'Apple wants to make changes' popup virus thingy

[myke323]

Does anybody know an effective way to remove this? I have no extenstions running or even installed in Safari...

 

[chrfr]

Does anybody know an effective way to remove this? I have no extenstions running or even installed in Safari...

View attachment 908908

I'd suggest downloading and running Malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
The free version would be suitable for this.

 

[myke323]

I'd suggest downloading and running Malwarebytes: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac
The free version would be suitable for this.

Thanks! I saw this metioned elsewhere as well, I will give it a shot...

 

[DeltaMac]

What exactly are you doing when you see that popup?

 

[akash.nu]

If that’s a system pop up then it’s there for a reason.

What exactly are you trying to do?

 

[chrfr]

If that’s a system pop up then it’s there for a reason.

What exactly are you trying to do?

That is exceedingly unlikely to be a legitimate message.

 

[akash.nu]

That is exceedingly unlikely to be a legitimate message.

Yeah things look dodgy, that’s why I wanted to know what exactly the OP is trying to do. A random message on a website can safely be ignored as a scam.

 

[997440]

Intermittent/random behaviors...and cures described at thread circa 2018:

Pop-up window: Apple wants to make changes - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

 

[myke323]

What exactly are you doing when you see that popup?

If that’s a system pop up then it’s there for a reason. What exactly are you trying to do?

It's actually not me I'm trying to help someone else, but I think it's when he has Safari open (not neccesarily using it), when he gets the pop ups...

And actually I'm sure if it's a Safari pop up or from the system itself...

Intermittent/random behaviors...and cures described at thread circa 2018:

Pop-up window: Apple wants to make changes - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

Cool, thanks. Yeah I read through that whole thread earlier and it definitely seems like malwarebytes is going to the first (and hopefully last) course of action...