i think i have a virus or something on my new macbook

[thats awkward]

i went to a sketchy website, and i shouldn't have gone, i should have read the signs.. but once it came up many pop up boxes appeared saying 'click OK to continue, or click Cancel to return to this screen" and whenever i hit cancel it just brought up another one, and i couldn't do anything so i clicked OK till they were gone and left the site. i should and just turned off my computer, clicking OK could have been the trigger. but ANYWAY, now, i was using garage band, and it locked up, just constantly skipping, and then the whole computer was constantly clicking and skipping and i had to hold down the mouse key to pull down the menu to shut it down... and when i turn it back one it seems fine.. but its done that twice in the past 5 hours since i visited the site.... any help, comments, ideas, or knowledge would be much appreciated.

my AIM screen name is xratrider.

thanks.

 

[PlaceofDis]

well there are currently no known viruses for OS X. worst case is you downloaded a trojan. but you would've had to run that to really affect your system. are you still using the browser when this happens?

if so it could be a cache/cookies issue. try reseting safari/firefox/camino etc and see if that helps.

at least thats the first thing that comes to mind for me right now.

 

[MacDawg]

Not likely a virus, but you can download ClamXav (free) and do a scan

You didn't use your administrator password at any time did you?

Yeah, what POD said... reset your browser too

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[thats awkward]

thanks

thanks for the help.
ill get that scanning thing and check that out.

and i dont think my browser was up, but I'm not sure...
ill try reseting safari... that should be simple ..i think

 

[PlaceofDis]

thanks for the help.
ill get that scanning thing and check that out.

and i dont think my browser was up, but I'm not sure...
ill try reseting safari... that should be simple ..i think

to reset safari

go to the menubar > safari drop down > reset safari.

so simple, yes.

 

[MacDawg]

thanks for the help.
ill get that scanning thing and check that out.

and i dont think my browser was up, but I'm not sure...
ill try reseting safari... that should be simple ..i think

On the menu bar under "Safari" is "reset Safari"
Couldn't be simpler

Edit: Doh... beaten out by POD again!

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[thats awkward]

again

thanks again, but i figured that one out on my own

um, under the things it reset, it said it would reset my google searches, but it didn't...

 

[thats awkward]

thanks again for the help. i ran the scan on safari and on garage band and there was nothing.

i feel better now, so, thank you a ton.
i was kinda overreacting probably... but it IS a nice computer, so yah.

i just hope i dont have that problem again.

thanks
-Mitch

 

[MacDawg]

thanks again for the help. i ran the scan on safari and on garage band and there was nothing.

i feel better now, so, thank you a ton.
i was kinda overreacting probably... but it IS a nice computer, so yah.

i just hope i dont have that problem again.

thanks
-Mitch

As my momma always used to say... stay away from pr0n sites

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[phalewhale]

thanks again for the help. i ran the scan on safari and on garage band and there was nothing.

i feel better now, so, thank you a ton.
i was kinda overreacting probably... but it IS a nice computer, so yah.

i just hope i dont have that problem again.

thanks
-Mitch

Wouldn't this be something MacScan could have showed up? I'm sure that scans for trojans etc. Not sure what it is like though as a program...