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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1931324" data-attributes="member: 190607">It is becoming more and more common.&nbsp; As you have found, the McAfee adware is actually a malicious&nbsp; notification.&nbsp; You were offered the choice of being notified when you visited some Web site, and you clicked &quot;yes.&quot;&nbsp; You may have been tricked into answering &quot;yes.&quot;It's fairly easy to remove the McAfee adware from Safari.&nbsp; 1.) While in Safari, open Preferences in the Safari menu. Click on Websites.&nbsp; Click on Notifications in the column on the left.&nbsp; Delete all notifications that you don't recognize.2.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Privacy. Then Click on &quot;Manage Website Data&quot;. Click on &quot;Remove All&quot;. 3.) Still in Safari Preferences,&nbsp; click on Extensions.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; So far everyone hit by the McAfee adware has successfully gotten rid of it by doing the above.If you want to avoid such problems in the future, I highly recommend switching from Safari to Brave.&nbsp; Brave is a better browser in just about every way.Brave is the most secure browser available currently. <a href="https://restoreprivacy.com/browser/secure/" target="_blank">https://restoreprivacy.com/browser/secure/</a> Brave (free)<a href="https://brave.com" target="_blank">https://brave.com</a>Once you have installed Brave, here are some settings that you will want to adjust for best security:Brave menu —&gt; Preferences —&gt; Privacy and Security —&gt; Site &amp; Shield Settings —&gt; Notifications —&gt; set Don’t Allow Sites To Send Notificationsgo back to Site &amp; Shield Settings —&gt; Popups and Redirects —&gt; set Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1931324, member: 190607"] It is becoming more and more common. As you have found, the McAfee adware is actually a malicious notification. You were offered the choice of being notified when you visited some Web site, and you clicked "yes." You may have been tricked into answering "yes." It's fairly easy to remove the McAfee adware from Safari. 1.) 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. 2.) Still in Safari Preferences, click on Privacy. Then Click on "Manage Website Data". Click on "Remove All". 3.) 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. So far everyone hit by the McAfee adware has successfully gotten rid of it by doing the above. If you want to avoid such problems in the future, I highly recommend switching from Safari to Brave. Brave is a better browser in just about every way. Brave is the most secure browser available currently. [URL code="true"]https://restoreprivacy.com/browser/secure/[/URL] Brave (free) [URL code="true"]https://brave.com[/URL] Once you have installed Brave, here are some settings that you will want to adjust for best security: Brave menu —> Preferences —> Privacy and Security —> Site & Shield Settings —> Notifications —> set Don’t Allow Sites To Send Notifications go back to Site & Shield Settings —> Popups and Redirects —> set Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects [/QUOTE]

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