McAfee Popup Scam

Topic

New Reply

I keep getting this popup. I don’t and never have used McAfee. Does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it?

Thank you

Daphne

Reply | Quote

Replies

Have you clicked, “Don’t show this again”?

Here’s one possibility if it persists:

McAfee you are at risk pop up!

Reply | Quote

I didn’t do that because I would like to remove it from my system. I have never had McAfee on this system!

Reply | Quote

The name “PC App Store”, which appears on the bottom line of your popup, is owned by the same company as “Fast! App Store” which appeared on earlier versions of the popup:

PC APP STORE — Fast Corporate LTD.

So I think you could look for any recently installed program with a similar name (or even “FA Really Simple Syndication (RSS)” in case that part is still the same).

Reply | Quote

NEVER default install anything, ALWAYS tick the custom install option.

here endeth the lesson.

Reply | Quote

b wrote:

…Here’s one possibility if it persists: McAfee you are at risk pop up!

Hi Deze:

If Control Panel | Programs | Programs doesn’t have a program called “FA Really Simple Syndication (RSS)” that you can uninstall then try running a scan with Malwarebytes Free (https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download for the latest v4.x if you have Win 7 SP1 or higher; https://downloads.malwarebytes.com/file/mb3_legacy for the legacy v3.5.1 for Win XP and Vista) to see if this malware scanner can find a PUP (potentially unwanted program) or PUM (potentially unwanted registry modification) that might have been missed by your antivirus.

If you haven’t used Malwarebytes before I generally recommend that users deactivate the 14-trial trial of the Premium features after installation at Settings (gear icon) | Account | Deactivate (see Deactivate Premium Trial in Malwarebytes for Windows) and just use Malwarebytes Free as a second-opinion on-demand scanner. I also have Malwarebytes configured to warn me before it removes any PUPs or PUMs at Settings (gear icon) | Security | Potentially Unwanted Items so I have a chance to review any lower-risk threats like browser toolbars, etc. that might be detected by Malwarebytes that I actually want to keep.

———–
Dell Inspiron 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v21H1 build 19043.1348 * Firefox v94.0.1 * Microsoft Defender v.4.18.2110.6-1.1.18700.4 * Malwarebytes Premium v4.4.10.144-1.0.1499

1 user thanked author for this post.

b

Reply | Quote

Thank you for help everyone. It popped up again so I opened Task Manager. It was at the top of the list so I uninstalled it. I forgot to write down the name so that I could tell you guys what it was. Now I just have to wait and see if it is solved!

 

 

1 user thanked author for this post.

b

Reply | Quote