"Your system is infected with (3) Viruses” when opening a Safari tab

Clear your safari browser history

go into settings then safari the clear history I had Same thing happen few years ago I called the real apple and they told me to do this and problem solved

Read the thread. Your device is not infected. It's a sneaky advertisement.

Happened to me also. I force quit out of Safari and then relaunch. This usually works fine. On occasion I have had to force quit a 2nd time and then tell safari not to open the window from the previous session.

Cecimib wrote:

I just received a popup like that one, but it said I should download two different apps that are for “protecting your phone for virus”

The case is similar but is not the same, has anyone received the same alert while going through internet?

Yes, millions of people have received the same alert. It's a scam.

This is a new one though

It's not new at all. It's been around for years.

And, it's not any different.

The attackers prey on the ignorance of their targets.

There is not any way possible for anyone to view your Mac through your router from outside without you actively enabling that connection.

It is the same scam. It may use different words and pictures, but it is the same scam.

It is always a scam.

These 'Warnings' look startlingly real

Yes, but everyone who uses the internet should understand that nothing on the internet can see your computer, much less "scan" it for anything. It shouldn't matter how real it looks.

lorenzo_18 wrote:

I have 3 viruses how do I get rid of them

No, you really don't. You have a bogus popup message that claims you do, in the hopes you will download some unrequited software garbage. Don't be a victim to those criminals.

Hey i got this too and i (with panic) looked into the virus names. TapSnake and those other two are just fake viruses to get you download actual malware. Im sure you've already gotten help but I thought you'd like to know :)

Hola,

If it's like the Popup mentioned there aren't any, they just want your money using a fake warning.

Si es como el Popup mencionado que no hay ninguno, solo quieren su dinero usando una advertencia falsa.

kingman514 wrote:

its a scam. I called that number and they wanted roughly 250 bucks to undo a so called virus. You give remote access to your computer to do that. DONT. I called apple directly and they said apple would never ask you to call them. It was a scam. Your Mac is okay.

I'm so glad you posted. I would not have been able to determine it was a scam from the 23 pages of responses that preceded your post. Hopefully this thread can be now be laid to rest.

mehernosh240 wrote:

Can apple support this. I have updated all the previous updates u sent then how come my phone is not safe

Have you read any of the replies above?

All, and I do mean all such messages are scams. Always have been, always will be.

But certainly phishing pop-ups and emails.

Neither is malware of any kind. It's social engineering. i.e. , getting the user to believe in false claims. You're either smart enough to figure out it's a scam, or you aren't. No software is going to protect you from yourself.

A link on my own website has been hacked to take viewers to gambling websites.

So secure your website with a much more difficult to guess/hack password. This, again, has nothing to do with any kind of malware. You made it a bit too easy for someone to gain access to your web space.

So I will continue with anti-virus software…

And so you will continue to completely waste system resources looking for something that doesn't exist. Good plan.

can someone tell me if this is a scam or if it’s real

I guess you can't manage to read any of the 28 pages of information here.

IT IS ALWAYS A SCAM.

But, but, but, is it a scam this time?

Yes.

How about this time?

Yes.

How about now?

Yes.

How about any time in the future?

Yes.

Yeah, but this scam looks different than the other scams. Still a scam?

Yes, it is always a scam.

An Apple rep suggested the free Malwarebytes software to clean the computer. I used it it this time and it quarantined and removed the virus. There is a pay version, but the free version works fine.

I got a pop up box on my phone while surfing net. Said I had a Pegasus spyware on the phone and I had to call Apple right away to have it removed. 1-866-728-1713 person on the other end was a man with an Indian accent. then because I was in the basement talking we got disconnected. good thing? sounds like phising