Aaarggghhhh! Need computer help!

[dreamshark]

 My Chrome browser is infected with fake virus popups and I can't seem to get rid of it. I tried doing the Chrome computer cleanup trick from settings, but that didn't work. Anybody know how to get rid of this thing?

ETA: Well, I think I got it with the second Chrome settings trick. Privacy and Security -> Site Settings.

On that pane I could see the two sites that were sending the popups: amer1cano.xyz and Ipnotreviews.com. I clicked on each of these sites in turn and blocked every one of the DOZENS of permissions associated with them. I find it hard to believe that there wasn't a way to block all permissions at once, but there didn't seem to be one so I did it the hard way. What a PITA. But it seems to have worked. 

Comments

[pameladean]

I feel strongly that one virus in your house is enough and the second one was gratuitous. I'm glad you managed to wrangle it. I don't use Chrome and would not have been any help.

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[quadong]

I don't even really know what "infected with fake virus popups" means. Does Chrome allow sites to keep running stuff in your browser when you have no tabs open for that site? Is that considered a feature, such that disabling a site's permission to do that is an exception to the general rule? Ye gods if so.

[dreamshark]

When I opened Chrome, an apparently unrelated series of popups appeared in the lower right corner of my screen advising me in screaming text that my computer was infected with viruses and I had to CLICK HERE RIGHT NOW to fix it. Of course I didn't click on their links, but since I usually have Chrome open it took me a while to realize that the popups disappeared when Chrome wasn't open. Exactly what Chrome allows sites to do is unclear.