Please tell me how to get this off my computer

[u/alleeemm]

I clearly got duped yesterday and clicked on something I shouldn't and ever since this has been popping up on my screen.

I'm sure there's a way to get rid of it, but I'm not very computer savvy and don't know how.

I can, however, follow directions, so if someone can tell me how to get this crap off my laptop I'd be so grateful!

[u/rifteyy_]

A lot of bad advice and junk comments in this post. It is now locked as proper solution has been provided.

[u/MitAllesOhneScharf]

Just browser notifications from a website trying to scare you and trick you into doing stuff.

If that's all you "allowed" you can just google "disable notifications for Edge" and either remove notication permissions for that sptv-adguard[.]co[.]in website or simply disable the feature alltogether.

[u/B4DM4N12Z → u/MitAllesOhneScharf]

Yeah, I had this from a car website and had notifications about nsfw.

Deleting all cookies helped and stopped this (I deleted cache as well just in case).

[u/_MoonFry → u/B4DM4N12Z]

which website? for research purposes ofc

[u/B4DM4N12Z → u/_MoonFry]

I don't remember now, but I don't think the alleged content being notified would be safe.

[u/Czar_Chasm_ → u/MitAllesOhneScharf]

Also, maybe use a different browser (brave or firefox would default block a lot of this stuff)...

[u/309_Electronics]

"via microsoft edge"

Random domain.

Yeah thats scareware. Harmless in itself (most of the times) but it is the first stage of a scam or malware attempt. Getting you scared so they can manipulate you easily into unwantedly coopersting with them.

Simply go to microsoft edge and disable notifications. Or click the 3 dots and dissble notifications that way.

[u/Ryanoman2018]

"Click allow to continue"

*doesnt read that its asking to allow them to send you notifications*

"Why am I getting notifications?"

[u/CurrentAcanthaceae78 → u/Ryanoman2018]

people dont even read popups anymore, they just click whatever button is closest to make it go away

[u/WorldlinessNew4004]

Disable browser notifications completely or just check the notification settings on the browser and disable the ones that you don’t know and also ones you don’t need

[u/B4DM4N12Z → u/WorldlinessNew4004]

Deleting cookies stops this crap as well.

(I deleted cache as well, not sure if that made a change but I did it and it stopped).

[u/North-Memory-5406]

Stop agreeing to notifications!

[u/UselessDood]

Disable notifications in your browser settings.

Ideally, you should also be using a proper adblocking setup. I suggest Firefox + Ublock Origin, but Ublock Origin Lite is available on Edge if you prefer.

[u/SuperMichieeee]

When a website is asking you to allow notifications from your browser - do not click allow.

This is what happens, scam pretending to be real.

[u/godofcoasters]

Looks like scareware

[u/Designer-Crow-5470]

If a site ask you to "allow" something to continue - just close this site. It is a scam anyway.

[u/DutyNo6526]

Good lord, I haven't seen annoying pop-ups since winxp days 😂 nowadays just make sure not to enable notifications on websites(literally why enable tho?) try to always click not allow for anything a website prompt you to allow

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[u/konfyr]

why is it ecen saying ur using Windows 10 when ue using Windows 11 😭🙏

[u/Narinda007]

Malwarebytes best in the world

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[u/Financial_Bear_5042]

Não e vírus n, e so alguma permissão de notificação desse site q você ativou sem querer

[u/Wldavid]

You probably accidentally granted notification permissions to a sketchy site, so just go into your browser settings and turn those off for that domain.

[u/WorldlinessNew4004 → u/[deleted]]

That won’t work because they’re just notifications being sent on the browser rather than a virus that has been downloaded

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[u/B4DM4N12Z]

Did you accept cookies? I remember I accepted cookies to this one website (I was looking for car info but clicked accept on a shady website) and got these notifications (except for nsfw which freaked me out).

After I deleted all cookies and cache history from browser then it stopped.

Delete all your browser cookies and see if it helps. Maybe try without deleting cache as this will log you out of websites that you might not remember passwords for.

[u/petetrerice]

Disconnect from the internet for two weeks. Then douse with bleach, and then turn on. That should do something.

[u/Some-Panic8915]

Looks like you had windows defender turned off

[u/cgm_discord → u/Some-Panic8915]

No, Its a notification from a sketch website trying to trick people. Scareware.

[u/Some-Panic8915 → u/cgm_discord]

I mean how could that virus get past windows defender? Windows defender is surely off.

[u/CurrentAcanthaceae78 → u/Some-Panic8915]

its not a virus, its microsoft edge allowing notifications from a website, because the user clicked "allow notifications" when a sketchy website asked

[u/Some-Panic8915 → u/CurrentAcanthaceae78]

this makes sense

[u/Signal_Scientist_253]

Also stop using Edge.

[u/edward_breus]

This is a Rogue Security Software. Its primary goal is to trigger panic so you will pay for a "full version" of the tool to clean the non-existent threats. Instead of fixing your computer, it steals your money, steals your credit card information, and often installs even worse malware. Just try a quick scan on Windows defender and put them into quarantine. If that doesn’t work, try AdwCleaner it’s free, doesn’t take up a lot of storage and should finish the job. If you don’t click on the Rogue notifications, you should be able to have enough time to remove it.