I do not have McAfee Anti-Virus, but recently messages have begun appearing when using my MacBook Pro. Attached is a screen print to demonstrate the type of message I get. The message will direct you to a website named, chioants.com.
Can anyone suggest how I can stop getting these messages? I don't have McAfee and don't want it.
Thank you for your interest and help with this problem.
Sincerely,
Phillip
Welcome!
Go to System Preferences / Settings > Notifications and see if anything associated with either McAfee or "chiosants.com" is shown in the left-hand pane. If so, select it and use the main pane to turn off its notifications.
If it is not there, you may have caught a dose of adware. Those can be manually removed but, by far, the easiest and only safe way to deal with adware is MalwareBytes. It is the product of a trusted contributor here and excels at finding and evicting adware.
Most adware infestations come from visiting unscrupulous download hosting sites that offer "free" what you know would cost money elsewhere. To make their money, they insert a little gift—adware—into the download. Common things that are infected: ringtones; fonts; drivers; screensavers.
To avoid any more adware, get MalwareBytes ONLY from the developer's site: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
The free version is run manually. The paid version runs in the background to intercept new incoming "gifts."
Welcome!
Go to System Preferences / Settings > Notifications and see if anything associated with either McAfee or "chiosants.com" is shown in the left-hand pane. If so, select it and use the main pane to turn off its notifications.
If it is not there, you may have caught a dose of adware. Those can be manually removed but, by far, the easiest and only safe way to deal with adware is MalwareBytes. It is the product of a trusted contributor here and excels at finding and evicting adware.
Most adware infestations come from visiting unscrupulous download hosting sites that offer "free" what you know would cost money elsewhere. To make their money, they insert a little gift—adware—into the download. Common things that are infected: ringtones; fonts; drivers; screensavers.
To avoid any more adware, get MalwareBytes ONLY from the developer's site: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
The free version is run manually. The paid version runs in the background to intercept new incoming "gifts."
I had same popups occur recently. Using older Mac with Catalina. I went to Safari, Preferences, Websites, Notifications and there found the icon for the chioants - adware along with a few others I didn't recognize. Click to highlight then choose Remove. Problem hopefully solved.
These notifications are spams/scams. As are the e-mail versions that say that your machine is infected (or may be infected) with dozens or hundreds of viruses …
Someone reported in another Apple Communities thread that Safari notifications used to pop up with a Safari icon, but then Apple added a "feature" to let them pop up with a custom icon. Now scammers use copies of the System Preferences / System Settings icon to try to fool victims into thinking the notifications come from their Macs.
To All,
Your responses are all appreciated. I found the culprit. Perhaps my version of Safari is different than yours. The path for me is Safari Settings --> Websites --> Notifications. The unwanted guest was listed within the Notifications window, where I promptly deleted that sucker.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phillip M.
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Look for this bogus item under System Settings, masquerading as the System icon. The poor english and bad punctuation are a dead giveaway. Shut it down by switching the toggle to the off position.
Also, Malwarebytes didn't catch this.
Unwanted System Warning Messages Requesting That I Should Update McAfee Anti-Virus
