Windows Registry Pop Up on MAC???

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ruggerus

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Hi All,
New MAC User and recent convert here. Can't say enough good things about the MAC. I love it. Wish I would have switched years ago.
So, I hope someone can help me with a question:
My fiance was surfing the web today on our MAC mini and she had a pop up window for a Windows Registry Cleaner. The sender was FALKAR.net. I am assuming this is a generic pop-up and nothing to worry about. I cancelled the two windows that popped up and it was fine.
Do I need to worry about this?
Has anyone else come across this?
Is there any way to block similar issues in the future?

Thanks for the help in advance.
Ken
 

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If you are using Sarafi, press Apple + K to enable popup blocking. :) If it is a pop under, then you can't really do anything about it, if you do have popup blocking enabled. I laugh, when I see popups that are windows related.
 

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Like iWhat said you can enable PopUp blocking hitting Apple-K but also if you click the Safari drop down in the toolbar you will see the 4th option down is Block Pop-Up Windows. Make sure that has a check mark next to it.

There are an increasing number of Pop Unders that pop UNDER the page you are viewing. I find I get way less of them in Safari on the Mac than I do with the latest Firefox on XP. I am sure they are working on blocking them in the future, but if you have pop up blocking checked you should get no pop ups in front of your work anyway.
 
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Yeah, and them pop-ups your talking about are just to kinda worry people who don't know into clicking them! But you've nothing to worry about, and liek the others said, enable pop-up blocking and you shouldn't see them again!
 
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Thanks all,

I didn't think it was anything to worry about, but I welcome the confirmation. I also appreciate the pop-up blocker info about Safari. Hadn't figured that one out yet. I still have a lot to learn. These forums are better than tech support.
Thanks again.
 

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