i think i have a virus on my mac book air

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i think i have a virus on my mac book air

I know I have a virus on my Mac book random sites keep popping up while I'm searching things for example when I go to YouTube a site pops up saying "you have 14 viruses please click here for help" or when I'm searching stuffit goes to a completely different site that looks like google but a much older version and my Mac book keeps shutting down by its self. all I want is for these random sites to stop annoying me and not to feel like I'm being watched every second I open this

thing!!!

info: MacBook Air version-11,6

bought it maybe 2015-2017

MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Jan 23, 2023 10:01 AM

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IdrisSeabright

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Jan 23, 2023 10:22 AM in response to elene89

That's not a virus. What you're seeing are scam ads that are trying to sell you useless "security software".

See this article for more information:

Effective defenses against malware and ot… - Apple Community

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elene89 Author

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Jan 23, 2023 10:20 AM in response to KiltedTim

Thank you for the response but is there any way i can stop these websites from popping up?

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KiltedTim

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Jan 23, 2023 10:17 AM in response to elene89

You do not have a virus. There are no known viruses in the wild that can infect macOS. What you’re seeing is a scam pop up ad from the web site you’re going to.

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