How did I know that I got hacked on laptop?

The other day i was on my crome browser. All of a sudden an alert site came up and a voice was saying that you have been hack don't shut down your computer. is this real or is it fake? please let me know

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jul 18, 2022 8:09 AM

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Posted on Jul 18, 2022 8:14 AM

What you were seeing is probably a website imitating the appearance of a "system alert" to scare you into trying to download something malicious.


macOS has built-in antivirus/anti-malware protection, but if you want another means to determine if your Mac is "infected" I would suggest that you try Malwarebytes for Mac

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