Popups and MalwareBytes

There are two common causes of pop-ups/ malware/adware/viruses and chrome trying to be helpful and allowing notifications, and actual malware/adware/viruses etc…

First we want to make sure its NOT malware/adware/viruses, to do this we’re going to install then run a program called Malwarebytes:

12. Click Scan Now

13. You should see this window:

14. This can take 2-30 minutes, depending on what it finds

15. If it finds anything click Quarantine Selected 

16. Once finished it may ask you to reboot, click yes 

If Malwarebytes didn’t find anything, your pop-ups may be unwanted chrome notifications, which is covered here