Safari on my Macbook Pro has frozen with a pop up
I was browsing some sites [about fabric dyeing! seems harmless..] when a pop up came on from a site puporting to be
http://visitorgift.com
saying I had qualified for a gift and to click OK for details.
Naturally i did not click but it has taken possession of my browser, all other windows are frozen and I cant access Safari other than that pop up, and keep having to force quit. I have tried turning off the Mac and restarting several times but it is still there...do I have a spyware situation and what can i do??
glenfromvic
You don't mention what version of OS X you're running, but I advise you to locate and download the newest combo update for it.
For 10.8.2: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1581?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
For 10.7.5: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1582
For 10.6.8: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
Matt
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