Bogus McAfee notifications about system damaged and infections.

[RickFisher]

Multiple MalwareBytes scans are clean.  Defender is on and no McAfee apps on sytem.

2024-04-13_001.pdf

[Porthos]

@RickFisher The following is yur issue. Actually not an infection.

Please reference the below Malwarebytes Labs article on Browser Push Notifications.
Look for the section "How do I disable them?"
Browser push notifications: a feature asking to be abused

Google Chrome:
Turn notifications on or off - Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:
Web Push notifications in Firefox

Microsoft Edge:
Manage website notifications in Microsoft Edge

[David H. Lipman]

@RickFisher

These are called FakeAlerts.  They are not malware that exist on a PC to detect on a scan.  They are a kind of Malicious Advertisements (aka; Malvertisements) .

Most exist as web pages but many others are "received" as Browser Push Notifications as the PDF graphics suggest.

 

 

EDIT:

 

@RickFisher

Did you scan this it into PDF Format (Scanitto Pro) from some printed graphics?

If yes, where did you get the graphics to scan into the PC ?

 

Edited April 14 by David H. Lipman
Edited for content, clarity, spelling and/or grammar

[AdvancedSetup]

@RickFisher

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[RickFisher]

Solved.  I turned off Notifications all over the place, and it worked.   Thanks.

[AdvancedSetup]

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