Notification saying “A new Virus is Stealing Data!” on Ubuntu 18

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Recently whenever I open Firefox I get a message in notification center. It's not always the same and it keeps changing. here is an example:



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It's not always this. It gives other messages too and when I click it it sends me to phishing sites. I don't know how I got it.



Could someone please help me get rid of it?

I tried Clam antivirus but it found nothing.






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  • Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
    – pomsky
    54 mins ago






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    Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
    – Anne Webster
    45 mins ago










  • The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
    – pomsky
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down vote

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Recently whenever I open Firefox I get a message in notification center. It's not always the same and it keeps changing. here is an example:



enter image description here



It's not always this. It gives other messages too and when I click it it sends me to phishing sites. I don't know how I got it.



Could someone please help me get rid of it?

I tried Clam antivirus but it found nothing.






firefox malware antivirus







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  • Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
    – pomsky
    54 mins ago






  • 1




    Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
    – Anne Webster
    45 mins ago










  • The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
    – pomsky
    40 mins ago












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Recently whenever I open Firefox I get a message in notification center. It's not always the same and it keeps changing. here is an example:



enter image description here



It's not always this. It gives other messages too and when I click it it sends me to phishing sites. I don't know how I got it.



Could someone please help me get rid of it?

I tried Clam antivirus but it found nothing.






firefox malware antivirus







share|improve this question















Recently whenever I open Firefox I get a message in notification center. It's not always the same and it keeps changing. here is an example:



enter image description here



It's not always this. It gives other messages too and when I click it it sends me to phishing sites. I don't know how I got it.



Could someone please help me get rid of it?

I tried Clam antivirus but it found nothing.






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  • Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
    – pomsky
    54 mins ago






  • 1




    Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
    – Anne Webster
    45 mins ago










  • The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
    – pomsky
    40 mins ago
















  • Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
    – pomsky
    54 mins ago






  • 1




    Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
    – Anne Webster
    45 mins ago










  • The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
    – pomsky
    40 mins ago















Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
– pomsky
54 mins ago




Go to Firefox Preferences, select the "Privacy & Security" panel, and go down to the "Permissions" section. Click the "Settings…" button next to Notifications" and check which sites are "allowed". Is there a dodgy-looking one?
– pomsky
54 mins ago




1




1




Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
– Anne Webster
45 mins ago




Oh yeh there was one, I removed it. Thank you so much I didnt know where to look. Are there anyone i can secure it so i wont get such dodgy things? Thanjs
– Anne Webster
45 mins ago












The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
– pomsky
40 mins ago




The permission is given by the user, maybe the website somehow tricked the user to do that. Another possibility is rogue extensions.
– pomsky
40 mins ago










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Keep calm, it looks like a mere phishing attempt with FUD. It seems some website(s) somehow tricked the user to give permission for push notifications.



To fix this, follow the steps below.



  1. Open Firefox, click the "hamburger" menu button (three horizontal bars), and choose Preferences.

  2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go down to the Permissions section.

  3. Click the "Settings..." button next to Notification and look for dodgy-looking websites which are "allowed".

  4. Select the website(s) and click "Remove Website".





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    Keep calm, it looks like a mere phishing attempt with FUD. It seems some website(s) somehow tricked the user to give permission for push notifications.



    To fix this, follow the steps below.



    1. Open Firefox, click the "hamburger" menu button (three horizontal bars), and choose Preferences.

    2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go down to the Permissions section.

    3. Click the "Settings..." button next to Notification and look for dodgy-looking websites which are "allowed".

    4. Select the website(s) and click "Remove Website".





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      Keep calm, it looks like a mere phishing attempt with FUD. It seems some website(s) somehow tricked the user to give permission for push notifications.



      To fix this, follow the steps below.



      1. Open Firefox, click the "hamburger" menu button (three horizontal bars), and choose Preferences.

      2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go down to the Permissions section.

      3. Click the "Settings..." button next to Notification and look for dodgy-looking websites which are "allowed".

      4. Select the website(s) and click "Remove Website".





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        Keep calm, it looks like a mere phishing attempt with FUD. It seems some website(s) somehow tricked the user to give permission for push notifications.



        To fix this, follow the steps below.



        1. Open Firefox, click the "hamburger" menu button (three horizontal bars), and choose Preferences.

        2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go down to the Permissions section.

        3. Click the "Settings..." button next to Notification and look for dodgy-looking websites which are "allowed".

        4. Select the website(s) and click "Remove Website".





        share|improve this answer














        Keep calm, it looks like a mere phishing attempt with FUD. It seems some website(s) somehow tricked the user to give permission for push notifications.



        To fix this, follow the steps below.



        1. Open Firefox, click the "hamburger" menu button (three horizontal bars), and choose Preferences.

        2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go down to the Permissions section.

        3. Click the "Settings..." button next to Notification and look for dodgy-looking websites which are "allowed".

        4. Select the website(s) and click "Remove Website".






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