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Mac Locked - Now what??
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1933901" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>I tried to look at a website this afternoon that shows on-line sales flyers.</p><p>First it was all OK, then clicking on a flyer of a local drugstore. I got the screen I attached and the Mac essentially locked up.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know if this is legit ftom Apple or some other actor trying to get personal info.</p><p>I figured this was easy to get rid off by turning off the Mac (via the power button) and rebooting, but no - that message came right back.</p><p></p><p>I eventually booted into my admin account which worked.</p><p>Went to the application folder and moved the FireFox application to the trash and booted normally - that worked (and that's the way I'm posting)</p><p>I then ran malwarebytes and also VirusBarrier, but they both came up clean.</p><p></p><p>But all my bookmarks and passwords are saved on FF, so I downloaded a new copy of FF from the web, installed it, expecting that to "fix" this issue - but no - it's right back again.</p><p></p><p>Has anybody come across this before?</p><p></p><p>PS: I'm on a 2012 MacMini running macOS 10.14 with the latest issue of FF for that OS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1933901, member: 67742"] I tried to look at a website this afternoon that shows on-line sales flyers. First it was all OK, then clicking on a flyer of a local drugstore. I got the screen I attached and the Mac essentially locked up. Does anyone know if this is legit ftom Apple or some other actor trying to get personal info. I figured this was easy to get rid off by turning off the Mac (via the power button) and rebooting, but no - that message came right back. I eventually booted into my admin account which worked. Went to the application folder and moved the FireFox application to the trash and booted normally - that worked (and that's the way I'm posting) I then ran malwarebytes and also VirusBarrier, but they both came up clean. But all my bookmarks and passwords are saved on FF, so I downloaded a new copy of FF from the web, installed it, expecting that to "fix" this issue - but no - it's right back again. Has anybody come across this before? PS: I'm on a 2012 MacMini running macOS 10.14 with the latest issue of FF for that OS [/QUOTE]
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