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LOCKED UP COMPUTER

My wives computer has 'locked up'. Attempted to access her email and received the following pop-up on her screen. http:/macintosh-adware-alert.info

YOUR APPLE COMPUTER HAS BEEN LOCKED. Your computer is infected with an adware or malware causing you to see this warning alert.

Help!!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), late 2011

Posted on Oct 28, 2016 7:17 PM

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Posted on Oct 28, 2016 10:22 PM

The popup message is a scam.

Force quit the browser, then restart the web browser while holding the shift key.

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LOCKED UP COMPUTER

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