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There is one posting on this topic, but I don't understand the fix if any.  I have started to get what I know are fake Adobe Flash Update warnings in a popup.  The only way to close out the warning is to click on the tab's x in Chrome.  I certainly didn't'/don't click on Update.  I don't use Safari and haven't used Firefox enough recently to notice it there. I don't have Flash installed...hence, I know the warning is fake.Numerous MBAM Premium for Mac scans haven't identified any infections or PUPs.  Shouldn't it?  I am running 4.5.14 and Catalina 10.15.6.  No other antivirus.  Is an update planned for MBAM to fix this before damage is inadvertently done?

Thank you.

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Greetings,

Please see if the information in this topic helps.  If not, then take a look at this Malwarebytes Labs article to see if the info and instructions apply to your situation.

If none of that helps, please create a new topic here to seek the assistance of one of our Mac malware removal specialists.

Good luck, and please let us know how it goes.

Thanks

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1 hour ago, exile360 said:

Greetings,

Please see if the information in this topic helps.  If not, then take a look at this Malwarebytes Labs article to see if the info and instructions apply to your situation.

If none of that helps, please create a new topic here to seek the assistance of one of our Mac malware removal specialists.

Good luck, and please let us know how it goes.

Thanks

Exile360...very clear instructions.  Thank you.  I went thru the Google Sync instruction. When I ran a scan before turning Sync back on, no infections were detected.  Good thing or should I have had something.  I also went thru the Notifications in Settings, but nothing jumped out at me.  It was enlightening, though, to find out all of this info was there.  Will see what happens now.  Thank you.  

PS Porthos suggested Browser Guard.  I'll look into that next

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15 hours ago, Porthos said:

I would suggest installing Ublock Origin and Malwarebytes Browser Guard in all supported browsers..

uBlock Origin hasn't been supported on Safari in awhile; just fyi.  You can still use it on Chrome on a Mac.

https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158

 

Wasn't aware of a browser guard available on the Mac version of MBAM.

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14 hours ago, pmcjr said:

When I ran a scan before turning Sync back on, no infections were detected.  Good thing or should I have had something.

No, that's OK that nothing was found.  Hopefully resetting Sync does the trick, but if not then proceed with the next steps and the Mac malware removal experts will help you out and get it cleaned up.

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