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I'm getting a prompt when I visit some websites to update to a new version of safari and this doesn't seem to be coming from apple. I, of course, don't do the update. I'm thinking that someone is doing some naughty on these respective wed sites but wanted some feed back first. thanks.
Mac mini (Mid 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Sounds like a scam to me.
You will get a message like that if you still had 10.6.8 since Safari for that OSX version does not work for many sites.
What sites are they? Sounds like they are either legit sites that were infected or malicious sites.
This is a legit site so someone may have been hacking them for this error to come up. wanted to get some feed back from the community on this one. I have seen something similar in the past where I was asked to do something and the messages would pop up demanding some action to be done. it was clearly a scam and i would unplug the modem to get rid of the message. here it looked, frankly, more official but, all updates comes from the app application so I had a feeling that it was another scam. easier to get rid of then the last message. here I just left the page got a message asking me if I wanted to leave the page, which was an official looking message and I had seen something like it before on advertising web sites. so, agreed, probably a scam. the site was kingworldnews.com financial web site. thanks.
Sounds like another scam...
You should already have the latest Safari version 8.0.7 if your up to date and running 10.10.4.
To check, go up on your menu bar and select Safari > About Safari.
Are you getting these warnings on more than one well-known website, such as YouTube?
Yes, it could be a scam the the webmaster for the site may be unaware of.
If the site is not asking you to download the update from any dialogues or
prompts, then it could also just be an issue with the webpage. Many web designers
will put in code that checks the browser and version to determine compatibility
of the browser to their content design. Perhaps, they have a mistake in this checking
process.
In any case, if this is a reputable site, you should contact the webmaster or their
support and make them aware of the situation. Obviously, if there is any download requested,
don't do it.
Also, if any of those annoying dialogs that can't be dismissed pop up, try holding down
Command and w keys which will force close a window.
I have also had notices to update Safari and I am running Safari Version 8.0.7 (10600.7.12) and Yosemite 10.10.4 on a late 2014 2,6 GHz Mac Mini.
However, in such situations Command-W doesn't do anything and sometimes even Command-Option-Escape (to force-quit Safari) doesn't either. Or when it does, I find the same situation when Safari is started again.
Restarting my computer clears it all up.
I'm getting a prompt to update safari when I visit a website NOT from apps page
