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BumRushDaShow

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13. This may be due to something else
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:43 AM
Nov 2021

that you may have installed that also installed some McAfee "trial" software unbeknownst to you, and that is now being triggered on your PC.

I know Adobe (notably Flash, although nowadays Adobe finally deprecated it, but may have been the case with other of their products like Reader) was "bundling" McAfee with their updates via a check off box that was automatically "checked" by default, and you would have had to manually uncheck it to make sure that McAffee's trial thing didn't install.

If you are on Windows 10, you may have to go through your "Settings" / "Apps" / "Apps & Features" list to see if anything "McAfee" shows up there and if so, uninstall it.

Edit - you say it's not happening on a PC - however the same issue can happen for mobile (phone or tablet) - check your apps on your device to see if McAfee is installed somewhere.

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