2025 Mac Air experiencing daily virus pop-ups

Have you in fact installed some McAfee software on your Mac? If not, this is certainly a scam. Do not click on any links.

Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

Allan Jones wrote:

For future intrusions like that, remember NO ONE, not even Apple, can "see" what is or is not installed or running on your computer.

If a company has to resort to trickery to get you to buy their dungware, that does not say much for the company or its product.

And if you ever see a message like this one that has a phone number to call, run – do not walk – the other way! The number likely belongs to tech support scammers who are eagerly waiting for more victims to call.

As the FTC once said on their tech support scam page, real security warnings will never ask you to call a phone number.

For future intrusions like that, remember NO ONE, not even Apple, can "see" what is or is not installed or running on your computer.

If a company has to resort to trickery to get you to buy their dungware, that does not say much for the company or its product.

Apple's protection is built-in, not added on:

About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina or later - Apple Support

Installing useless third-party anti-virus apps, so-called "cleaning" apps, and client-side VPNs ( the ones NOT issued by your employer) gets you three things:

— reduced performance

— reduced stanilty

— reduce bank account

"I did not install. Adds were just getting so annoying. Apple support helped me. TY for replying."

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Report these Scam Popups:

If NOT installed, then it may have been popups. In the US, you can report this to the IC3 ("Internet Crome Complaint Center") at this site: https://www.ic3.gov/

Glad it’s resolved. And assuming you clicked no links, you should be in good shape.

Enjoy your Apple gear.