Yet you never hear of any Mac users who have been hit by actual ransomware. So just about all Macintosh users simply don't worry about it. Mostly you will only find it (and even then, very rarely) on illegal file-sharing networks. There IS real ransomware for the Macintosh, but it is exceedingly rare, because it is not viral, so it has to use social engineering to disseminate it. I don't know for sure about other browsers, but I've never heard of anyone who has encountered this scareware using any other browser than Safari. Safari has been updated so that this type of scareware doesn't work anymore. Yours is the first scareware case that I've heard about in almost a year. Scary Internet Scam Becoming Disturbingly Common - TidBITS Here is an article where you can read more about this: There is no malware on her Macintosh and once you escape what appears to be a frozen screen, all is well (assuming that you weren't foolish enough to call any phone numbers in the pop-up). Basically it was a malicious ad pushed to the Web site that she visited. What your wife encountered wasn't ransomware. You found nothing because there was nothing to find. certainly willing to change my habits (wife will not think about it so would be my responsibility) - any thoughts? Thanks - Dave BUT, I am curious how others may feel about his suggestions, i.e. Second, enable FileVault - something that i don't want to do in retirement (could lose the password) and finally suggesting to 'shut down' your computer if not in use - now the latter I've not done relying simply on the sleep mode. 1.2 released last month and covering up to the M-series Macs and Monterey) - in the second pic below from the start of the book (and depending on your own situation/needs), he suggests getting a new computer! Well, I just bought her a new Intel-iMac that is still on AppleCare, not a good choice for us.
Hi All - last night my wife came from her iMac stating she could not get rid of a pop-up (she did nothing) - when I looked at her computer, it was the usual ransomeware w/ links/phone numbers (this is a rarity for us) - SO, I first closed Safari which she was using to search for a fish recipe only - turned off Wi-Fi and ran Virus Barrier & DectectX - nothing was reported as found then ran OnyX and rebooted - turned on Wi-Fi again and opened Safari - nothing (now I've done this before so my expectation).įelt that I needed a 'refresher course' and downloaded a newer version of Glenn Fleishman's book 'Securing Your Mac' (v.
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