Q: I went to the Obama Care health enrollmentsite and my computer suddenly went to a white screen and kept blinking. It acted as if it had a virus. I could not shut it down and finally had to FORCE QUIT.
I did a quick Google search to find the health care enrollment site. I typed in obamacare enrollment, landed in what looked like a credible site and suddenly my computer acted as if it embarked upon a virus. the screen went white and started blinking...acted as if it were extracting something. I tried vigorously to shut down and could not. Eventually I was able to force quit. Hopefully all will be well when I turn it back in tomorrow. Be careful!
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011)
Posted on Dec 8, 2014 11:11 PM
It sounds like you probably clicked on one of the ads that shows up when you use those search terms. The top "match" given by Google when I tried that was an ad for a site at obamacareusa[dot]org. This is not an official site, and clicking one of the links resulted in an endless swarm of new blank windows being opened. Although I would not trust anything on this site, you should be fine... At this time, there's no known Mac malware able to install just by visiting a site. As long as you did not download and install something from this site, there's no malware involved, just a high likelihood of a scam, which it sounds like the broken site prevented you from falling for.
The real site is:
Posted on Dec 9, 2014 6:47 AM