I'm getting dangerous popups

A series of popups are appearing on my screen which are obviously phony and are some kind of traps designed to trick me into clicking them. They talk about viruses and Trojans and encrypted files and so on. Some of them say "McAfee" and they began appearing when I was on the McAfee app. Others say "Windows Update" or "Firewall". And my browser keeps opening to a so-called "McAfee" website which also looks phony. Its web address is

https://d9747g0hubcc73blbjhg.voidwallguard.com/pibroy92hf/#

The popups cover up everything else on my screen, practically disabling my computer. Even doing a shut down and restart won't make them go away.

Should I un-install McAfee? Or else, how can I get rid of whatever infection or malware this is?

Try this Microsoft Safety Scanner Download - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
It is a standalone application and does not install anything on your system.
Don't be alarmed if you see a number of infected files during the scan let it finish and review the results.
Some files have very similar signatures to legitimate files and are initially flagged as Malware.

Dragon Drop said:

Should I un-install McAfee?

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Absolutely yes. It has a poor reputation and uninstalling it will cause Defender to protect your devices so you will remain protected.
Use a powerful uninstaller that removes all traces of it. A popular uninstaller is REVO Uninstaller, which can scan for leftover traces after uninstalling.
You can then consider installing another security product if you do not want to rely on Defender. That's your choice but there are plenty of users on here who think highly of Defender.

wiganken said:

Absolutely yes. It has a poor reputation and uninstalling it will cause Defender to protect your devices so you will remain protected.
Use a powerful uninstaller that removes all traces of it. A popular uninstaller is REVO Uninstaller, which can scan for leftover traces after uninstalling.
You can then consider installing another security product if you do not want to rely on Defender. That's your choice but there are plenty of users on here who think highly of Defender.

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Just use the free version or REVO uninstaller you don't need the paid version