Q: Safari gave me a blue screen of death calling it the Microsoft blue screen of death after installing Adobe flash player. The van is loaded me to a Microsoft third-party tech-support I did not trust that has anyone had a problem with Adobe flash playe
Safari gave blue screen of death after downloading Adobe flash player with no access to the interne. Big sign telling me that my Microsoft computer has been blocked and to call this number which was, according to the individual I spoke, a third party vendor working for.Microsof. Has anyone else experienced this. I did not trust them especially when they stated that they wanted to log into my compute. Is there a resolution other than OS X Recovery?
Mac Pro 2007, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Mountain lion
Posted on May 1, 2016 7:18 AM
There are hundreds of these scam sites out there. Nothing was installed on your Mac, or even downloaded to it. The goal of all of them is to sucker you out of as much money as you're willing to cough up. Good thing you cut them off and didn't allow them access to your Mac.
The usual simple fix is to Force Quit Safari. Then hold down the shift key and relaunch it. The shift key tells Safari not to load any previous sites.
Posted on May 1, 2016 7:22 AM