Mac virus?

Andy Buchan · Andy Buchan #1 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 09:27 AM

Hi, I was trying to find a good proxy server (I live in Dubai and a lot of sites are blocked) and followed a few links. I've now got a problem, whereby whatever I click on my computer is accompanied by a computer voice telling me what I've just clicked, and a black box outlines everything that I'm clicking on.

Can anyone help, anything similar happened to them? I've just searched the computer with ClamXav and found nothing...

Thanks in advance

Raz0rEdge · Raz0rEdge #2 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 09:36 AM

No virus..I think you've managed to enable Apple - Accessibility - VoiceOver - In Depth somehow..

Go to System Preferences->Universal Access and see if VoiceOver is turned on, if so, turn it off and all of that should stop..

Regards

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 10:30 AM

Raz0r has the correct answer.

btw: You can get out of that Windows mind set now. You know... that one that says every time something happens you don't understand with your computer it's a virus - sorry, not on your Mac.

The appropriate way with your Mac is just describe the issue and ask for the solution. That way, the title of your thread would be something to do with the real issue at hand also.

MYmacROX · MYmacROX #4 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 02:25 PM

But my battery level is getting low on my MBP, doesn't that mean I have a virus??

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #5 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 06:41 PM

And I sneeze quite a lot. A virus?

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #6 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 07:21 PM

Raz0rEdge is correct. You must have accidently hit the keys that enable VoiceOver. Open System Preferences and Universal Access. Turn off VoiceOver Off.

Quote:

Originally Posted by harryb2448

And I sneeze quite a lot. A virus?

Now Harry, YOU have a virus. Not your Mac.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #7 (**permalink**)

06-20-2010, 11:40 PM

Thanks Dennis. I will start dosing on Nortons immediately!

deus_ex_machina · deus_ex_machina #8 (**permalink**)

06-21-2010, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harryb2448

Thanks Dennis. I will start dosing on Nortons immediately!

Take 2 system scans and post in the morning.

mtbinva · mtbinva #9 (**permalink**)

06-21-2010, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harryb2448

And I sneeze quite a lot. A virus?

Swine Flu.

MYmacROX #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2009 Posts: 3,329 Mac Specs: 2008 15" MBP ML, 2012 21.5" iMac ML	06-20-2010, 02:25 PM But my battery level is getting low on my MBP, doesn't that mean I have a virus?? 16GB iPhone 5, 64GB Wi-Fi only iPad 1st Gen. Reminder: Please include your Mac's specs. This will make it much easier for the other members to assist you.
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Andy Buchan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 20, 2010 Posts: 1	06-20-2010, 09:27 AM Hi, I was trying to find a good proxy server (I live in Dubai and a lot of sites are blocked) and followed a few links. I've now got a problem, whereby whatever I click on my computer is accompanied by a computer voice telling me what I've just clicked, and a black box outlines everything that I'm clicking on. Can anyone help, anything similar happened to them? I've just searched the computer with ClamXav and found nothing... Thanks in advance
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Raz0rEdge #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Location: MA Posts: 5,817 Mac Specs: 27" i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 1TB HDD, iPhone 3G & 4, iPod Nano 16GB, iPod Shuffle, iPad 2 16GB WiFi	06-20-2010, 09:36 AM No virus..I think you've managed to enable Apple - Accessibility - VoiceOver - In Depth somehow.. Go to System Preferences->Universal Access and see if VoiceOver is turned on, if so, turn it off and all of that should stop.. Regards
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harryb2448 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,079 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	06-20-2010, 06:41 PM And I sneeze quite a lot. A virus?
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harryb2448 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,079 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	06-20-2010, 11:40 PM Thanks Dennis. I will start dosing on Nortons immediately!
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