How to Stop the Active Shield Pop-Ups From McAfee

By Steve McDonnell

Make pop-up exceptions from Chrome's Content Settings.
i Image courtesy Google

You can disable Active Shield pop-ups by turning off all alerts in the McAfee SecurityCenter. You can't disable pop-ups related to your subscription through SecurityCenter. However, McAfee uses the Windows Notification service for all its pop-ups and you can hide all notifications from McAfee by changing a Windows notification setting.

McAfee SecurityCenter

Step 1

Open McAfee SecurityCenter. Select "Home" under Common Tasks.

Step 2

Choose "Configure" under SecurityCenter Information and then click "Advanced" under Alerts.

Step 3

Select "Informational Alerts." Click "Do Not Show Informational Alerts" and then choose "OK" to save your changes.

Windows Notifications

Step 1

Click the Notifications triangle in your taskbar and select "Customize..."

Step 2

Locate the entry for McAfee in the Icons column. Click in the Behaviors box and select "Hide Icon and Notifications."

Step 3

Select "OK" to save your changes.

×