Terry Everall Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 For last 2 days I keep getting a message about every 10 mins saying Browser is infected Attention Viruses Detected I do not use any virus checker and have been ok for last 5 or 6 years If I click scan it comes up with finding some viruses but says my McAffee subscription has just expired but I am not sure I ever had one on this laptop Is it a scam or do I need to do something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 look screenshot on RHS please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 That looks fishy to me. It 'appears' to be the standard apple Iphone/Ipad settings cog- I've not seen alerts like that on my phone or Ipad. I could be easy to spoof the image to get you to click on it. I don't have a Macbook though. @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman / @Kingster both use them though? Any thoughts gents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Similar scam here- https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-system-mac-os-is-infected/#:~:text=Infected” from Android-,Remove “System Mac OS Is Infected” from Windows,to scan your computer for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Don’t run anything! Doesn’t look like a genuine Apple system alert. Research required… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 How do I stop the message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 30 minutes ago, Terry Everall said: How do I stop the message No idea I’m afraid. Use another device to search for answers via google (is what I would do). Never had a virus on a Mac in well over 30 years of using them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Thanks Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsechris Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Have used Eset Nod32 on my Macs from day 1. It looks very suspect tbh. Way too many ‘plings’ for a genuine system message. Any help here? https://macpaw.com/amp/how-to/remove-apple-security-alert-scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Sorted out for me by my good mate John Williams 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ingram Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 There is a very good app for Macs called 'CleanMyMac' available in the app store. I would never bother with any other virus software on a Mac. I've used it on all of mine for the last 10 years or so. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I use both Clean my Mac for general clean up and maintenance and Bit Defender for AV protection on my old Mac Book Pro. I've ALWAYS had AV software on there - back in my IT support days a decade or so ago, we did see a period where MAC's did start to be targeted by malicious software quite badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Last one of these I got ended up being a bl**** cookie that was installed by a web page whilst looking for Assetto Corsa cars to drive. Took me a restore point reset to realise it though 'cos it was still present after a system restore roll back Cleared all the browser cookies and problem solved, so that's one for the memory banks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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