No worries Tony, glad that helped. It’s actually quite clever,..(in a bad way). As 1) it uses an “icon” to make it look like it’s a System Preference to trick you into thinking it’s coming from the System itself and so you don’t look at it in Safari and 2) because it’s in Safari it uses your browsing history to “tailor” the pops to each person. So say you went to your bank (Westpac), and then Dymocks to look at a book, it will tailor the pop up notification to say “your Westpac account has been compromised” or “Dymocks link you visited was infected, so now your computer is infected. And so on. So each notification/pop up is different for each person.
And because it’s a Safari Notification item, most Malware/Virus scanners won’t see it when you run a scan. If only all these people that wrote bad things actually put their work to good,..the world would be a better place! :) Enjoy your day. (Pop up free,..hehe). Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry p : 0414 795 960 e : <[email protected]> w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** Please note : All email, phone and SMS support, troubleshooting or consulting will now be charged. An invoice will be sent through on completion of support work. > On 4 Oct 2023, at 10:03 am, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Tony > > It’s actually not a virus or Malware. So scans won’t pick it up. > It’s a weird notification and you can remove it as follows. > > Open Safari. > Go to preferences. / Settings > Go to Websites > On the left hand side Go right to the bottom to Notifications. Click on this. > On the right hand side you’ll see a list of things. At the very top of this > will be one that just has a small icon but no text beside it. Click on it > once. > Then click remove down the bottom. > > It will then remove it and you shouldn’t get the notifications anymore > (You may need to Quit and re-open Safari again. ) > > But that should remove it and resolve it. > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > p : 0414 795 960 > e : [email protected] > w : http://www.macwizardry.com.au > > *** For Everything Apple *** > > > Please note : All email, phone and SMS support, troubleshooting or consulting > will now be charged. An invoice will be sent through on completion of support > work > >> On 4 Oct 2023, at 9:36 am, Anthony (Tony) Francis via WAMUG >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Good Morning fellow wamuggers >> >> It’s been a while and sorry I missed the meeting yesterday, I would have >> liked to learn a little more about AIRDROP. >> >> My reason for contacting the list today is because I am being bombarded with >> a message that keeps repeating every 5 or so minutes, it shows in the top >> right hand corner of my desktop under the safari logo telling me that I have >> 5 viruses in my system and the name used is VINEGARD ?? I have tried to find >> the source as to how this message is activated but I can’t find it, the >> message appears even with the wireless turned off, so it’s within my system >> somewhere. >> Any thoughts guy’s? >> >> Thanks all, have a great day >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Tony Francis >> >> BODDINGTON >> >> W.A. >> >>> On 2 Oct 2023, at 15:45, Maureen Smith via WAMUG <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Fellow WAMUGers, >>> >>> I learn a lot in meetings. For instance, did you know that by bending >>> a paper clip once, you can make a pretty cool ‘S’? >>> >>> However, I didn’t learn that in a WAMUG general monthly meeting, but I >>> have learnt other things. >>> >>> Our October general meeting is this Tuesday, 3rd October at 7:30pm. >>> Here are the details >>> >>> MEETING TOPICS >>> >>> 1 Available or coming in macOS Sonoma >>> >>> 2 Airdropping over the internet >>> >>> 3 Creating a collaborative playlist >>> >>> 4 A look at a Journal App >>> >>> 5 iWork apps have added support for USDZ format, which Apple says >>> brings "new dimension" to users' documents and presentations "with 3D >>> objects. (Needs Ventura at minimum to work.) >>> >>> MEETING AND LOGIN DETAILS >>> >>> Date: Tuesday 3RD October >>> >>> Time: 07:30 PM (Usually lasts an hour) >>> >>> Zoom Meeting Link: [1]https://bit.ly/3rAsIhQ >>> >>> Meeting ID: 875 1825 8878 >>> >>> Passcode: 917609 >>> >>> If you have problems with the link or prefer to go 'Old School,' follow >>> these instructions. >>> >>> >>> * Type [2]zoom.us into your browser's address bar. >>> >>> >>> * At the login screen, click the Join button. (located on the black >>> coloured bar, third from the right) >>> >>> >>> * At the Join Meeting screen, type in the meeting ID included in this >>> email >>> >>> >>> * Finally, click Allow on the dialog box shown in your browser. 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