I just got a "warning system may have found viruses on your computer" message on safari
I just got a "warning: system may have found viruses on your computer" message on safari that mentioned system may have found 2 malicious viruses: Rootkit.Sirefef.Spy and Trojan.FafeAV-Download. Also a phone # to call for help in removing the viruses. I have a MacPro I don't know if this is for real or spam. I had to force quit safari and turn off and then back on my computer but when I clicked on safari again the message was still poping up. Does anyone know and can anyone help me? Thank you.
Fraudulent spam. Not only is it impossible to diagnose your computer's health, virus status, etc, by visiting a web page, Macs don't get viruses of that kind. Calling that number would have prompted the perpetrator to take your money and/or gain remote access to your computer.
Quit Safari completely by holding down your cursor on the dock icon and choosing Quit when you see it appear, or hitting cmd-Q when the Safari menu is visible on the top left of the screen. Once it has completely quit (there is no light under the dock icon), hold down the Shift key on the keyboard, and launch Safari again.
Safari will normally try to reload whatever webpages were open when it last quit; holding Shift will cancel this behaviour. And try to avoid going back to whatever webpage you were on when you got the popup.
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It said for help removing virus's, call tech support online free right away 1-888-989-1604. Is this yours first.
Wvd.proresync.net/sd/coops-1.2.0.html?u=http%3A%2F%2F114934url.directdisplayad.com...........ecthello, mozilla will never send out such kind of popups - this is a scam trying to trick you into downloading more mailcious stuff. in case you're getting such kind of pop-ups regularily though, this by itself might be a symptom that there is already adware/malware present on your system.
<br>in this case please try the following:
# [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems|reset firefox]] (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords)
# afterwards go to firefox > addons > extensions and in case there are still extensions listed there, disable them.
# finally run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free free version of malwarebytes] and [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ adwcleaner] to make sure that adware isn't present in other places of your system as well.
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I just got a warning that the Itunes that I just downloaded (10.6) could impare or destablize my system- I have had Itunes on my computer before but when I plugged in my Ipod it told me I needed to uninstall Itunes and reinstall itunes all together. Now I don't know what to do. I have a Sony computer that runs on Windows XP and then I have an Ipad, Iphone, and Ipod that I sync everything with What do I do? Do I continue installing? And, if I don't install how will I ever get all my "gadgets" to work properly without being able to download Itunes 10.6? Need Help!!!! I'm not very tech savey...just a grandmother who loves her gadgets:)
What's the precise text of the message, please? (There's a couple of different ones I can think of that you might be getting.)
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Let's try a standalone Apple Mobile Device Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of why it's not installing under normal conditions.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
http://www.rarlab.com/
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (or AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi) to do a standalone AMDS install.
(If it offers you the choice to remove or repair, choose "Remove", and if the uninstall goes through successfully, see if you can reinstall by doubleclicking the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi again.)
Does it install (or uninstall and then reinstall) properly for you? If so, can you get a normal iTunes install to go through properly now?
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I just got an iPad 2 and have not yet synced to my computer. I don't want to have all the duplicate songs in my iTunes. How do I get rid of duplicates?
You don't say whether you are on PC or Mac. For Mac there are these two programs which might help (I havn't tried either) :
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/songsergeant.html
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ipod_itunes/idupe.html
There are probably similar programs for PCs, but I don't know what they are. On a PC you can hold the shift key and do File > Display Exact Duplicates (without the shift they may not be exact matches) - if one of each duplicate pair has the same date added then you can sort by that and then delete those with (or without) that date. -
I am trying to upload my Iphoto library from a reinstalled OSX, but I just got told that I dont have enough free space... its only 60GB of images, on a HD disk that still has 460 GB free...
If you correctly stated that you are importing an iPhoto library into another one it will not work as TD said
The only way to do it is to drag the old library intact as a single entity to the pictures folder of the new system and then launch iPhoto
There is no importing, dragging and dropping or uploading involved
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I just got a new Mac- I have transferred my itunes but how do I transfer my iphone to the new itunes? i dont want my whole iphone to blank so please help
and everything from my iphone will transfer to the new itunes and i wont loose anything when i sync?
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Any thoughts on how to fix this?
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I just got an iphone 5 and have two issues:
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2) I had to enter a passcode when I was setting up my phone. I didn't realize what it was asking at the time and I now want to change my password. I have tried but it isn't letting me change it. How do I cnage the password for my phone? This is the password that is requested when my phone isn't used for a period of time (2 minutes).1) Try turning on the Bluetooth on your iPhone around the time the car gives you the 4 digit code.
2) Check Settings > General > Passcode Lock to change the code. -
I just got a iphone 6 i have deleted my contacts can i get thenm back ?
I Just got a iPhone 6 I have some how deleted my contacts is there anyway to get them back ?
You should be storing everything on your computer and/or cloud service.
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I just got the iPhone 5s, I have had a 4 for the last few years, my husband uses a galaxy. I have never had issues with any of our phones connecting to the cars Bluetooth until this one sometimes it will connect and sometimes it won't. I drive a gm car. A friend of mine drives an Acura and said she is also having the same problem? I have to connect the phone every time I get in the car.
Turn Off BT on your Phone & ReBoot..
Delete the phone from the vehicles memory..
Restart the Vehicle & go thro' the Pair set up.......... -
hi i have just got a ipad mini and have set the password and cant remember it how can i access my ipad
There are instructions on this page for how to reset your iPad : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
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I may have found a software bug. Ver 12.0.1.26 Was playing in non shuffle mode. Turned shuffle back on but it is not doing it. Any guesses?
SadisticIron wrote:
i just baught my first iphone and it is a jalbroken
Buzz! Thank you for playing!
Discussing jailbroken devices is forbidden here by the Terms of Service.
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So, i just got my iPod touch and i plugged it into my computer and it wont show up on itunes. Plus, it stays at the screen where it says to plug it in.: someone please help!!!!!!!!!
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
There have been some problems accessing pages on the Apple web site. If the hyperlink gives you a "We're sorry" message, try again. -
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i just clicked on the ad banner and it fully loaded the site, i visited the site through formspring and not safari but i did not enter any details, or click anything else.
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