I was online checking flights when a window popped up on my screen saying my computer has been infected by 3 viruses: Backdoor, Adware, and Malware. Does Mac automatically send this alert or is it a program designed to gain access to my system?
I was online checking for flights when a window popped up on my screen saying my computer had been infected by 3 viruses: Backdoor, Adware, and Malware. Does Mac automatically send out this alert? The pop up has a "cleanup button", and is asking me to register some antivirus to enable a full cleanup. Is this really from Mac/Apple or from some entity trying to gain further entrance to my data? Can't seem to get assistance from Apple until 6 am. I am not computer savvy. PLEASE ADVISE!!!
Do not ignore this... it's malware, not a virus. Even if you didn't click on anything, make sure your Mac is free of malware.
Follow the instructions from the first two links.
http://www.fixkb.com/2011/05/remove-mac-protector.html
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/02/new-macdefender-malware-threat-for-mac-os-x/
And read here. http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus/
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