My wife opened an email from a friend of her's and after she closed it she got a virus alert. It said we had a back worm virus and needed to download an app from mackeeper.com. Is this for real? There were no downloads in the email.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.0.x), iPad, iOS8; G4 MacBook, OS 4
Bogus.
They are attempting to get you purchase the scamware, MacKeeper
It's a scam. Please ignore it. Do not click on any links in the alert nor call any phone numbers.
Thank you. I thought so but I've been out of touch lately.
Thank you.
The bottom line is there is nothing that can arbitrarily scan your computer over the internet. You would have to specifically give them access to your Mac, allow them to install software on your Mac, and run the program which transmitted the results back to them. So, anything that pops up saying you are infected, unoptimized, unclean, or anything else is always a scam.
You are welcome.
Bogus back worm virus alert or not?
