Virus attack? Help.

[Skyedriver]

Busy looking for someplace to do Prop Shaft repairs and this has popped up.
Ran AVG and Windows Virus check with Defender but they're still there and multiplying.
Help please

[GregK2]

Looks fake and likely has malicious links to follow to address the "virus"

[Turn7]

Do virus still exist in the old format ?

[outnumbered]

What's happened here is that you have allowed (probably accidentally) a dodgy site to "send notifications". You should be able to find out in your browser Settings which sites you've allowed, just delete the ones you don't want.

[Gtech309]

I've just solved this for my mum who had a different pop up (and it was mozilla)
it's not a virus but a notification

Try here and remove any websites that are able to send pop ups

chrome://settings/content/notifications

[Skyedriver]

Windows security says no current threats.
AVG says 5 virus and Windows can't scan the sepcified threats(yes that's the spelling)

[GregK2]

AVG being installed is probably the most concerning thing here

[Skyedriver]

Gtech309 said:

I've just solved this for my mum who had a different pop up (and it was mozilla)
it's not a virus but a notification

Try here and remove any websites that are able to send pop ups

chrome://settings/content/notifications

This sounded doable by a numpty, turned off notifications, then deleted browser history.
AVG says no viruses as does Windows Defender and pop ups have stopped but is there likely something still on the laptop?

[Skyedriver]

Deleted browsing data for the last 7 days, clicked "Block third Party Cookies"

One thing I noticed earlier was MSN tended to come up. But it definitely seemed like the Prop shaft company in Glasgow that set the thing off.
Am I safe do you think or should I run CCleaner or Malwarebytes or something else?
Thanks (in a state of mild panic).

[davek_964]

They were fake pop up notifications to get you to click on a bogus link.
No viruses were ever on the pc

[Skyedriver]

Thanks, if I'd clicked on the bogus link what would have occurred, I may have hit it at one point as the pop ups kept coming up?

[Skyedriver]

GregK2 said:

AVG being installed is probably the most concerning thing here

I have had AVG on this machine and others over the years but think I took it off a while back. Have just reinstalled it today. Should I get rid again?
It was AVG pop ups (and Google ones) that confused me in the first place

[Skyedriver]

outnumbered said:

What's happened here is that you have allowed (probably accidentally) a dodgy site to "send notifications". You should be able to find out in your browser Settings which sites you've allowed, just delete the ones you don't want.

I did start that but got into somewhere that I wasn't sure about. Lots of options,links, options etc

[LH.]

Can you install extensions uBlock Origin is amazing...

[outnumbered]

Skyedriver said:

I have had AVG on this machine and others over the years but think I took it off a while back. Have just reinstalled it today. Should I get rid again?
It was AVG pop ups (and Google ones) that confused me in the first place

How did you install AVG ? If it was via one of those helpful popups then you are screwed, machine will need reimaging.

[Skyedriver]

outnumbered said:

How did you install AVG ? If it was via one of those helpful popups then you are screwed, machine will need reimaging.

No, via the AVG website thankfully but in my panic, with more pop up happening every few seconds I don't know if I clicked one of the links.

[richhead]

Skyedriver said:

No, via the AVG website thankfully but in my panic, with more pop up happening every few seconds I don't know if I clicked one of the links.

AVG is a menace, get rid of it, windows defender is all you need,

[LH.]

Download ESET Online Scanner to double check.

[GregK2]

Skyedriver said:

GregK2 said:

AVG being installed is probably the most concerning thing here

I have had AVG on this machine and others over the years but think I took it off a while back. Have just reinstalled it today. Should I get rid again?
It was AVG pop ups (and Google ones) that confused me in the first place

It's unnecessary at best. At worst it's going to be a resource hogging paranoia inducing thing serving no purpose other than to try and justify its existence on your machine. Defender is all you really need these days IMO.

[Skyedriver]

LH. said:

Download ESET Online Scanner to double check.

Been running for the last hour with 0 detected