On Nov 24, 2024, at 7:05 AM, Les Streater via groups.io <les.streater@...> wrote:
Any ideas what else I can look for or do to stop these notifications?
I can almost guaranty you that you aren¡¯t infected with anything. Since there is no malware actually on your computer, any anti-virus software that you run won¡¯t find anything.
It's likely adware in the form of a notification that you were tricked into agreeing to. You visited a Web site, and clicked on a window that asked if you wanted notifications from that Web site. Of many you just hit Return to get rid of a pop-up while on the site.
Here is how to deal with it.
While in Safari, open Preferences in the Safari menu. Click on Websites. Click on Notifications in the column on the left. Delete all notifications that you don't recognize.
Still in Safari Preferences, click on Privacy. Then Click on "Manage Website Data". Click on "Remove All".
(The offender may be called "scan-mypc.xyz".)
Still in Safari Preferences, click on Extensions. Uninstall any Extensions that you aren't 100% sure that you installed on purpose.
It wouldn't hurt to close Safari and restart your Mac after doing all of the above.
See:
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