Strange virus notification pop-up

Rocky Linux Tech Help
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Hi,

I recently installed Rocky Linux 9 with KDE to a teacher friend. She just sent me this “screenshot”. A KDE popup window says something like “18 viruses discovered” and “click here to install antivirus”.

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I’ve never seen anything like this, frankly. Some malicious website that activated a fake notification?

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These appears to be notifications originating from the web browser, that show up in KDE notifications. I suggest you install an ad blocker. (I’d go farther and disable notifications in the browser).