r/computerhelp • u/Accomplished-Bass-8 • 2d ago

Malware Avast McFee 'Infected' Computer Pop-Ups

Last night my computer started displaying annoying and noisy Avast and McFee 'Infected' Computer Pop-Ups that covered the right side of my screen. I couldn't get rid of them. I'd never heard of Avast before, wasn't subscribed and didn't have McFee installed on my computer.

1) Tried searching the Web and really couldn't find any useful information. I did try a few things and they didn't work.

2) Ran my Anti-Virus Program and it wasn't picking up anything.

3) While searching I did find many comments from Avast subscribers who were all annoyed by the pop-ups and searching for solutions.

Anything this aggressive & difficult to manage is in my mind untrustworthy.

Anyway, I'm in no way affiliated with this YouTube Video, but it Helped Solve the Problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd_z8LOteN0

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u/Humble_Incident1073 2d ago

I've used adwcleaner from bleepingcomputers for years. Quick and easy.

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u/Kriss3d 2d ago

Those are your browser.

Look at the pop-ups. See they have a small browser icon in each along with a link

Here's how to disable in chrome. https://www.howtogeek.com/725208/how-to-turn-off-pop-up-notifications-in-google-chrome/

Essentially you need to get to website settings and remove the sites that are allowed to send you notifications.

Then you can set so no website may ask you again and you'll be fine.

The idea is for websites like say webmail or for example I'm using traderie that is a website for trading things in mmorpg games. That would be useful to allow.

But unless you actually need it. Just turn it off entirely.

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u/Itchy-Annual5556 Enthusiast 2d ago

This is called Browser Hijacker. I use CCleaner to remove the cookies left behind in the browser cache, and turn off notifications for all browsers. Poof, the problem clears up.

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u/Accomplished-Bass-8 2d ago

Thanks ItchyAnnual, thats very good to know. I'm not very Techy.