every time I try to open my Safari window, I get the following message "http://macsecurityalert.net VIRUS FOUND. The last website you visited has infected your Mac with a virus. Click ok to begin the repair process."
is this a valid website? How do I get out of this?
MacBook Air
Bantufi wrote:
every time I try to open my Safari window, I get the following message "http://macsecurityalert.net VIRUS FOUND. The last website you visited has infected your Mac with a virus. Click ok to begin the repair process."
That is a scam. See:
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Bantufi wrote:
every time I try to open my Safari window, I get the following message "http://macsecurityalert.net VIRUS FOUND. The last website you visited has infected your Mac with a virus. Click ok to begin the repair process."
That is a scam. See:
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)
Thank you Thomas! holding down the shift key while opening Safari seems to have worked.
Glad to hear it!
I'm sorry to bother you Thomas, but you seem to have a good understanding of this kind of stuff. I also went on a webpage where "http://macsecurityalert.net VIRUS FOUND. The last website you visited has infected your Mac with a virus. Click ok to begin the repair process." popped up and I clicked okay. Then it said "Scan Now" and not realizing that this was a scam I clicked on it and it ran a diagnosis that honestly could have been false I'm not sure. And then it somehow determined that I had a virus. The next option was I believe "solve this problem" , but I didn't click on that. Do you think by clicking "Scan Now" my computer could be compromised or infected?
No, you're not infected with anything. There is no currently known way for anything to be installed just from visiting a website. This was just a scam.
Why does my Safari only go to macsecurityalert.net?
