07-25-2008, 11:03 PM

I have had my new mac book since April, and hadn't had any problems until yesterday. I received a pop-up warning that read:

http://winantiviruspro.net
Attention! Your PC may not have virus protection system. This may lead to your PC being infected.

Now your system will be scanned for security risks. Press ok to continue

I am assuming that this "warning" is not legitimate. When the warning appears, Safari is minimized & I have to do a forced quit to get rid of the warning (if I don't want to click ok).

How can I get rid of this warning (I have the Preferences set to block pop-ups)? Is this actually a legitimate warning? Are there any options for mac that are comparable to Lavasoft AdAware? I used to use it on my PC & it worked great - especially for a free download.

Thanks!

07-25-2008, 11:19 PM

Its a very very safe bet that the warning is a spyware link for windows users. I recommend that you switch to Firefox for day to day browsing. You can find it at www.getfirefox.com.

07-26-2008, 12:21 AM

I get those too on occasion and it's nothing to worry about on the Mac. Switching to FF isn't going to change anything nor will installing Safari-Ad Block. Just close it out and be happy that you are not the intended audience, one of the benefits of using a Mac.

07-26-2008, 01:34 AM

thanks! that's what I was thinking - but wanted to get someone else's opinion

07-26-2008, 07:04 AM

You've been well and truly had.

All it is is an animation.

The same will display on any computer in world, whatever operating system it uses.

Please don't tell me you click the links in emails from banks and ebay as well!

07-26-2008, 08:02 AM

You can usually tell when it starts examining the DLL files on your OS X installation ;0

07-26-2008, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by louishen

You can usually tell when it starts examining the DLL files on your OS X installation ;0

Tickles me every time .

07-26-2008, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by louishen

You can usually tell when it starts examining the DLL files on your OS X installation ;0

Yeah DLL's and .EXE's. OSX is just full of DLL and EXE files!

One that popped up once was checking my Registry in OSX! If that fools anyone I give up!

07-26-2008, 01:56 PM

http://www.sophos.com/security/analy...iviruspro.html
has all the details - click on 'More Information' to find out what it does.

Cheers

Hugh

07-26-2008, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by louishen

You can usually tell when it starts examining the DLL files on your OS X installation ;0

It did this on my old Linux desktop too. Funny once.

07-26-2008, 06:56 PM

How does one get rid of this thing, it's more of an annoyance than anything.Please advise. Thanks Van

07-26-2008, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Alexis

You've been well and truly had.

All it is is an animation.

The same will display on any computer in world, whatever operating system it uses.

Please don't tell me you click the links in emails from banks and ebay as well!

Alexis, no offense but I'm not sure you read the post. Nobody said anything about clicking links. Secondly, it probably does install spyware if you are running an XP machine but is likely harmless on Mac OS X.

07-26-2008, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by vank66

How does one get rid of this thing, it's more of an annoyance than anything.Please advise. Thanks Van

If you install and use Firefox, it should block the pop-up to begin with so you don't see it anymore.

07-26-2008, 11:04 PM

Thank God for Macs. I recently switched from a super old windows machine and the death of it was that exact pop up. My poor mother not knowing much about such things clicked the link and such before I could stop her .... it turned out poorly. I have yet to see it on my eMac, but as soon as it looks for a .exe or dll file, I will commence to laugh.

07-27-2008, 07:54 AM

If you install Firefox, you can also install Adblock which pretty much keeps anything like that from appearing.