May have a virus...help please

So I pay WoW and pretty much like 5 minutes ago i was hacked...i remember accidently going to a weird website and a pop up came up and i knew it wasnt good so i backed out...anyways, im fairly new to macs and i heard that macs rarely if ever get a a virus and im curious to how to check for a virus or how to scan or anything like that...sorry if this doesnt help but if you can help i would love you long time.

A pop-up is not a virus but it may be an internet scam. You might try staying away from "weird website(s)" in the future.
You can suppress some pop-ups in your browser by using the pop-up blocker feature. For Safari it's in the Safari menu.

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