<p>Okay, I just got a Macbook, so its not a PC and I know they are less vulnerable to viruses or whatever, but I got a popup saying my mac was infected, then a page opened up that showed folders like 'shared files' and underneath was red writing like trojans or something...and I hit okay to remove xyz and clean it up...but im worried thats not enough. I also know that my firewall is on...ahhh what should i do..im freaking out!!!...oh yeah, i also deleted my cookies and emptied out the safari cache if that would have helped....</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>Anybody out there?</p>
<p>I hope you didn’t get on a phishing site that says you have a PC virus, even though you don’t have a PC. </p>
<p>Unless you have anti-virus software on your Mac, you shouldn’t get valid pop-ups talking about viruses.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it said I had a virus or something else, but I was on a site trying to find an audiobook of the twilight series to buy for my cousin for her birthday, and it was one of those sites where people blog or chat online like CC is, and one blogger gave a link to a place to buy the audiobook and said it was amazon.com or something, and when I clicked on it, it didnt take me to there, but instead gave me a new screen and a popup saying my laptop was infected, and i immediately closed out of the new screen, deleted cookies, emptied out the safari cache, and hit okay when another popup said i should click ok to remove whatever…so should I be okay…I can’t believe this just happened and am a bit nervous since I just got this macbook…</p>
<p>Get some sort of anti-virus software, Macs aren’t immune like that guy in the commercial says.</p>
<p>Why would you click ok on another random popup that you don’t know where it’s coming from? Most of these viruses or whatever will masquerade like they’re antivirus software and get you to click a button thinking that it will remove the virus, so you probably just clicked remove virus and got one. </p>
<p>Also, I’m lol’ing hard now that you got a mac because its “less vulnerable” and now have a virus. The only reason there aren’t as many viruses for macs is because there aren’t as many macs as pc’s.</p>
<p>First, you don’t know you have a virus.</p>
<p>Go to the Apple site. There’s a demo program (can’t remember the name – MacScan?) that will do a search of your computer. Don’t worry – you’ll find tracking cookies that you can delete. But more importantly, the scan will determine if you have any viruses. The program is free for 30 days, I think.</p>
<p>In the future, ignore those pop-ups. Unless you have anti-virus software installed that is alerting you, then there’s no way that a web site can determine that you have a virus. They are trying to either install malware or to get you to buy anti-virus software.</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation a few months ago [although I’m on a PC]. I’m not so great with the grittier Windows stuff, so I went to a site called TechSpot, made an account, and asked a question about my problem on its forums. Within a few days the problem was solved, I had some free anti-virus/malware to protect against later stuff, etc.</p>
<p>I realize this sounds like a plug for the site, and perhaps a Mod will frown upon it, but it’s a very techno-literate - but helpful - community. Probably better than a CC forum at any rate [no disrespect intended to the person above; her advice is good].</p>
<p>I seriously doubt you really have a virus on your Mac. I’ve never used any antivirus software for Mac, but still I’m fine. If you think that better safe than sorry, you can install some firewall (e.g. Protemac Netmine).</p>