Fake McAfee Notification Alert

Question

My OS is Windows 10 my browser is Google Chrome but after getting thsi POP UP while on google chrome I got it while off line with all browsers closed on my desk top .

beginning this morning I have been getting a POP UP in the lower left hand corner of my screen about every hour lasting about 30-60 seconds .This message can pop up wither I'm on line or OFF LINE! intruding onto my DESK TOP so the mal ware must loaded on my computer's drive . I can not close these pop ups by simply clicking out side of the pop up box else where on my screen . It comes and goes at will out sdie of my control; . remaining there for a minute or so each time

saying :

" McAFee ALERT : YOUR COMPUTOR IS UNPROTECTED : YOU HAVE NO ANTIVIRUS PROTECTION : CLICK HERE TO ACTIVATE McAfee : CLICK HERE TO VISIT WEBSITE : mizmino.ru "

NOTE : My Anti virus is AVAST not McAfee ( I have never even downloaded McAfee )  and when I clicked on the Avast icon in my tool tray it said  "Avast is running your PC is protected "

Once the message was a fake Microsoft message saying " you computer has been infected with a dangerous virus .Click "CLEAN THE COMPUTER TO REMOVE ALL VIRUSES " -SYSTEM ALERT "CLICK HERE TO FIX THE ERROR " MIcroSoft Edge : Mizmino.ru"

I've scanned with Avast and with SuperAnti spyware but no malware was detected

I have not yet to scanned with malware bytes and EST online scanner

I searched on YouTube and found a video entitled: " Fake McAfee Notification Alert Removal - YouTube "

but when I tried to follow it there and tried to open my task schedule library I got message from Task scheduler saying "“ TASK System tools daily test :the object version is either unsupported or invalid “  and could not proceed .I tried closing this window and finally was able to view my task library but there was no app resembling the culprit app shown in the video so I turned here for help .

Answer 1

I just has the same experience. These are fake pop-up messages. Quite frightening. Do NOT click on them. I use Google Chrome browser. You stop them by going to chrome://settings/content/notifications in your browser and blocking "notifications" from the source. In the example below the source is "www2.news-back.org" I found they were on my list of "allowed" sites for sending notifications. Cllick the three dott to the right of their listing on your chrome://settings/content/notifications page and click on "Block." This solved the problem for me.

Answer 2

I downloaded Malwarebytes Premium and it it found nothing. I am still getting the warnings every 30 seconds.

Answer 3

That worked. Thank you.

Answer 4

I used free C cleaner .free Malaware bytes and ESet Online scanner and it got rid of it

Answer 5

Hi, I'm Elise, an Independent Advisor and I'd be happy to help with your issue.

The easiest solution to this would be to use Malware Bytes or similar tool, it will handle the removal process for you, as these type of malware are very good at hiding away to prevent you from disabling their actions.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Kind Regards,

Elise