1144: McAfee Popup/Push Notification scam

 So, in Chrome browser, first one then two or more other McAfee scam pushups frightening appear in the Windows notifications: Trojan Virus(es)..., 50% updates..., Subscription ending..., etc. In a nut shell it was a scam I think invited by going to a site that wanted you to verify you weren't a robot by displaying a screen asking you to verify via CAPTCHA by clicking on a "click" hypertext. You can read all about both the CAPTCHA invasion and the actual Fake McAfee notifications at these sites:

https://www.myantispyware.com/2022/09/26/main-captcha-virus-removal-guide/

https://www.google.com/search?q=macafee+popup+scam&oq=macafee+popup+scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.7698j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Beware that once you click on the CAPTCHA hypertext you are immediately notified of a Trojan Virus and asked to do Full Scan (another push button) plus something else. I did not and you should NOT go deeper into the rabbit hole by selecting any of the options! The intrusion has already been done and your browser has been changed to accept all push notifications from sites AND allowed the CAPTCHA bandit to place its site into the ALLOWed sites list.

The solution if you didn't climb further down the rabbit hole was to simply go to Chrome Settings, set the Push Notifications OFF, and REMOVE the site from the ALLOW list. The second reference above (McAfee) explains this for all browsers. The path to get to the appropriate settings may be slightly different in the versions you are running, but I am sure you will find them (see at end the Chrome actions I took).

You will also see many Malware software sites document the issue, but play it up so much you would think it impossible to fix on your own and would need their software. All those instructions were excess to the actual fix. They were just temping you to install their malware program. I already had Malwrebytes, ran it, and it found absolutely nothing. After reading the CAPTCHA reference it is understandable. You probably did NOT get a virus that an Anti-virus or malware software will detect. Push notifications go undetected and are a way for hackers/scammers to avoid these two software protection offerings.

So, in short for Chrome,  select the ... (more actions) at the right, then settings, then Privacy & Security, followed by Site Settings, Notifications (under Permissioins) and its "Don't allow sites to send notifications". At this point I turned if OFF completely. Continue down from where you are to the Allow List and check to see if the CAPTCHA culprit put itself there too. If so, go right while on the specific site and click on the ... dots to REMOVE.

Hopefull you are up and running. I WOULD do a full scan with your AntiVirus progam and scan with malware software anyway. Never hurts to run these. Good luck.