This may be of interest then

chrome://settings/content/notifications 

this is the settings area in chrome where your site content and notifications settings are managed.  

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:14 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
it does have to do with the browser

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:56 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
Try closing chrome and waiting. in win 10 notifications can be sent to system notification.


On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:52 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't know. I always have chrome open but the notifications don't seem to have anything to do qwith chrome

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:28 AM Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
This sounds like something was given notification access. Does it happen when your browser is up and running? or anytime regardless of the browser?



On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 5:49 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
How do I turn off notifications? It is very annoying every 5 minutes the computer dings and then some pointless ad appears.

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