toneyks
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Q: "A serious Malfunction has been detected..."

So my iMac just alerted me with LOUD beeping the following "malfunction".  Is this real??

 

Dear customer,

 

A serious malfunction has been detected with OS X 10.11.6 and your Chrome 51.0.2704.103. Please call the number below for Apple Macintosh technician to help you resolve the issue:

 

(818) 629-1561

 

For your safety, closing the Chrome browser has been disabled without support of the Apple Macintosh technician to avoid corruption to the registry of your OS X 10.11.6 operating system

 

 

Please contact support Helpline (818) 629-1561

 

 

DO NOT SHUT DOWN OR RESTART THE COMPUTER, DOING THAT MAY LEAD TO DATA LOSS AND POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM AND POTENTIAL NON BOOTABLE SITUATION RESULTING IN COMPLETE DATA LOSS, CONTACT MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE CALLING - (818) 629-1561Dear customer,

 

 

A serious malfunction has been detected with OS X 10.11.6 and your…

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 24, 2016 5:04 PM

by stedman1,Solvedanswer
stedman1 stedman1
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A:

Any such message will be a scam. Do not respond, or call the number presented.

Phony "tech support" / "ransomware" popups and web pages

Posted on Aug 24, 2016 5:08 PM

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