A new annoying popup

I’m also getting this

Is this the thing that’s largely bright red? If so, I had it yesterday and today. Seems to be doing a scan? I was a bit alarmed at first. It happened when I was simply reading posts not writing one

Thank goodness it isn’t just me! I have been ignoring it but it’s always a worry, especially as I’m such a technophobe.

I had a pop up a couple of weeks ago that would cover the bit of the screen when I wanted to quote a post, so I couldn’t quote anything.

Same here in the last hour.

I've had it too, it's unpleasant and slightly scary!

I've had it several times. Also perhaps a separate issue, the screen freezes half sentence.
I shall try writing several short posts, before the horrid red and white pop up comes 🫪

Me too hope it's a scam

A warning if you use Vinted, I was ordering something and a screen popped up asking for me to confirm my payment details etc., stupidly I did this thinking it was Vinted asking for this, then found out that I had subscribed to a craft advice site and £39.99 had been taken from my account. Luckily it wasn’t a scam but an actual craft site whom I contacted and demanded that they cancel my subscription making sure I told them in no uncertain terms that their pop ups on vinted were very misleading.

Fallingstar

I had a pop up a couple of weeks ago that would cover the bit of the screen when I wanted to quote a post, so I couldn’t quote anything.

Me too! Very annoying.

I've just had it!

It’s just irritating. Is it a new thing?
Or if you answering a post it kind of jumps & the whole reply has disappeared 😩

McAfee here, highly annoying, keeps running a scan.

I’ve had Macafee and AV ( all red) pop up in recent days, scanning for virus etc. I delete
I asked Google which recommended clearing cache
I plan to explore more tomorrow. The AV is new to me but Google tells me it charges subscriptions that aren’t easy to dismiss
Very irritating

I have had it several times and each time I have lost my post. It is so annoying and has put me off contributing to threads.It always happens while I am writing.

I’m on an iPad..looks like it’s a scam. Only happening on Gransnet…so far. Wonder if the site’s been hacked?

I've had it too, only on GN. So glad you brought this up Grammaretto, good to know I'm not alone.

Oh, I thought it was just me and have spent some time this afternoon trying to get rid of it unsuccessfully.

It purports to be McAfee but it's a scam and extremely annoying. Only on Gransnet.

Just had it pop up again - that makes it about the 4th time today.

I've had it two or three times now. Thanks for raising the issue.

I'll report it

No I haven’t had it or got it It sounds very annoying
iPad safari

I've had gransnet freezing posts for a while. Just writing this one, it has frozen 8 times! The Macaphee scam one I had for the first time this morning. Thank you for reporting it Grammaretto

I’ve emailed admin about this.