After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?" I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on? Thanks Mark
On 2024-01-29 16:10, Mark Hounschell wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
You are looking at the modern web. Install an ad blocker. Andreas
On 1/29/2024 10:27:01, Andreas Stieger via openSUSE Users wrote:
On 2024-01-29 16:10, Mark Hounschell wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
You are looking at the modern web. Install an ad blocker.
Andreas
Consider Pi-Hole as a "network wide" option.
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one?? https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ Should solve most of it. CWSIV On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
On 1/29/24 12:00, Carl Spitzer wrote:
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one??
This started after upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 via "zypper dup". Mark
https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ <https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/>
Should solve most of it.
CWSIV
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com <mailto:dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
On 1/29/24 12:00, Carl Spitzer wrote:
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one??
https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ <https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/>
Should solve most of it.
CWSIV
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com <mailto:dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
So McAfee is pretending to hack me so I will purchase McAfee? Mark
* Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> [02-04-24 10:32]:
On 1/29/24 12:00, Carl Spitzer wrote:
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one??
https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ <https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/>
Should solve most of it.
CWSIV
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com <mailto:dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
So McAfee is pretending to hack me so I will purchase McAfee?
just post your credit card numbers, code and passwords. the rest will be promptly taken care of without any more action required. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet oftc
On 04/02/2024 16:29, Mark Hounschell wrote:
On 1/29/24 12:00, Carl Spitzer wrote:
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one??
https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ <https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/>
Should solve most of it.
CWSIV
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com <mailto:dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
So McAfee is pretending to hack me so I will purchase McAfee?
Mark
Saw this the other day on a PC at work, in the Chrome browser. It has nothing to do with Firefox itself. Maybe in your upgrade from Leap 15.4 to 15.5 there's a Firefox extension such as an ad-blocker which hasn't updated with the FF version bump, otherwise it's mere coincidence. On the Windows work PC it said McAfee has detected viruses blah blah blah, click here to blah blah. Since it's a PC joint used by loads of different staff who pass day and night to do whatever on one communal account, with an outdated Windows installation, it wouldn't have surprised me that one of them had installed or downloaded some nefarious thing, and other staff pointed out to me 'look there's a virus on that PC' in a semi-panic, like we should do something about it. If I hovered the mouse over the link to the thing I'm supposed to do to resolve the matter, it clearly doesn't direct to a McAfee site, just some random dodgy site. I think I just clicked some config icon upper right and elected to not show notifications from this site any more, and it's gone away. But as others have said, install an ad blocker if you haven't already. uBlock Origin works a treat. gumb
On 2/4/24 11:00, gumb via openSUSE Users wrote:
On 04/02/2024 16:29, Mark Hounschell wrote:
On 1/29/24 12:00, Carl Spitzer wrote:
Clean install reformatting the home partition or reusing the existing one??
https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/ <https://adlock.com/blog/how-to-block-ads-on-firefox/>
Should solve most of it.
CWSIV
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:18 AM Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com <mailto:dmarkh@cfl.rr.com>> wrote:
After upgrading from 15.4 to 15.5 I get Firefox popup windows that look like McAfee messages. Like "Windows infected (18) viruses. Scan and remove with McAfee?" and "(18) viruses detected. Remove now?"
I have no McAfee software installed. What is going on?
Thanks Mark
So McAfee is pretending to hack me so I will purchase McAfee?
Mark
Saw this the other day on a PC at work, in the Chrome browser. It has nothing to do with Firefox itself. Maybe in your upgrade from Leap 15.4 to 15.5 there's a Firefox extension such as an ad-blocker which hasn't updated with the FF version bump, otherwise it's mere coincidence.
On the Windows work PC it said McAfee has detected viruses blah blah blah, click here to blah blah. Since it's a PC joint used by loads of different staff who pass day and night to do whatever on one communal account, with an outdated Windows installation, it wouldn't have surprised me that one of them had installed or downloaded some nefarious thing, and other staff pointed out to me 'look there's a virus on that PC' in a semi-panic, like we should do something about it. If I hovered the mouse over the link to the thing I'm supposed to do to resolve the matter, it clearly doesn't direct to a McAfee site, just some random dodgy site. I think I just clicked some config icon upper right and elected to not show notifications from this site any more, and it's gone away.
But as others have said, install an ad blocker if you haven't already. uBlock Origin works a treat.
gumb
AdblockPlus is installed. But what I am seeing is not a window in firefox. It is a little popup notification much like being notified of updates down in the bottom right of the screen. They all have the McAfee icon in them. My firefox is running on a different monitor. Where can I post a screen shot? Mark
On 2024-02-04 20:41, Mark Hounschell wrote:
But what I am seeing is not a window in firefox. It is a little popup notification much like being notified of updates down in the bottom right of the screen. They all have the McAfee icon in them. My firefox is running on a different monitor.
These are done using the desktop notification feature: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox If this comes from a website, (which should me mentioned in the notification), go to Firefox Settings / Permissions / Notifications, and remove/block websites you do not recognize. If in doubt remove all - they will ask again. If this comes from a plugin you are using, remove it (or all of them you don't recognize or need right now). Browser add-ons have been known to sell out to advertisers. Andreas
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