is apple security center safe?

The pop-up box wasn't the standard Chrome warning - it had custom text in it claiming that closing the window would leave the viruses on my computer and wreak death and destruction (j/k - but you get the gist) so I think it was compromised, masquerading as part of the OS but actually part of the browser hijack...

Just trying to err on the side of extreme caution because I work online (own an online media company) and so my entire life and job is on this computer! I can't afford downtime while I fix a trojan that got on my computer, or to lose files, etc!

I understand your caution.

But I forgot to mention that the websites also usually have custom alert text and custom text on the buttons. But it still seems to be part of the system.

It's always good to be on the safe side though. But you needn't jump through hoops to avoid clicking that alert.

ScrapNancy wrote:

The pop-up box wasn't the standard Chrome warning - it had custom text in it claiming that closing the window would leave the viruses on my computer and wreak death and destruction (j/k - but you get the gist) so I think it was compromised, masquerading as part of the OS but actually part of the browser hijack...

I'm not a Chrome user, so I refrained from responding until now. It's certainly possible for the web site to have been revised again. It has changed much more often than the downloaded package has over the past few weeks, but with the page that was running on Saturday, using either Safari or Opera, I was able to dismiss the window by clicking OK without receiving the download. I do agree that this was not the standard browser warning, but a similar one provided by the website (I assume via JavaScript).

I fixed it with the nuclear option - a clean re-install of Chrome. Back up and running in time to get my weekly podcast taped this afternoon over Skype. Phew!

Lets send Seal Team Six after these guys next...this stuff is heinous. 😮

The first thing I would do is make sure that Chrome doesn't save the last session's windows. And then the next thing I would do is make sure files won't get automatically opened once downloaded. And then I would stop using Chrome. lol

Do not worry, it is safe. Don't you remember, Apple computers don't get viruses 🙂

First of all, this thing is not a virus, so that's still true.

Second, is there a reason you're throwing potentially confusing non-information in here, or are you just being a smarta**?

If you can't close the browser window the normal way, just go into terminal and use "killall Google\ Chrome".

robin1232 wrote:

"killall Google\ Chrome".

I like that one. 🙂

I don't know why people use a browser from a company **** bent on profiling them, watching everything they do online, tell others where they live, etc., like Google does.

Guess they just don't know, give these corporations too much control or don't know how to install privacy control Add-ons with Firefox. (NoScript, BetterPrivacy, Ghostery, Ad block Plus)

Companies that don't have a real need to know, don't need to know your personal data.

Well let's see. Chrome has proven to be the fastest and most secure web browser on the market today. Not only that, Chrome does not send Google your web browsing history, so nice try. The source code for Chromium is available for you to look at if you want, but I doubt someone like you would be able to understand it.

Your ISP knows MUCH more about you than you think, and have access to every website you visit. Extensions such as NoScript will not stop your ISP from knowing every little detail about your web browsing history. At that point the only thing you can do is use a VPN 24/7 but then, oh wait, the ISP at the VPN knows everything you're doing as well. I suppose Tor would work too if you wan't to go back to AOL speeds.

rnawky wrote:

Do not worry, it is safe. Don't you remember, Apple computers don't get viruses 🙂

Viruses get on computers unaware to the user, this MacGuard, MacDefender, Macwhatever is a TROJAN.

Trojans don't get on computers without the users help in some fashion.

On Windows they have to deal with all sort of malware, on Mac's it's only the user weakness that malware gets on at all.

Doesn't matter how tough the operating system is, if the user is tricked, they can compromise the machine.

If the user is suspectible to being tricked constantly, then they need to get one of those dumbed down iPads where they can use their fingers like a child and have it manged by someone else with a real computer.

You do realize that's how all Windows "viruses" are, right?

NataliePortmanNude.jpeg.exe? Sure!

rnawky wrote:

Well let's see. Chrome has proven to be the fastest and most secure web browser on the market today.

Firefox is faster.

http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20047314-12.html

Security speaking, Chrome has been holding up somewhat as well as Firefox

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-version-chrome-fixes-four-security-bugs-05 2611

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/google-chrome-hacked-with-sophisticated-explo it/8626

But then no browser is 100% safe

rnawky wrote:

Chrome does not send Google your web browsing history, so nice try.

I never said Chrome spys on people, I said the company Google does and that's a fact. So why give them the benefit of being able to spy on you if they wanted?

rnawky wrote:

Your ISP knows MUCH more about you than you think, and have access to every website you visit. Extensions such as NoScript will not stop your ISP from knowing every little detail about your web browsing history.

Yes, I know that, I do business with them, and likely the government knows too. That's fine and dandy. Get a warrant.

But all these other people, marketeers, profilers, snoops, tricksters, salespeople etc., they don't have a need to know and Google is helping these slimballs and making money at it.

Google: "We are a advertising company"

So where is the profit or purpose in issuing a free broswer (and everything else Google offers) other than eventually leveraging that to serve their main business model?

And before you say "Well if Chrome begins to spy on me, I'll use another browser" just be aware there might not be another free browser with the publics good intentions at heart.

ds, you're arguing with a troll. Don't respond to him seriously or you risk giving him the appearance of validity.

Way to link to a benchmark that's 1 major version behind. Chrome is at 11 now, that benchmark was 10. Try again 🙂