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MaleWare Scam?

I was downloading a minecraft texture pack when I mis clicked on a random website! I it said that I got malware on my Mac I checked my notifications which was getting spammed about a malware and it was from settings but it only has the settings picture/logo and didn’t have a name so I just removed all my websites from sending notifications besides chess.com and Instagram. I was wondering if I did get malware on my Mac Air or is it just a scam?

MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Aug 12, 2023 12:57 AM

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Posted on Aug 12, 2023 2:36 AM

sure it's a scam even if you had malware on your device then a random website would never had that type of access to your computer to detect malware


if you're worried then you can download the free malwarebytes and run a scan

or the free etrecheck and scan with that one


website popups can claim any crazy thing like there are interested female singles in your area or the likes...

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Aug 12, 2023 2:36 AM in response to GalaxyK__

sure it's a scam even if you had malware on your device then a random website would never had that type of access to your computer to detect malware


if you're worried then you can download the free malwarebytes and run a scan

or the free etrecheck and scan with that one


website popups can claim any crazy thing like there are interested female singles in your area or the likes...

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