Mac OS X: Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac
Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac
by pippinator - 2/17/09 8:32 AMI just bought an IMac last week. I opened up Safari browser this morning and all of a sudden, a Windows Security Center virus/trojan warning popped up and took over my computer. I couldn't exit out of the Mac Safari and it wouldn't let me get out unless I bought some software. I had already had this happen on my pc and can't get rid of it so I bought the mac. Now it's on my Mac.
I did a force quit to get out of the safari browser and was told by Apple that it was just some spyware and that it would be gone once I force quit the browser.
Is there anyway to check for sure that my computer isn't infected by some virus or spyware? How do I remove this from my Macintosh?
Apple were correct,
by mrmacfixit
- 2/17/09 9:17 AM
In reply to: Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac by pippinator
what you received was a popup trying to sell you something that you do not need.
Force Quit Safari and it is gone.
Currently, there are no viruses for the Mac.
There is nothing to remove
P
apple were correct
by boni777 - 2/18/09 12:43 PM In reply to: Apple were correct, by mrmacfixit
I just went in to see if I remembered how to do a force quit. I found it, but it also gave me the three buttons to click on instead of going into the apple. So, one is Command, one is the Power button. But what is the other? My mb doesn't have that symbol on a key.
Force Quit...
by jedirock - 2/18/09 1:32 PM In reply to: apple were correct by boni777It's Command+Option+Escape if I remember correctly. Also, there are Mac viruses, but they propagate much slower than Windows viruses because of the security model inherited from Unix. But what you saw was just a popup window from Safari if I understand right.
Virus and force quit
by Sergesouszero - 2/21/09 12:42 PM In reply to: Force Quit... by jedirockThey're not really viruses. They're more like trojans, less intrusives, and they need administrator password to get "installed" on a Mac.
About force quit, you can also press and hold the option key and do a right click on the application icon in the Dock.
P.-S. Sorry for the bad english.
I had it happen today
by Larry Launstein Jr - 2/21/09 2:30 PM In reply to: Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac by pippinatorI was surfing in my Mac partition on my Mac Mini (don't use Windows to access the Interent) when I got a warning from Grisoft (AVG Antivirus) that kept showing viruses being downloaded into my Windows partition. And then they asked me to download some version of AVG Antivirus. I hope I didn't buy it, because then it would have been a sale under false pretenses. I did not ask for this program, 7.0 or whatever, and have 8.0 installed. As I said, I do not use my Windows partition to access the Internet.
ads of viruses downloading
by jolysmoke - 2/22/09 2:38 AM In reply to: I had it happen today by Larry Launstein JrThis is just straightforward (if a bit bent) advertising aimed at Windows users. The advertisers neither know you have a Mac nor a Windows partition on it. I get this sort of ad occasionally and just laugh at how silly ads can be, for I have just an iMac with no Windows at all! There are a mass of ads that tell you your machine is infected, but it never is (or if it is, the ad has nothing to do with your machine and its condition.) The ad is just standard and sent to millions of machines, PC, Mac and Linux, as it is embedded into the programming of the page you are reading.
Sorry you got spooked
by dknapp - 2/23/09 3:07 PM In reply to: Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac by pippinatorIf you had Googled the subject you would have seen how to get rid of the Windows Security Center malware. There was no need to buy an iMac just to rid yourself of this pesky critter. My son fell for the same bit of flim-flam, but there were plenty of web hits on how to remove it. What are you going to do the next time a computer does something you don't expect? Apple Mac and WinTell PCs both can have problems. Throwing money at them is a sorry solution. Look at the Apple support forums for a feeling for problems they have to deal with. Scratch the surface of Mac OS-X and you are in for a real high tech learning curve. My advice, make friends with someone who does not stand to earn a buck from selling you anything but is willing to help you out of a jam. Spring for a beer or whatever motivates that person and give him or her a call before digging out your credit card.
(NT) I think we have established that this is a scam.
by mrmacfixit - 2/23/09 4:29 PM
In reply to: Windows Security Center Virus/Trojan Warning popping on Mac by pippinator
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