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True: Windows viruses will not affect your Mac. Nothing to worry about it. True: will hurt the email from Virus. oh yes Email spoofing is rampant. Spammer often send email that look like it come from you or me or anyone. stole email account and is scamming countacts. its not your fault. better use antivirus on email only. but wont hurt mac.
A minor note to Ronasara's response. A virus is malware. Malware is a generic term and is short for malicious software. It refers to anything you don't want on your computer. All of these are malware. Virus. Trojan. Worm. Virtually everything that afflicts a Mac is a Trojan, which is any malware the user must download, install and run.
So you could store just about every malware known to mankind on your Mac, and your Mac would not get infected spontaneously. Scanning for virus-like patterns might make you feel a little better now, but it is outdated nonsense. Nothing can become Executable Unless/Until you supply your Admin password to "make it so". Niel.
Hi Raisen_7, I think you have the answer, but just in case, this is how I fixed it, from the section pointed to by John Galt in this thread. The answer lies in the Safari, where you go to Safari > Settings.. from the Menu. Then choose the Websites tab (8th one along). Here is the list of sites that have permission to show alerts - even ones ...
If you suspect you have adware or malware you can run MalwareBytes to help you find them or you can run etrecheck to identify and help remove unwanted items. leroydouglas. Community+ 2024. Level 10. 188,148 points. Sep 7, 2019 8:18 AM in response to beaumjr. Phony "tech support" / "ransomware" popups and web pages.
1Blocker is highly configurable - and crucially does not rely upon an external proxy-service of dubious provenance, often utilised by so-called AntiVirus products intended for iOS/iPadOS. Instead, all processing by 1Blocker takes place on your device - and contrary to expectations, Safari will run faster and more efficiently.
Install OS security updates when they become available. Educate yourself as to what threats are common and active. In effect, use your own brain as the antivirus filter. Follow that advise and in MOST cases, you will be fine and won't risk your Mac to potential Trojans, malware or viruses.
Unless you have jailbroken your iPad, there are no viruses you can get. And as long as you didn't enter any personal information in any link you are not infected. Simply close the pages completely. This is the beauty of Apple's sandboxed iOS systems. (1) Scanning iPad for malware. .
111,204 points. Posted on Nov 5, 2019 6:37 AM. It is a scam. Apple would never send an email about scanning for viruses. In a message Apple will always address you by your real name, never by your email address or Dear Customer. Also the sent-from address should be @apple.com or @itunes.com Additionally Apple does not send attachments.
Norton is one of the worst things you can install on a Mac. It's now also owned by a company that, while claiming to secure your identity for a fee, has had numerous data breaches. Totally untrustworthy. I want to scan my external hard drive with Time Machine backups for any additional malware with another antivirus software.