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    From Phil Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 11:22:28 2024
    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here, but today I opened my MBP, started up Firefox, and got a full-screen message full of all kinds of warnings. "Your computer has alerted us that it has been infected
    with a Trojan Spyware" and "Access to this Apple Device has been blocked for security reasons". Firefox was locked up, and I could not quit.
    I was invited to phone Apple (AUS head office).

    This clearly did not come from Apple - it was very messy, with messages superimposed on one another, and why would Apple want me to phone their Australian office?

    So, I killed Firefox and started up iCab, which worked fine. Went to Mozilla
    to download a new Firefox, only to be told that my OS (Mojave) is no longer supported. (I need Mojave, I have several old 32-bit apps, for which there is no modern version)
    Grr.

    Went through `/Library, and deleted everything with Firefox in it's name, then restored Firefox.app from time machine. It worked. Now I have to re-create all my bookmarks and preferences.

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to Phil Taylor on Fri Jul 19 13:17:31 2024
    On 19 Jul 2024 at 12:22:28 BST, "Phil Taylor" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here ...

    If you find out how to do so, kindly let us know.

    --
    Tim

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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 20:44:54 2024
    On Jul 19, 2024 at 4:24:48 PM EDT, "David Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 19/07/2024 14:17, TimS wrote:
    On 19 Jul 2024 at 12:22:28 BST, "Phil Taylor" <[email protected]d> wrote: >>
    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here ...

    If you find out how to do so, kindly let us know.

    I saw that phenomonon too!

    https://macmost.com/forum/do-you-recommend-etrecheck.html

    You attacking EtreCheck 6 years ago has nothing to do with this. In fact, it has nothing to do with anything.

    Get a life.

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  • From Tyrone@21:1/5 to Phil Taylor on Fri Jul 19 20:48:28 2024
    On Jul 19, 2024 at 7:22:28 AM EDT, "Phil Taylor" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here, but today I
    opened my MBP, started up Firefox, and got a full-screen message full of all kinds of warnings. "Your computer has alerted us that it has been infected with a Trojan Spyware" and "Access to this Apple Device has been blocked for security reasons". Firefox was locked up, and I could not quit.
    I was invited to phone Apple (AUS head office).

    I saw one of those a few years ago on Edge in Windows. It comes from a compromised web site. I was able to shut it down, clear all the caches/cookies/internet downloads/etc., and everything was fine.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to TimS on Fri Jul 19 21:24:48 2024
    On 19/07/2024 14:17, TimS wrote:
    On 19 Jul 2024 at 12:22:28 BST, "Phil Taylor" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here ...

    If you find out how to do so, kindly let us know.

    I saw that phenomonon too!

    https://macmost.com/forum/do-you-recommend-etrecheck.html

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Tyrone on Fri Jul 19 22:16:46 2024
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 19/07/2024 21:48, Tyrone wrote:
    On Jul 19, 2024 at 7:22:28 AM EDT, "Phil Taylor" <[email protected]d> wrote:

    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here, but today I
    opened my MBP, started up Firefox, and got a full-screen message full of all >> kinds of warnings. "Your computer has alerted us that it has been infected >> with a Trojan Spyware" and "Access to this Apple Device has been blocked for >> security reasons". Firefox was locked up, and I could not quit.
    I was invited to phone Apple (AUS head office).

    I saw one of those a few years ago on Edge in Windows. It comes from a compromised web site. I was able to shut it down, clear all the caches/cookies/internet downloads/etc., and everything was fine.

    See this item ......

    https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-fall-for-these-fake-notifications-on-your-mac-they-download-malware/?

    HTH

    (Shared with ACW)

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Phil Taylor on Sat Jul 20 16:21:18 2024
    On 19.07.24 13:22, Phil Taylor wrote:
    I won't contaminate this pristine group by posting a picture here, but today I
    opened my MBP, started up Firefox, and got a full-screen message full of all kinds of warnings. "Your computer has alerted us that it has been infected with a Trojan Spyware" and "Access to this Apple Device has been blocked for security reasons". Firefox was locked up, and I could not quit.
    I was invited to phone Apple (AUS head office).

    This clearly did not come from Apple - it was very messy, with messages superimposed on one another, and why would Apple want me to phone their Australian office?

    So, I killed Firefox and started up iCab, which worked fine. Went to Mozilla to download a new Firefox, only to be told that my OS (Mojave) is no longer supported. (I need Mojave, I have several old 32-bit apps, for which there is no modern version)
    Grr.

    Went through `/Library, and deleted everything with Firefox in it's name, then
    restored Firefox.app from time machine. It worked. Now I have to re-create all
    my bookmarks and preferences.

    Settings - Privacy&Security - Permissions - Press Settings - Tick "Block
    new requests asking to allow notifications" - Save changes


    --
    "De gustibus non est disputandum."

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