May have picked up virus

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May have picked up virus

Yesterday I was looking for information on a person and came across a death notice. I clicked on it knowing that they had been ill. I got a notice that I was on an infected website and to click on the logo to scan now. I did not, instead I shut the page down. Now I am getting notices in the corner of my screen showing my iCloud is being hacked, my system is hacked. My history showed TotalAVSecurity before I deleted past history. I am still getting these notices. Attaching screenshots of warning. How do I get rid of this. Should I get an antivirus?

Posted on Nov 1, 2023 8:42 AM

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Answer 1

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Kurt Lang

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Nov 1, 2023 9:34 AM in response to DRR84

Turning off notifications in the System Settings won't fix this issue. You need to turn off notifications directly in Safari's settings.

A site you visited has given itself permission to send push notifications. Everything you're seeing is nothing but a scam.

Open Safari's preferences. Click on the Websites tab and then scroll down to Notifications. Clear any entries in the right hand window. You might find something similar in the Pop-up Windows heading below that. Block any you don't recognize.

Then if you want, uncheck the box below as shown here.

I personally can't think of any reason why I would ever want any website to push notices to me.

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Answer 2

Nov 1, 2023 8:45 AM in response to DRR84

Not a virus.

But you'll need to address this in the Notification settings.

Turn off notifications for an app or website on Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2023 8:50 AM in response to DRR84

Those are scam messages. Ignore them. Do not install any third party anti virus app.

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DRR84 Author

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Nov 1, 2023 9:21 AM in response to D.I. Johnson

I checked my notifications and found nothing. Everything listed under notifications was valid. There was one that I wasn't saw that I was unfamiliar with, but found it to be valid. It is Kerberos. Thank you for your suggestion.

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DRR84 Author

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Nov 1, 2023 9:23 AM in response to D.I. Johnson

I checked my notifications and found nothing. Everything listed under notifications was valid. There was one that I wasn't saw that I was unfamiliar with, but found it to be valid. It is Kerberos. Thank you for your suggestion.

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DRR84 Author

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Nov 1, 2023 10:22 AM in response to Kurt Lang

I've removed all of the sites as suggested. Many I recognized, but would rather be safe than sorry. Will wait and see. Thank you so very much.

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