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Are you sure the warning is real, and not a web browser "notification" spam?

I've seen several computers where the browser (usually Chrome) was set to allow sites to request permission to display desktop notifications. Someone had allowed a random site to display notifications. The site had installed a service worker, so that it continued to run in the background - including when Chrome was closed. That script then popped up random "Your antivirus is about to expire" warnings, with links to "renew" the license.

In Chrome, go to settings, privacy and security, site settings, notifications, and ensure that "Sites can ask to send notifications" it turned off. If there are any sites listed under "Allowed to send notifications", click the three dots next to them and select "remove".

In Firefox, it's settings, privacy & security, notifications, settings. Tick "Block new requests asking to allow notifications". If any sites are listed set to "allow", then remove them.

In Edge, it's settings, cookies and site permissions, notifications. Confusingly, disable "ask before sending", which will block sites from asking. Remove any sites from the "allow" list.



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