I've started getting web advisor alerts saying I have viruses. The thing is defender says everything is fine. I've attached a photo of the message.
Scam, pointing to a website in India.
Defender protects against some malware but not the scam popups you are seeing. I haven't had a problem for years so I'm a bit out of touch with current products but I always used scans by Malwarebytes as a backup to protection by Defender. Malwarebytes is no longer free but it looks like it will scan during a 15-day trial period.
I'm sure others will jump in with current recommendations.
Hope this helps...
That's web push notifications. You've allowed them on some website and it's serving them up.
See instructions for common browsers (to remove the site not block all notifications)
Scroll down and expand the listed browsers. Ignore the Mcafee stuff.
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?loca...l=article-view
@johnk51, these are the best around ! If they don't stop them then there is another program that i can have you run & i will type up a fix & clean it all in one swoop !
Download these 2 programs & run them, when done post the logs so we can see if that problem goes away or do i need to have you run a more stronger program ??
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner >>> Download AdwCleaner
Please download AdwCleaner and save it to your Desktop
* Close all open programs and browsers
* Right click on the icon and select Run as administrator
* Click Scan now
* Allow the program to Quarantine what it finds except for Pre-installed applications if you would like to keep those or other entries you would like to keep
* When completed click View Scan Log File
* Copy and paste the contents in your reply
* Click Skip Basic Repair if it appears then close the program
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Full System Scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware >>> https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download
* If not existing, please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop.
* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
* At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.
* If the program is already installed:
* Run Malwarebytes Antimalware
* If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.
* Once the program has loaded, select Perform fullscan, place a checkmark on all hard drives, then click Scan.
* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
* When completed, a log will open in Notepad. Please save it to a convenient location.
* The log can also be found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Malwarebytes\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
* Or at C:\Program Files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\Logs\log-date.txt
*** Post that log back here or just tell me what it found ?
If it is to long then you will have to zip it or find a site to download it to & let me know where !
Post the logs so i can read them unless nothing is found ! If they are to big then zip them up & give me a link !!
Thanks !
Chuck
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