Hi
Geek squad helped me out.
When I first clicked on the suspect link, apparently it changed a notification setting in Chrome (I noticed that the problem did not occur when I used Edge). There was no virus on my PC, but if you clicked on the link, some type of malware would be installed. The Geek Squad tech was familiar with the issue. He changed the notification setting, and fixed the problem in about 5 minutes. Unfortunately I don't know the specifics of what setting he changed.