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needymacuser
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

How do I identify and remove persistent virus alerts on my computer?

Over the last three days I have been getting pop up messages stating that I have a Critical Virus, or that a hack on my computer has been detected. These pop up alerts appear every few second and at first I thought they were bogus, because one of them asked me to "Click Here to renew your subscription" to McAfee. But they are so insistent. and annoying, that I am beginning to wonder if there is something to them.

Attached are screen shots of the pop-up messages and I would appreciate any and all opinions of whether these are genuine or not.


[Edited by Moderator]

Original Title: Virus Alerts

Posted on Oct 27, 2026 8:51 PM

8 replies

Luis Sequeira1
User level: Level 9 (77,942 points)

Oct 28, 2026 1:06 AM in response to needymacuser

Yes, they are all fake.

These are notifications from some website that you unwittingly allowed.


Go to Safari->Settings, click on Websites, then select Notifications and see which sites are allowed to post notifications. Disallow all that you don’t want.

Zurarczurx
User level: Level 6 (8,142 points)

Oct 28, 2026 1:08 AM in response to needymacuser

In Safari go to Settings/Websites and hit Notifications in the LH panel. Delete all the websites that you don't want notifications from.


You can also untick the box at the bottom to allow sites to ask. If you don't then you need to stop allowing websites to send you notifications.

Niel
User level: Level 10 (756,437 points)

Oct 27, 2026 9:14 PM in response to needymacuser

They're all fake.


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needymacuser Author
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 28, 2026 11:46 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Luis, Thank you!

That eases my mind.

needymacuser Author
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 28, 2026 11:47 AM in response to Zurarczurx

Zurarczurx, thank you!

needymacuser Author
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 28, 2026 11:50 AM in response to Owl-53

Owl-53,

Thans a lot, I thought they might be fake, but they were so persistent.


needymacuser Author
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 28, 2026 11:52 AM in response to Niel

Thanks Neil! Those things are a pest!

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256384329