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<blockquote data-quote="Old MacBook user" data-source="post: 1900333" data-attributes="member: 410346">Just tried some of your suggestions. I clear my history every time I'm on line. A few years ago I was following a few auctions on eBay. I guess I stayed signed in. Long story short, my internet speed slowed down to a crawl. Turns out it was because my history was so full. So ever since, I clear it after every session. Moving on. I found the caches but did not do the mass empty because I could not see them individually. Then I opened preferences and &quot;manage website data&quot;. I removed several that I did not want or recognize. One of them being the (scan-mypc.xyz) web address that is causing this whole ordeal. then I went to preferences then notifications. Now I have no notifications. The system notification that had the &quot;Apple&quot; icon (with the set of gears) is now gone. Earlier I left it in but denied notification because I thought it might have been authentic. Looks like they were using a familiar symbol to fake authenticity. It worked! I was hesitant to delete it in case it was real. Maybe if it was real, it would not have let me get rid of it anyway like a lot of other core programs.( I never use Siri but I can't delete it)&nbsp; Anyway, It hasn't come back so far. I'm going to back out of everything and go back on web. If I do not post again tonite it's fixed. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks to all of you for your help. I think Ian nailed it...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Mike...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Western Kentucky,USA)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old MacBook user, post: 1900333, member: 410346"] Just tried some of your suggestions. I clear my history every time I'm on line. A few years ago I was following a few auctions on eBay. I guess I stayed signed in. Long story short, my internet speed slowed down to a crawl. Turns out it was because my history was so full. So ever since, I clear it after every session. Moving on. I found the caches but did not do the mass empty because I could not see them individually. Then I opened preferences and "manage website data". I removed several that I did not want or recognize. One of them being the (scan-mypc.xyz) web address that is causing this whole ordeal. then I went to preferences then notifications. Now I have no notifications. The system notification that had the "Apple" icon (with the set of gears) is now gone. Earlier I left it in but denied notification because I thought it might have been authentic. Looks like they were using a familiar symbol to fake authenticity. It worked! I was hesitant to delete it in case it was real. Maybe if it was real, it would not have let me get rid of it anyway like a lot of other core programs.( I never use Siri but I can't delete it) Anyway, It hasn't come back so far. I'm going to back out of everything and go back on web. If I do not post again tonite it's fixed. Thanks to all of you for your help. I think Ian nailed it... Mike... (Western Kentucky,USA) [/QUOTE]

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