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Uncloseable window intrusion in Safari
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 906194" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Yes, these same scammers that infect Windows machines by the boatload - it seems that particular little nasty is on half the Win machines brought to me - can prevent you from closing it's window in the normal way.</p><p></p><p>This is just one of the reasons for keeping Activity Monitor in your dock. Next time you run across it, open activity monitor and quit/force quit Safari / Firefox / etc from there.</p><p></p><p>As aj-uk pointed out - you do not have a C: drive either - and even on Windows machines, it is not really scanning your drive - you're just watching a video.</p><p></p><p>At this time there are no viruses and no malware that can run in OS X. There are a couple of Trojans out there. To avoid them, don't download pirated software or video codecs from porn sites and you'll be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 906194, member: 24160"] Yes, these same scammers that infect Windows machines by the boatload - it seems that particular little nasty is on half the Win machines brought to me - can prevent you from closing it's window in the normal way. This is just one of the reasons for keeping Activity Monitor in your dock. Next time you run across it, open activity monitor and quit/force quit Safari / Firefox / etc from there. As aj-uk pointed out - you do not have a C: drive either - and even on Windows machines, it is not really scanning your drive - you're just watching a video. At this time there are no viruses and no malware that can run in OS X. There are a couple of Trojans out there. To avoid them, don't download pirated software or video codecs from porn sites and you'll be fine. [/QUOTE]
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