Fake McAfee Virus warnings

Infected operating system
MAC OS Ventura 13.2.1
Infected device issues
Random scary McAfee warning messages of virus infection
Browsers affected by infection
  1. Safari
Browser Settings: Homepage and Default Search Engine
Homepage is http://www.apple.com/uk/startpage/

Search is google
Browser extensions
Norton Password Manager (1.3.5)
Norton Safe Web (1.3.5)

Hemeloid

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Mar 9, 2023
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Tried to clean by using Malwarebytes and CleanMyMac X with no results.

Random messages very annoying. Can anyone help me to rid myself of these?
I used to have McAfee from BT but had to remove it and had to install the overcomplicated Norton instead.

Safari browser Version 16.3 (18614.4.6.1.6)
 
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Jack

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Jan 24, 2011
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Tried to clean by using Malwarebytes and CleanMyMac X with no results.

Random messages very annoying. Can anyone help me to rid myself of these?
I used to have McAfee from BT but had to remove it and had to install the overcomplicated Norton instead.

Safari browser Version 16.3 (18614.4.6.1.6)
Hello @Hemeloid and Welcome to MalwareTips!,


Most likely you're seeing those pop-ups because of spam push notifications. Let's remove them:

To remove permission for a malicious website to send notifications in Safari on macOS, follow these steps:

  1. Open Safari on your Mac.
  2. Click on the Safari menu in the top-left corner of the screen.
  3. Select "Preferences" from the dropdown menu.
  4. Click on the "Websites" tab at the top of the Preferences window.
  5. In the left sidebar, click on "Notifications."
  6. Find the malicious website in the list of websites that are allowed to send notifications.
  7. Select the website and click on "Remove" to revoke its permission to send notifications.

Deselect Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications
 
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