I'm getting a pop-up notice that says "Safari Alert" from www.macsystemalerts.com to the effect that I have "security issues" and "suspicious activity might have been detected" and to call 1-800-680-4131 immediately. Is this a real Apple number? I've never gotten anything like that from Apple before and it sounds fishy to me. Anyone know anything about this?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
It's a scam.
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It is scam. Ignore it.
Thought so. Thanks. Now how do I get the ****** thing off my screen!?
Force quit Safari and then relaunch it with the Shift key held down. If that doesn't work, disconnect the computer from the Internet and try again.
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Try http://www.thesafemac.com/admedic/
I've tried both of the solutions that you provided and neither of them worked. Any further suggestions?
Kellen, when as Safari was opening I held down Command and repeatedly hit the "W" key to close all the windows Safari had opened and it fixed it right up!
I had the same issue PastorL5 and I did what you wrote here and it worked! thank you so much.
PastorL5's solution below worked for me except I didn't have to restart Safari. While Safari was open, I held down the command key while pressing the W key a bunch of times. That got rid of the Major security Issue call 800-680-4131 box and I was able to use Safari as normal again. The problem originally occurred when I tried to watch a live tv show for free online and downloaded what appeared to be MPlayerX.dmg, but I think it was just a virus. Before I tried this solution, I had put that dmg in the trash. I don't know if I also need to remove other files from my ard drive. Does anyone else know?
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PastorL5Nov 14, 2014 6:25 AM Re: Is this a legitimate Apple number? 1-800-680-4131.
Re: Is this a legitimate Apple number? 1-800-680-4131.in response to Kellen Anderson
Kellen, when as Safari was opening I held down Command and repeatedly hit the "W" key to close all the windows Safari had opened and it fixed it right up!
Is this a legitimate Apple number? 1-800-680-4131.
