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Q: How do I now if I have a malware or virus?

Hi I just stumble upon a website that gave me a warning of a possible virus or malware in my computer (I got nervous and I closed it down) so I don't know if this was a warning from apple safari or a malware or virus from the website

 

What happened in this between, and a few minutes later is that my mac started to go really slowly (still the safari was opened) and i was trying to search for the problem but I couldn't do anything since it was all locked for a few seconds and the slowly again

so I closed safari and restarted the mac

 

now everything seems fine

 

so I cleared all the cookies, history and caches as I saw on other posts in this forum

 

but I'm worried that I've got some virus or malware or something

 

but I went looking and the new versions of the mac doesn't come with the Java installed (so does mine)

 

so it is possible that I still have something, since I didn't have the java installed and already cleared all cookies, history and caches, and all website data?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Mar 27, 2016 2:47 AM

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  • by ckuan,Helpful

    ckuan ckuan Mar 27, 2016 4:31 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 4:31 AM in response to dvniellin

    The pop-up is just a simple Javascript and is trying to scam you.

    And no, there's no virus in the wild that will infect your Mac.

    If you stay vigilant and keep your Mac OS X up to date, you'll be fine.

  • by Esquared,Helpful

    Esquared Esquared Mar 27, 2016 4:31 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 4:31 AM in response to dvniellin

    Apple nor Safari warns you for malware, viruses or whatever. Even more, no website is able to scan your Mac for malware or viruses.

  • by dvniellin,

    dvniellin dvniellin Mar 27, 2016 3:01 AM in response to Esquared
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:01 AM in response to Esquared

    Yeah, but if nor apple or safari does this, that means that the site was trying to caught me in some kind of malware or virus

     

    but as seen as I don't have Java installed or didn't found anything to alarm me off while cleaning the cookies, caches, download and history I can be cool?

     

    I' m just still concerned because right after this event my mac started to working slowly and I couldn't do anything until I restarted my mac

  • by dvniellin,

    dvniellin dvniellin Mar 27, 2016 3:04 AM in response to ckuan
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:04 AM in response to ckuan

    Right

     

    so correct me if I'm wrong

    if I don't have the Java installed it couldn't do nothing to me right?

     

    or this have to do with my ENABLE JAVASCRIPT in my safari preferences, which was checked when this happened

  • by Esquared,

    Esquared Esquared Mar 27, 2016 3:11 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:11 AM in response to dvniellin

    If the slowness doesn't repeat itself, I wouldn't worry. Personally I don't think the two events are related.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Mar 27, 2016 3:41 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:41 AM in response to dvniellin

    dvniellin wrote:

     

    Yeah, but if nor apple or safari does this, that means that the site was trying to caught me in some kind of malware or virus

     

    but as seen as I don't have Java installed or didn't found anything to alarm me off while cleaning the cookies, caches, download and history I can be cool?

     

    I' m just still concerned because right after this event my mac started to working slowly and I couldn't do anything until I restarted my mac

     

    It wasn't trying to catch you in some kind of malware or virus.  For one, there are no viruses for OS X.  Two, the kind of malware that Mac users can get is downloaded and installed by you, usually through downloading something via torrent or aggregate download site, as those installers many times are bundled with malware and adware.  Three, it's a scam, as ckuan pointed out — it's a simple browser hijacker, and they're easy to dismiss.  Force Quit Safari ( --> Force Quit --> Safari), then restart Safari in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key.  In the future, stay away from the kinds of sites where scams like that reside.

  • by dvniellin,

    dvniellin dvniellin Mar 27, 2016 3:51 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:51 AM in response to dvniellin

    Thanks everyone!

  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Mar 27, 2016 4:10 AM in response to dvniellin
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    Mar 27, 2016 4:10 AM in response to dvniellin

    You're welcome.