Hi Daniel Thanks for that! I’m pretty sure No 3 fixed it, time will tell. I’ve already used MalwareBytes but it didn’t show anything up.
I’ll just wait now, as I said, thanks very much. Kind regards Peter > On 17 Oct 2024, at 6:00 PM, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Peter > > A few things to try. > 1. Quit Safari, but before opening it up again, hold down the Shift key. Then > launch Safari. This causes it to open without refreshing the last page it was > on. Then see how it goes. > > 2. Check it’s not modified the “home" page. In Safari, go to Safari menu then > Preferences/Settings. Then go to General tab. > Check the line “Homepage” hasn’t been modified to some weird link. If so, > delete it and put in your own page you’d like it to start on. Eg > www.google.com.au or apple.com.au or your “favourite page” > > 3. Check a strange plug/extension hasn’t been installed. > While still in Safari - Preferences/Settings then go to Websites. > On the left hand side, click on “notifications”. See if any there have a > weird addresses or no address at all, but just a little “icon”. If so, click > on it and click “Remove” down the bottom. > Then on the same left hand side, click on “Pop-up windows”. Again, see if any > have weird web addresses/no address at all, or a little icon (normally looks > like the System Preferences icon or the “cogwheel” icon. If so, click on it > and hit “Remove” down the bottom. > > Quit Safari, restart the computer for good measure. Then after restart, open > Safari and see how it goes. > All going well, one of the above 3 should resolve it. > > If still showing weird things, then check there isn’t any malware installed. > I generally recommend for people and my clients MalwareBytes. (The free > version is fine). > Depending on the version of your macOS you’d need either version 4 or 5. (I > think from memory 5 needs Big Sur (macOS 11) and 4 is for Catalina (10.15.7) > or earlier. > Version 4 can be downloaded here (the older version) - > https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038479294-Install-Malwarebytes-for-Mac-v4 > Current Version 5 can be downloaded here - https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac > > Even if 1, 2 or 3 above resolves it, I’d still run Malwarebytes just to check > and be on the safe side as well. > You can choose to not sign up to their newsletter, or go the paid version, > just leave the email address blank and stay on the “free” version if asked. > As generally the free version is fine, as it doesn’t run “all the time”. > Though if you’d like that feature, then some people do choose to pay for it. > > Hopefully something above will resolve it. > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 15 Pro > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > p : 0414 795 960 > e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > >> On 17 Oct 2024, at 5:21 PM, Peter Curtis via WAMUG >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> I’m presuming WAMUG is still in existence? I’m getting the following message >> continually on my Safari, it pops up again and again! How do I go about >> removing it? I’ve cleared my History with no success. It’s a MacAffee site >> which want me to sign up! >> >> SECURITY ALERT >> You’ve visited illegal infected website >> You have visited unsafe site with illegal contents. >> Your PC is at risk of being infected by viruses >> To continue browsing safely - perform an antivirus scan >> Then a SCAN button >> >> This takes me to a Macaffee purchase site. >> >> How do I get rid of it off my Safari >> >> Kind regards >> >> Peter >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug>
