are a few others. I want to stop these adverts, in particular, from popping up for good.

    Where will I find the Windows Notifications to disable them? Or is there a blocker somewhere that I need to implement?

    Thanks

    HB

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  5. DaveM121 868K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-08-11T10:02:22+00:00

    Hi Heathside,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    1

    On the popup adverts is there the name of the app or website that is producing the adverts, can you please provide a screenshot of them.

    2

    What web browser do you use, is that Edge, Chrome... etc.?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments