I keep receiving pop-up messages from a site called update-macos.com telling me a have certain viruses. Presumably this is a fake site?
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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.3
Hi VikingOSX,
I think I may have misread yours and others advice. I eventually managed to stop the pop-ups by going into Safari Settings -> Websites -> Notifications (in the LH panel of the dialogue window) and there was 'updates-macos.com' on the list shown as being allowed to show alerts. I highlighted the website and clicked 'Deny' and then later removed it for good measure.
Thank you all for your help. :-)
My pleasure Bumper1369!
Hi Ferret51,
I have done much the same as you but I don't know how to do the very last bit you mention. You say you 'removed it for good measure'. How did you do that?
Cheers 🍻
Macos updates and icloud hacked keeps showing up on my computer what should i do?
updates from update-macos.com
Thank you very much - I followed your guidelines and it has worked!
Thank you. Simple and effective.
Ho do you delete it? I was able to deny but I'm new to mac os, so I don't know how to do it.
Thanks
Hi Gibbo58
I'm actually not sure why I said that, but also try VikingOSX's suggestion:
"It is a complete scam. If in Safari, visit the Settings : Advanced panel and select Show features for web developers. That will add a Develop menu bar item. It also allows you to clear Safari cache and cookies via option+cmd+E.
Quit Safari, then holding the shift key, launch Safari again. Press option+cmd+E, and then from the Safari application menu, select Clear History… All History and click Clear History. Quit Safari. All history, cookies, and cache are empty.
Now launch Safari normally and don't visit the web site that popped that scam notice about viruses on your Mac."
How do I stop unwanted notifications from "update-macos.com" fake site on my MacBook?
