MacFee Virus protection

[Deleted User]

peter021072 said:

So the general consensus is to get rid of Avast as well as McAFee?  It doesn't explain why i can't get rid of McAfee 

I mentioned the answer above:

Deleted_User said:

peter021072 said:

I've downloaded it and run it, yet it's still popping up, although I'm unsure what's flagging what!  Looks like I'll have to contact McAFee, 

Come across this before with a friend who allowed notifications from a website, just block the notifications in the browser.

Have a closer look at your notifications:




These are browser notifications that need blocking. You have inadvertently allowed push notifications from a dodgy website.

They are fake notifications.

Sounds like from your browsing habits you would benefit from an adblocker /malicious sites blocker.

clive0510

I used to have avg antivirus and also zone alarm , cant remember what that was for. that was on my previous pc. but now I don't bother with any of that.. I just have the security features that come with windows ten. never get any bother.

debitcardmayhem

Running adwarecleaner and malwarebytes(free) free may help

Grey_Critic

debitcardmayhem said:

Running adwarecleaner and malwarebytes(free) free may help

And then remove them. You can always put them back if you have a problem - I would also put Adware on - makes life a lot easier

peter021072

I downloaded Avast anti-virus because I didn't like McAfee and I thought Windows Defender was just a firewall. Presumably Defender serves as a combined firewall and anti-virus/malware programme?  It makes you wonder why HP provide McAfee with the computer at all.

gefnew

Kick back payments from the suppliers as always.

clive0510

peter021072 said:

I downloaded Avast anti-virus because I didn't like McAfee and I thought Windows Defender was just a firewall. Presumably Defender serves as a combined firewall and anti-virus/malware programme?  It makes you wonder why HP provide McAfee with the computer at all.

that's right. all you actually need, if you have windows 10 or 11, is windows defender. and maybe something like malawarebytes. 

peter021072

I've Deleted_User said:

OK I've finally found the place in Avast now which allows me to remove notifications,  I wasn't ignoring your advice.

Deleted_User said:

peter021072 said:

I've downloaded it and run it, yet it's still popping up, although I'm unsure what's flagging what!  Looks like I'll have to contact McAFee, 

Come across this before with a friend who allowed notifications from a website, just block the notifications in the browser.

Have a closer look at your notifications:




These are browser notifications that need blocking. You have inadvertently allowed push notifications from a dodgy website.

They are fake notifications.

Sounds like from your browsing habits you would benefit from an adblocker /malicious sites blocker.

Vegastare

Agree it is a fake, never seen a notification or alert like that from them had a weird one a few months back and more detail and was a scram....claiming my subscription was due to end......which I knew wasn't.

[Deleted User]

peter021072 said:

I've Deleted_User said:

OK I've finally found the place in Avast now which allows me to remove notifications,  I wasn't ignoring your advice.

Deleted_User said:

peter021072 said:

I've downloaded it and run it, yet it's still popping up, although I'm unsure what's flagging what!  Looks like I'll have to contact McAFee, 

Come across this before with a friend who allowed notifications from a website, just block the notifications in the browser.

Have a closer look at your notifications:




These are browser notifications that need blocking. You have inadvertently allowed push notifications from a dodgy website.

They are fake notifications.

Sounds like from your browsing habits you would benefit from an adblocker /malicious sites blocker.

Yep - so they are browser notifications coming from a website and not your own AV software.

I don't know which browser you are using but at least one of the notifications says "Avast Secure Browser" on the title which indicates you have allowed notifications in that browser from a specific website, the McAfee is also a fake but I don't know what browser has sent that notification.

Like others have said above, strip out all the unnecessary software and go back to Microsoft security with a good browser such as Edge / Chrome with an adblock like uBlock Origin and you will be better off in the long run that using additional AV software. And malwarebytes / adaware are excellent for a scan of the PC.

AV products do their best to try to make you feel more secure and therefore spend more money on them. I have never spent a penny on AV solutions ever in 30 years of computing and never will for home computing. Different for my business where I can't trust the users and we use enterprise Trend Apex One.

Your best defence against viruses is your own clicking finger - think before you click on internet links / emails etc.

Software firewalls on a PC don't really do what you think they do either but tend to lead users into thinking they are constantly blocking hackers and keeping them safe. If you are behind a router then unsolicited network traffic can't get into your PC unless you have opened and forwarded ports. They may stop outgoing traffic from malicious software but it is too late, you have already got malicious software at that point.

Personally I use Trend Micro AI protection on my Asus router and Cloudfare anti malware DNS (1.1.1.2 / 1.0.0.2) as my first line of defence, then Microsoft security on my PC and ensure all updates / patches / firmware are done regularly. Also enable device security in Windows 11 such as core isolation / TPM / secure boot.

Through my bank I get Malwarebytes for free so I have that installed for daily scans only - real-time protection is off so it doesn't interfere with Microsoft anti virus but that isn't necessary, just because it is free.