Receiving apple care warning of viruses
Receiving apple care warning of viruses in new macbook pro. Wondering if it is a legitimate warning to click on the scan now button. The warning is shown below:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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Hi,
If Apple is doing this, it is the first I've ever heard of it. They build fixes into their security updates. I absolutely would not click on it.
If you're still in doubt, contact Apple to ask them: https://support.apple.com/contact
Hi,
If Apple is doing this, it is the first I've ever heard of it. They build fixes into their security updates. I absolutely would not click on it.
If you're still in doubt, contact Apple to ask them: https://support.apple.com/contact
I just received exactly the same message, it popped up in a new tab without any action from me. The web address looked extremely dodgy so I ignored it and closed the tab, then ran CleanMyMac separately. I thought it was probably a scam but now I know for next time. Thanks
Using Clean my mac is probably the reason you received the message in the first place. That program is a no, no. You should remove it from your system. If you have any questions please start a new thread.
Hi, I had this screen pop up screen last night 2nd Nov 2017. Immediately suspicious screen looked genuine, but web address bar numbers only and a 2 minute countdown, not an Apple sort of thing so force quit Safari and closed down my Mac Book, reopened later and checked various programmes and documents and all OK, obviously a scam. Be aware it seems to have relaunched since episodes earlier in the year. Suggestion to everyone use Time Machine and a separate hard drive to keep everything backed up regularly.
It is a scam
That's nothing to do with Apple, and it's all to do with the makers of CleanMY Mac which is also a scam Get rid of it. It's dangerous.
Receiving apple care warning of viruses