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packhntr3060
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March 27, 2020, 09:42:31 PM »
Hello all. Not sure where this needs to go. I am suddenly getting fake "your McAffe subscription is expired" popups and it appears to be through Chrome. Avast is NOT detecting it or finding it when scanning. HELP. I want to get rid of it!
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Pondus
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March 27, 2020, 10:12:23 PM »
Clear your browser surf history cache
Run Malwarebytes AdwCleaner >>
https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
did that solve it ?
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March 27, 2020, 10:27:04 PM »
Adware and PUPs families add push notifications as an attack vector
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/adware/2019/06/adware-and-pups-families-add-push-notifications-as-an-attack-vector/
Browser push notifications: a feature asking to be abused
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/technology/2019/01/browser-push-notifications-feature-asking-abused/
The second link contain info about how to disable it
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packhntr3060
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March 27, 2020, 10:48:46 PM »
No sir. Nothing changed.
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