Linux Remove getsecuritysuite popup

Today I was using Chrome and I discover that I have picked up the getsecuritysuite popup appearing - I know it's a fake plugin etc but the only removal infomation I can find is for windows and rather useless for Linux Mint. Can anyone point me in the right direction

Thanks

 

All the guides I saw are about resetting your browser, which should apply regardless of the OS. You could also try deleting the Chrome settings folder, I don't know where it is but it'll be somewhere such as ~/.chrome or ~/.config/chrome or ~/.config/google/chrome, etc. If it's just a notifications popup, you can also go into settings, search for Notifications and remove the domains the popups are coming from. Typically you don't need an antivirus on Linux but you could always install clamd and run a scan.

 

Thanks I will take a look after work and get back to you

 

I done both of those and am leaning towards it being the site as it only happens on that site, so easiest option is don't use it anymore

 

A little update for everyone
Today I tried the site on a fresh install and Chrome does exactly the same, I also tried Firefox and it goes to alphaspeedbooter,com so I'm now convinced it's the site and not me

 

May wanna add to your browser an ad blocker such as ublock origin.

 

Thanks, I'll give it a go

 

Ok, I tried adblock and it blocked every ad except the "getsecuritysuite" one maybe I'll try a popup blocker too but that will have to wait

 

Does chrome have extensions installed which may be causing this? (When you login with chrome does it auto install extensions? Not a chrome user)
What webpage is this happening on or all pages?
Does this happen on any other machine on your network?
Does it happen on a diff internet connection?

 

After trying another machine (new build too) it appears to just be a redirect advert as its only the one page. I got round it by using a different site to do the same job - it was just a file size thing the problem site has smaller files and my connection is more than a little slow (2mb) being on the edge of the exchange

 

uBlock has an "object picker" that lets you pick objects to block that it may not have blocked initially.

 

Thanks I'll give it a look

 

Hopefully my final update on this. Tried it again without an ad blocker as site doesn't like them and the problem pop up has gone so it looks like the site sorted it. still get a few "fun" pop up that I have an assortment of viruses all with windows paths/registry info