I received some bogus page on my yahoo.finance page that accused me of visiting child pornographer sites, claiming to be the FBI and Interpol, and that they were going to lock down my computer unless I paid them $300. I could not switch from that window

anyone else have their computer momentarily freezed by some peddlers accusing you of pronoting pornagraphy and asking for $300 to release your files?

Some of those scam pages can be dismissed very easily. Press command-W to close the tab or window. A huge box will pop up. Press the return key and both the box and the page will close. If that doesn't happen, continue.
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and uncheck the box marked Enable JavaScript. Leave the preferences dialog open.
Close the malicious window or tab.
Re-enable JavaScript and close the preferences dialog.
If the Preferences menu item is grayed out, quit Safari. Force quit if necessary. Relaunch it by holding down the shift key and clicking its icon in the Dock. From the menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
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They were found in the iPhoto Data folder.
These are not your Photos. They are just the thumbnails that show in the iPhoto Window. They are tiny and not useful for anything. Look for your photos in the Originals Folder.
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If you are sure they were scammers the only way to be 100% sure they left nothing behind is to wipe your system disk, do a clean install and restore from a backup you are sure was made before the scammers got onto you system.
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Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - This assumes you are in the States. Different procedures may apply in other countries.

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I can't open my mail and every time i try to shut down my computer mail won't let me shut down. what do i do?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Go to  > Force Quit or press Alt, Command and Esc keys, select Mail and force quit it. Finally, turn off your Mac.

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Hi brigitta2,
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Hello,
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http://www.mac-and-i.net/2012/04/flashback-detect-and-remove-uprising.html
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