How to remove FBI virus?

Force Quit .

Press command + option + esc keys together at the same time.

Wait.

When Force Quit window appears, select Safari, if not already.

Press Force Quit button at the bottom of the window.

Wait.

Application will quit.

If this does not help, press the power button for 7 or more seconds.

Computer will shut down.

Restart the computer.

Hold Shift key down and launch Safari.

best.

It's not a virus. It's a JavaScript scam that only affects your web browser, and only temporarily.

Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security

Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data

to get rid of any cookies or other data left by the server. Open your Downloads folder and delete anything you don't recognize.

Hey all, just experienced this scam take over a browser window on my Google Chrome.

I can't remember if I closed the window manually or using command + w and I was wondering if it makes a difference.

A little pop-up came up after, and I clicked the "Leave this page" button. Cleared all history on both Chrome and Safari and disabled Java on Safari.

My browser wasn't actually blocked and nothing was in my Downloads folder.

Just making sure that it won't come back to bite me in the butt.

Don't usually follow through so thoroughly, but I have my final graduate school paper due in 48 hours so I'm just making sure my macbook isn't going to spontaneously combust on me!

Thank you so much... as the preferences and all others were grey'd out. Tried many different solutions but relaunching holding down the shift key worked like a charm.

Thank you!