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Jun 7, 2014 10:15 AM in response to goatie666by Klaus1,On what Mac running what version of OS X?
Any hint as to what application?
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Jun 8, 2014 8:11 AM in response to Klaus1by goatie666,Os 10.9.3
No hint as to what application it is pointing to.
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Jun 8, 2014 8:53 AM in response to goatie666by thomas_r.,Can you provide a screenshot of this pop-up? Please include the entire screen so we can see the full context.
Make a screenshot by following the directions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5775
Be sure no sensitive personal information is displayed. To add that image to a post here, click the camera icon in the post editor toolbar.
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Jun 8, 2014 9:03 AM in response to goatie666by CT,Were you web browsing at the time?
It sounds like a lame attempt by something on a website to trick you into downloading/buying something you don't want or need.
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Jun 8, 2014 3:10 PM in response to thomas_r.by goatie666,Afraid I didnt take the screen shot.
But it was a simple dialogue box -not in normal Mac font and it said pretty much what I described:
"An application requires your immediate attention. To access it and to take appropriate action click below."
It then had the click button.
Nothing else. Was in the centre of the screen.
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Jun 8, 2014 3:12 PM in response to CTby goatie666,I had been browsing and then saw it there after I had closed the browser.
Interestingly it also appeared on my laptop which I had used to browse same/similar websites that day. all legit sites.
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Jul 16, 2014 2:56 PM in response to goatie666by Tommy197944,Do you have any 3rd party applications installed? Also, do you have a web browser open when you see this message?
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Jul 16, 2014 3:15 PM in response to Tommy197944by kddevos,3rd party applications? and I had a web browser open when the message appeared…. I am applying for jobs so I thought it may be a "application" job related I still haven't clicked the Access the application button picture in the attached picture above and the Alert is still on my laptop….. should I exit out of it?
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Jul 16, 2014 3:37 PM in response to kddevosby Tommy197944,Yes, definitely exit out of it. 3rd party applications are non-apple made applications.
Also, do you have more than one web browser installed? If so, does it happen in other web browsers?
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Jul 16, 2014 3:48 PM in response to kddevosby thomas_r.,That is not a legitimate alert displayed by Mac OS X. It looks to me like a web page made to look like an alert window, probably displayed via a JavaScript in a pop-up window at a custom size. It's hard to say for sure without more context (such as a look at the rest of the screen, especially the menu bar, when that window is displayed).
If the window is displayed in your web browser, as it sounds like it is, and it hides if you hide your web browser (Safari -> Hide Safari, if you're using Safari, otherwise replace "Safari" with the appropriate menus for your browser), then you just need to close the window and ignore it. Do not open anything that is downloaded as a result of this. If the window keeps popping up, you're probably on a site that is malicious or has been hacked, and should stop visiting whatever site you were on at the time the window appeared. If it appears on all sites, there's a bigger issue.
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Jul 16, 2014 3:49 PM in response to kddevosby Drew Reece,That does not look like a normal dialog to my eyes. It looks more like a browser or application window with no toolbars (dialogs generally don't have full screen icons in the corner).
If the dialog is still open…
Look at your Dock, see what Applications are running (they should have a little light under them) quit them one by one. See if the 'dialog' disappears. Note which app made the dialog go away. If it remains with all apps quit let us know.
A browser may re-open the last closed windows making this 'dialog' reappear - let us know the app it should be simple to reset the restore windows if we can figure out which app is involved.
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Oct 16, 2014 7:06 PM in response to Tommy197944by mattjray,I had the same box pop up, and I was also doing a job search! I right clicked and chose "Show Page Source" which revealed it was from taleo.com which is a job site used by the global bank I was looking at earlier.
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Aug 11, 2016 9:39 PM in response to goatie666by Peter Mueller1,Taleo.com is a job-application website. Usually you are scarcely aware Taleo exists because, for instance, you'll interact with Apple.Taleo.Com Taleo seem to have some astoundingly astounding programmers. Thus:
If you leave the Taleo window open and go do something else, it times out and logs you out (which is quite reasonable).
The astounding programmers decided to alert you of the fact that your session timed out with the aforementioned message.
