anyone had "official apple support" popup scam?

has anyone had the "official apple support" popup scam? looks scary and intrusive. does it infect your Mac?

There only people who don't get popups to some degree are those who never owned a computer. People have been getting those since the internet went live.

Popups are usually due to adware, and adware are usually self-inflicted wounds. Adware is typically "caught" by visiting unscrupulous download hosting sites or running torrent software, and then ignoring the macOS's warning that the file may not be safe. If a site offers something "free" that you know should cost money, it probably has adware attached,

Adware can be manual removed but that it tedious and hit-and-miss. For the average user the solution is the one third-party utility that the senior contributors here trust—MalwareBytes. We trust it becasue its developer has been a respected contributor here.

To avoid more adware, get MalwareByres ONLY from the developer's site: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac

The trial/free version is run manually to remove adware. The pay-for version runs in the background to automatically intercept incoming threats in real time.