If you own an iPhone and keep seeing McAfee pop-ups, alerts, or ads, you’re not alone. However, the explanation might surprise you: McAfee does not have a true antivirus app for iOS that runs in the background like on a PC.

If you see a McAfee pop-up on your iPhone, it is almost certainly a scam notification from a website you accidentally allowed. McAfee itself is not targeting you. You can stop it completely in under 2 minutes by disabling browser notifications.