Orion009 wrote:
1) My iMac says that this computer is infected with three viruses. Is it true that Mac can get viruses ?
2) Also, it took me to the page of McAfee anti virus page where it guided me to install the software. Now McAfee says to pay money to remove viruses. Is there any free option ?
FWIW, this is a total scam and is nice and neatly wrapped as
coming from McAfee and if you installed anything, your best
bet is to save any data externally and totally wipe your drive
and re-install everything. These scams can be very impressive
and extensive and official looking. These days it doesn't take
much talent to "scrape" a website and recode it with links
to malicious sites.
This sort of scam is akin to Adobe Flash malware scams, recent
"Apple Support" scams, etc. Their goal at a minimum is to relieve
your wallet of your hard earned money and at worse to totally
compromise your identity.