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<blockquote data-quote="johnodd4" data-source="post: 1601946" data-attributes="member: 331386"><p>Not all the time!!!</p><p></p><p>if it's a piece of nasty malware it will be there no matter what and lock you completely out of safari unless you pay or know how to remove it it's called a browser trap i have seen 26 of these this year alone the only way to fix this is backup your data and reinstall mac os x due to the severe nature of these browser traps you can end up with malware that you can't remove without zeroing the hard drive and reinstalling the o.s </p><p></p><p>Several of these tricks come from the u.k and africa and india its a phone scam where they use illegal tactics to block and control your machine i pray you where not using online banking on this machine or buying items online if you where change your bank accounts a.s.a.p because i most definitely could see them trying to get your personal information and access to your accounts.</p><p></p><p>What are browser traps:</p><p></p><p>there pop up's and fake site's that damage peoples machines on purpose in order to get money from people. </p><p></p><p>the pop ups are usually this.</p><p></p><p>Your flash player is out of date please update to the latest version.</p><p>(adobe won't use pop ups to tell you this this is a fake)</p><p></p><p>your computer has been infected with malware please download such and such software to get rid of it </p><p></p><p>(Such and such software is a malware code)</p><p></p><p>the list goes on and on.</p><p></p><p>what sucks is you cannot do anything about it and even the Fbi and police agency's have seen a rise in these traps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnodd4, post: 1601946, member: 331386"] Not all the time!!! if it's a piece of nasty malware it will be there no matter what and lock you completely out of safari unless you pay or know how to remove it it's called a browser trap i have seen 26 of these this year alone the only way to fix this is backup your data and reinstall mac os x due to the severe nature of these browser traps you can end up with malware that you can't remove without zeroing the hard drive and reinstalling the o.s Several of these tricks come from the u.k and africa and india its a phone scam where they use illegal tactics to block and control your machine i pray you where not using online banking on this machine or buying items online if you where change your bank accounts a.s.a.p because i most definitely could see them trying to get your personal information and access to your accounts. What are browser traps: there pop up's and fake site's that damage peoples machines on purpose in order to get money from people. the pop ups are usually this. Your flash player is out of date please update to the latest version. (adobe won't use pop ups to tell you this this is a fake) your computer has been infected with malware please download such and such software to get rid of it (Such and such software is a malware code) the list goes on and on. what sucks is you cannot do anything about it and even the Fbi and police agency's have seen a rise in these traps [/QUOTE]
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