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Virus alert

Hi everyone,


Since a few days I have a little warning about virus alert showing on the top right corner of the screen.

When I click it does open a page which is for sure a scam of some sort.

Did you had an issue like that and any idea to stop this pop up ?


Thanks for all advise.

MacBook Air (M1, 2020)

Posted on Jul 7, 2023 2:30 PM

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Posted on Jul 7, 2023 5:43 PM

Those are website notifications. The reason for their appearance is that agreed to have one or more websites send them.


Stop them by following these instructions:


  • Go to Safari's Settings (or Preferences) menu > Websites > Notifications, and remove everything there.


For reference: Change Websites settings in Safari on Mac - Apple Support


Don't allow websites to send you Notifications unless you are 100% certain you want them. I cannot think of a single reason anyone would want to invite that kind of harassment.


Refer to Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support. Deselecting "Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications" will prevent those websites from even asking your permission to be harassed by them.

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Jul 7, 2023 5:43 PM in response to fourky01

Those are website notifications. The reason for their appearance is that agreed to have one or more websites send them.


Stop them by following these instructions:


  • Go to Safari's Settings (or Preferences) menu > Websites > Notifications, and remove everything there.


For reference: Change Websites settings in Safari on Mac - Apple Support


Don't allow websites to send you Notifications unless you are 100% certain you want them. I cannot think of a single reason anyone would want to invite that kind of harassment.


Refer to Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support. Deselecting "Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications" will prevent those websites from even asking your permission to be harassed by them.

Oct 14, 2023 4:36 PM in response to John Galt

I am getting these popups every few seconds nonstop. I was concerned because even though I know they are scams, they appear to be official messages coming through the system settings. I get about twenty different messages. I tried your solution but each time I choose to Deny System Alert, everything freezes up. I have to force quit Safari and try again but the same thing happens. For reference, I have never subscribed to either McAfee or Norton despite the messages that my subscription expired. I do use Malwarebytes which was recommended by Apple and it shows no sign of any problem.

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