Reinstalling Safari (Tahoe)

Did you read the link provided by John Galt? Here it is again:

Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.

Anything sliding in from the top right is a notification. They can say anything, whether they're true or not.

Noted in the same link, turn off all push notifications in Safari's preferences. You'll never see anything like this again.

After doing some digging I found fix for this "fumadt.co.in" Safari issue that has been driving me bonkers as it sends notifications about every 6 min. Type this in your google search: "How do I get rid of fake virus pop-ups on Safari?" You will get several different results... simple ones from resetting your browser history to others that have you remove malicious Safari extensions and loading profiles from the system. These are the two that worked for me. Since I do not have any of the software apps installed that everyone else mentioned, I feel that in my case this was a site that must have duped me into clicking on something that installed/allowed the browser extension. These two tips solved my problems specific to "13 Viruses Detected! from fumadt.co.in Your browser is infected! Action required!" notice.

• On Mac: Open Safari, go to Safari > Settings > Websites > Notifications. A list of websites that can send notifications will appear. Select any suspicious websites and choose to Remove them. 
• On Mac: Check for malicious profiles by going to System Settings > Profiles and removing any you don't recognize. 

After running scans by F-Secure and by CleanMyMac, they found nothing. Also Activity Monitor shows nothing, Finder search shows up nothing - but the notification just keeps pestering.

By running those products, you may have corrupted your Mac to the point it must be erased and reconfigured from the ground up. There is no other practicable solution.

Browser notifications are not a virus and they are not malware. The reason for their appearance is that you asked for them. Undoing that decision is easy. Read Stop unwanted Notifications - Apple Community.

Undoing the decision to install those "anti-virus" products is not easy. Rule 1 of Macs is don't install junk.

What next?

Erase the Mac.

Part 1 of 2

I second what my colleague has outlined + 1

Windows-like viruses that self-replicate and affect macOS don’t exist because of the underlying UNIX Foundation and permission limitations.

The macOS operating system resides in a sealed and read-only volume that can’t be opened by users or third-party applications.

Mac app security enhancements are sufficient to protect computers from malware.

Adware and Malware can affect computers and are often downloaded from “shady” websites or developers who inject them into downloads.

Source: User tip from @Kurt Lang

What is malware? - Apple Community

Part 2 of 2

Any Third Party Applications that will interfere with the normal operation of the OS,  is an invitation for disaster. 

Certain Applications maybe available on the Apple Apps Store - this only means the Developer is prepared to pay Apple a percentage on each sale. 

What the Application may do to the computer is up to the User to check this out before purchase

Disk Cleaner 

CleanMyMac , aka “ BrickMyMac “

What the Application may do to the computer is up to the User to check this out before purchase

To put the Third Party Disk Cleaner / Optimizer in context and the damages it may have or has already done.

This type of applications can or will Muck Up your User Account ( Home Folder ) of this machine.

It does not touch the Operating System itself unless you consider your User Account ( Home Folder ) as part of the Operating System.

The Operating System is hosed

As you wish; it's your Mac. It may however interest you to know my recommendations are predicted on personal experience with those specific products, both of which make absurd claims that contradicted empirically derived and quantitatively measurable data. That's just the beginning.

Your Mac will never function properly with them installed. Many people are surprised to find out how well their Macs work without them... but it's not a matter of simply removing them. Latent effects of having used them at any time in the past cannot be reversed by merely removing them, even when accomplished in strict accordance with their respective uninstallation instructions. The uninstallation instructions for "F-Secure" in particular proved to be ineffective, and erasing the Mac was required. As far as "CleanMyMac" or similarly categorized "cleaning" products are concerned, they are capable of indiscriminately removing essential files required by macOS, resulting in suboptimal operation that cannot readily be identified or corrected. Again, that can manifest even after all components were correctly and permanently eradicated. Sometimes those symptoms do not become apparent until after a macOS update or upgrade is performed, which could be months or years after they were removed and generally forgotten about.

How many times do you hear a macOS upgrade or update resulted in poor performance / crashing / degraded battery life / etc? Now you know the reason.

So my advice stands. Erase the Mac, unless of course you have become inured to decades of tolerating poor operation, or a frequent and premature need to replace it. Apple certainly won't mind.

I don't have ANY for those apps on my Mac (and never have) and am having exactly the same issues as of this morning.

spodonahue wrote:

After doing some digging ...

The only digging you or anyone else needed to do was to read the replies already posted to this Discussion. No Google required.