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Firefox virus

Tony Clafton
Tony Clafton
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bold textI am recently getting continual pop-up notifications allegedly from Firefox saying I have 3 viruses on my PC plus another pop-up offering to remove them and secure my data. Antivirus scans by System Mechanic and Malwarebytes don't find any problem. Do you have a 'fix' for this.'bold text'

'''bold text'''I am recently getting continual pop-up notifications allegedly from Firefox saying I have 3 viruses on my PC plus another pop-up offering to remove them and secure my data. Antivirus scans by System Mechanic and Malwarebytes don't find any problem. Do you have a 'fix' for this.''''''bold text''''''

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James (On Leave)
James (On Leave)
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Are these small popups on the bottom right corner of Firefox windows? If so then thee may just be web push notifications from sites you have allowed to send you notifications. Instead of useful information, some may send you junk, spam or fake virus/trojan alerts in their attempts to try and infect you. This does not mean you are infected. You can revoke sites from sending you notifications.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox#w_how-do-i-revoke-web-push-permissions-for-a-specific-site

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