“For the most part, malware on the Mac just isn’t the problem it is for Windows PC users,” BohemianBoomer writes. “There is, however, a notorious malware scam floating around the web and here’s a way to stop it.”
“It’s happened to me twice. Once when I accidentally typed in Ookla’s speedtest.net URL but used .com instead (don’t do that) which attracted a crazy JavaScript popup malware incident in Safari. That caused the popup window to go into an endless loop which was difficult to get out of,” BohemianBoomer writes. “Maybe you’ve seen the popup message which says your Mac is infected with blah blah blah, and there’s a phone number to call get assistance to remove the malware.”
“I can only imagine how many tens of thousands or more Mac users have stumbled upon that little annoyance.” BohemianBoomer writes. “Here’s how to beat it. It’s a free Safari browser extension for your Mac called ScamZapper.
More info in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Another way to get out of those endless loops, of course, is much more brutish, but it works: Force Quit Safari.