Safari Taken Over ...

[Rhisiart]

I thought I'd share the following information.

Just found some malware on my Mac. See image attached. Couldn't access anything on Safari. Found a solution here: http://www.thesafemac.com/tech-support-scam-pop-ups/

 

[Cheryl]

They keep on trying. The sad part is that those hackers do manage to hit upon the unsuspecting.

 

[Snope]

Yeah I got malware too several times. I can see how people would fall for it.

 

[Satcomer]

Yeah I got malware like this too several times. I can see how people would fall for it.

Two ways:

1. Going to a nefarious wares sites.

2. Going to a p0rn site.

 

[Cheryl]

Or following a link in a spoofed email.

 

[Doctor X]

I must confess I love the "Please do not open internet browser for your security issue to avoid data corruption on your registry of your omascusating system."

Though . . . now that I think of it . . . it reminds me of how my Beloved Partner in Jesus Allah who Praise Me for my help to move $1,370,987.36 from his bank in Nigeria writes . . . "100% Risky Free."




Wait . . .

--J.D.

P.S. Way back when I first Darken'd These Fine Shores, I learned about one of the DNS Changer malware thingies. Naturally, I checked it out, downloaded the removal tool recommended HERE and found . . . nothing.

I was in a cafe . . . having a mocha of course . . . and just decided to ask a few Mac users how their connections were--they being student-hipster-bebop-listening-slacker-types. A few stated that, yes, their Internets were slow.

So I checked out their computers with said tool.

Three of them had it.

One of them was a girl.

"How did I get it."

Being a Gentleman--"measur'd in manner and speech"--I diplomatically suggested that perchance that searching for [CENSORED--Ed.] dressed as favorite My Little Pony characters should in the future be avoided.

--J.D.

 

[Cheryl]