OT: Sometimes when I look at some threads, the McAfee Virus page pops up. Happen to anyone else?

[Mr. Potter]

Weird

 

[rem524]

Yes, it’s happening to me too.
I’m wondering if it is some kind of browser “malware” that I hit somewhere.

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

Same.

 

[GrimReaper]

Unless you have McAfee installed, it's a fake. Haven't experienced it on this site, but on another.

Don't hit the links in the popup unless you enjoy grief.


Fake McAfee hits

 

[19333lion]

Unless you have McAfee installed, it's a fake. Haven't experienced it on this site, but on another.

Don't hit the links in the popup unless you enjoy grief.


Fake McAfee hits

It literally just happened before I got to this post. Grim is 100% right! Don't open!

 

[Catch1lion]

On my I phone when I go into a thread I now get a pop up lower right corner that’s tough to dodge . That’s new for me . If you try and close the ad it opens it. Don’t have that happening on any other sites thst I recall . Pop ups are triggered really easy lately .

 

[haveyoumethoward]

Been happening for weeks. Just 2 minutes ago as a matter of fact. I have to exit the page then come back in. A real pain. Make it stop!

 

[haveyoumethoward]

And again while trying to watch the movie trailers.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

May I suggest iPad hardware?

 

[BostonNit]

As a reminder, please do not reply to this thread unless you actually worked in IT for 40 years. Otherwise, your opinion and observations are invalid.

8 more years of Windows!

 

[GrimReaper]

On my I phone when I go into a thread I now get a pop up lower right corner that’s tough to dodge . That’s new for me . If you try and close the ad it opens it. Don’t have that happening on any other sites thst I recall . Pop ups are triggered really easy lately .

Been happening for weeks. Just 2 minutes ago as a matter of fact. I have to exit the page then come back in. A real pain. Make it stop!

And again while trying to watch the movie trailers.

They appear to be "push notifications." Ordinarily a website asks the user to allow these, but I never have so I don't know how I got them.

When they appear on your computer, they're called "web push notifications." You should be able to eliminate them entirely. Each browser has it's own procedure which you can look up.

On your phone, they're called "app push notifications." Gotta believe the phone OS has a means to kill them.

 

[bbrown]

Weird

Its happened in the past for me but probably not the last month or so. For me it started the day of the Umass game.
I got rid of them by going to Safari settings, Notifications and then delete all the ones for McAfee and then doing same things for the pop up windows (right below the Notifications). that worked for me.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

As a reminder, please do not reply to this thread unless you actually worked in IT for 40 years. Otherwise, your opinion and observations are invalid.

8 more years of Windows!

My son 1 recently earned a software masters at usc so I’ll continue to comment thx

 

[BostonNit]

My son 1 recently earned a software masters at usc so I’ll continue to comment thx

The charter member of the BWIPCC... BWI Pop-up Consulting Club.

 

[Nits74]

Every email I get, supposedly from McAfee, is automatically sent to spam by Comcast.