Pop up for Free Upgrade to Mavericks

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Pop up for Free Upgrade to Mavericks

Hi. This is my first post so excuse me if I'm breaking any rules or ettiquette. I was working when I got an unprompted pop up from an application I've never seen before called Noticeboard that says "Upgrade to Mavericks Upgrade your Mac to the latest version of OS X for free." with the options "Now Now" and "Details". Since it happened rather suddenly and I don't recognize the application I just wanted to be sure that this isn't some kind of scam. I haven't touched the window other than to move it out of the way so I could type up this message. Thanks in advance for any help!

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 9:25 PM

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shldr2thewheel

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Mar 20, 2014 9:37 PM in response to ivysaurr

you can feel free to search for "Mavericks" in the app store and dismiss that box. It is a free OS X upgrade.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:10 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

To what checkbox are you referring?

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Allan Jones

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Mar 28, 2014 9:17 AM in response to ivysaurr

It has to be a scam. Apple does not use third-party firms or sites to notify you of upgrades.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:20 AM in response to Allan Jones

It is certainly not a scam. Apple prompts customers to upgrade to Mavericks (because, after all, it's free -- why wouldn't anyone want to upgrade?).

I don't want to update to Mavericks on some machines, and I'd like to know how to disable this 'feature'. I was excited when I saw shld42thewheel's post about a checkbox in the App Store. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:22 AM in response to Carl Ketterling

Where do you see me talking about a checkbox in this thread? I'm confused as to what you are asking about.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:29 AM in response to ivysaurr

Wow! I defintely misread your text, "you can feel free to search for "Mavericks" in the app store and dismiss that box". I must be high. Sorry.

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Mar 28, 2014 9:31 AM in response to Carl Ketterling

no worries! I misread things too in here. Sometimes I even forget what forum I'm in. 😉

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Mar 28, 2014 10:17 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

The Pop-up is a SCAM. Do not respond to things in pop-ups, EVER. When you click Download, you will receive an extra big helping of malware for your effort.

There is indeed a "Free Upgrade to Mavericks". Be sure you use the Mac App Store Application to get it, not any broswer or email link, EVER.

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Mar 28, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

why are you responding to me? I stated to search for it in the app store.

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nemodomi

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Mar 28, 2014 10:34 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Contrary to Grant Bennet-Adler's and Allan Jones' opinions, the popup is NOT a scam. It is the result of a "new feature" that was installed by Apple with the Mac App Store Update Version 1.0. If you have installed this update, go to your primary hard drive's

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/

folder and you will find a recently installed Noticeboard.app.

See these threads for further info:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5996547

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6037864

Hope this helps.

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Answer 11

Mar 28, 2014 10:51 AM in response to nemodomi

from an application I've never seen before called Noticeboard

a search on the Apple support forums for "noticeboard" comes up empty.

I stand by my previous statements.

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Mar 28, 2014 10:54 AM in response to shldr2thewheel

I am responding to you because I forgot what forum I was in as well.😝

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Mar 28, 2014 10:55 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

hahaha very well 😀

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nemodomi

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Mar 28, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

While your search may have come up empty, I think you did not try reading the threads I linked to in my prior post here, especially the first link, because that particular thread references noticeboard and the App Store upgrade. Hope this helps.

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Allan Jones

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Mar 28, 2014 11:01 AM in response to nemodomi

My 2012 MBP has a fully updated and clean install of Mavericks. When I go to the path you show, there is no noticeboard.app anywhere. I don't doubt it's there on your computer but I suspect it came as some unwanted cr@pware that places like CNET and Softonic are bundling with another download.

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