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

I was on a porn website and when I closed off I got this saying that if I didn’t download the VPN I would get locked out so I did sooooo do I have a virus because it said I had malware that was effecting my battery

I have also received that popup several times over the past week. It relates to software called MAC SPEEDUP PRO, which is marketed by several overseas companies, one of which is in Malta and was billed under "digital-ur.com." I did NOT proceed to download the product, as I do not trust it.

Superamd23 wrote:

VictoriaV16 Take your computer into your nearest Apple store or Take it to your nearest Apple Distributor. You most likely Have a compromised system or just networking issues.

No. Read the 14 pages of this thread. And especially read the information located here: Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support as posted by Carolyn and recommended by Apple in the second post at the top of this thread.

I got a Similar one just about 15 minutes ago I immediately scanned with The MalwareBytes that was recommended by One of Apples Finest Support Techs. I had only one time been infected by viruses & that was because I clicked the scan button... ( I now know Apple don't get viruses) So to avoid getting the viruses Don't click. LOL

The one that appeared on my computer said they were apple care & had the background of the webpage When I closed it out I came here to Apple.com.

If Ever any doubt of anything I stop in & read.

Thanks for making a great Product

Love my Apples

Pretty much exactly the same thing I just had pop up on my screen....although it had an additional popup box that said "Immediate action required We have detected a trojan virus (e.tre456_worm.....blah blah blah on your mac" Press OK to begin the repair process. I just closed out of that screen and cleared my history.....

i also ran into a similar message twice yesterday,i managed to get out of the window when i pressed the home button twice and closed safari from that option.

Only to find out i had the same message until i closed the page on safari and never to see the message again.

Yes and I foolishly believed it was Apple Support. Turned out to be a guy (with a foreign accent) yelling back and forth to a supervisor, and ultimately trying to sell me a security program for $800! I had let him into my computer before I realized I was being had, so I told him I felt I was being "kidnapped". The scam then came to an abrupt halt, but I was afraid they had left some gifts behind so I invested in Norton the next day, and changed browsers. Seems to have worked. Good luck, they get more sophisticated every day.

There is no AV software that is worth one cent of your time, or your Mac's system resources.

There are no Mac viruses. None. Period. There's nothing for AV software to look for. There are lots of Trojans (software YOU have to install in some way, whether you realize you're doing it or not). No AV software will so much as attempt to stop you from installing them. In short, they do nothing useful - at all.

The only exception is MalwareBytes for Mac. It's not AV software in the typical sense. Its main function is to find and remove junk you've already installed. Not try and prevent it.

djonesrtr wrote:

There is no lack of rudeness in those who consider themselves so smart and above others. Some time speaking less is more, sad to think your pleasure comes from belittling people

Unbelievable. The answer is on page 1 of this thread. You are the only one "belittling" people. Would you rather we repost the page 1 post repeatedly? We are volunteers trying to help other users. The most efficient and correct way to accomplish this is to refer to the answer, which is on page 1.

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.

John Galt wrote:

Lexiepex wrote:

I have already acted several times to not follow this thread, but even that has not succeeded, the next day I am again "following" ???

Perhaps it's a virus.

Probably, especially if there was a pop up or email saying it was.

SimwabaNedson wrote:

I got a text whilst opening another website and popped up like your iPhone 📱 has been infected by viruses 28.24%

How strange. I wonder if anyone else has ever seen such a message? Maybe reading the previous 29 pages of posts in this thread might shed some light on the issue.

itsmoliver wrote:

I received the popup saying my MacBook Air is infected with 3 viruses. Is it true?

Please read the answer labeled "Apple recommended" that was posted over 2 years ago. It's still the right answer.

flyivan wrote:

Download and buy Bitdefender this solve my problem

How is that better than the free solutions that don't result in software on your computer that you don't need? Especially as the software you mention will not prevent the user from installing adware.

Its phishing, Just look at the url. Thats the dead giveaway, The make the website look like the apple one,then block of features and make a pop up, they literally lock your computer. The url is usually just made up of million upon thousands of numbers.