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Scam web pages are just popping up on their own.
Apple should program Safari to prevent this entirely.
Starprize is one. It pops up 2 or 3 at a time pretending to be my internet carrier with some bogus offer.
No cite should be able to do that
FIX IT!
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Original Title: STOP SCAM WEB PAGES FROM OPENING ON THEIR OWN!!!
iMac 24″, macOS 15.6
Les Vogt1 wrote:
Scam web pages are just popping up on their own.
No they are not. Anything that pops up needed you do something to cause it. They just don't appear as if by magic. you probably have an extension installed or something that is causing this. I don't have random websites popping up.
Apple should program Safari to prevent this entirely.
Can't program for something that cannot happen on its own.
Starprize is one. It pops up 2 or 3 at a time pretending to be my internet carrier with some bogus offer.
Sounds like malware or a bogus extension.
Get MalwareBytes free version, scan for malware and remove anything it finds.
click here ➜ https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac-download
Once you are done, remove it.
No cite should be able to do that
They can't.
FIX IT!
This is a user to user forum. Apple is not here. No one here can fix anything.
Les Vogt1 wrote:
Scam web pages are just popping up on their own.
No they are not. Anything that pops up needed you do something to cause it. They just don't appear as if by magic. you probably have an extension installed or something that is causing this. I don't have random websites popping up.
Apple should program Safari to prevent this entirely.
Can't program for something that cannot happen on its own.
Starprize is one. It pops up 2 or 3 at a time pretending to be my internet carrier with some bogus offer.
Sounds like malware or a bogus extension.
Get MalwareBytes free version, scan for malware and remove anything it finds.
click here ➜ https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac-download
Once you are done, remove it.
No cite should be able to do that
They can't.
FIX IT!
This is a user to user forum. Apple is not here. No one here can fix anything.
Preventing unsolicited scam web pages on Safari
