McAfee pop-ups on Windows 10 range from useful security alerts to unnecessary promotional messages. This guide shows UK users how to stop the annoying ones while keeping the important security notifications active.
📞 Free UK McAfee help: +44-800-066-8910 — 24/7 support.
Key Points
- Open McAfee Total Protection and click the gear icon (Settings)
- Go to General Settings > Notifications
- Disable ‘Informational Alerts’ — these are the non-critical popups
- Disable ‘McAfee News’ to stop promotional messages
- Keep ‘Security Alerts’ and ‘Threat Detection’ enabled — these are important
- Disable ‘Scheduled Scan Completion’ alerts if scans run overnight
- In Windows Settings, go to System > Notifications and manage McAfee there
- Call +44-800-066-8910 if pop-ups appear in your browser — these may be scams
