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OS X Users Hit by Ransomware Websites Posing as FBI Notices
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Why do you make such generalizations? Not everyone is computer Savy, there are some people in their 60s and 70s who 'barely' get by browsing the internet and checking email, and yea they bought Mac because it's easy. They are not real stupid, they are not dumb, they just don't know enough to know it's fake.
There are... I'm running JavaScript Blocker.
(As well as Ghostery and AdBlock and a couple of others)
The last time I checked there was no Javascript blocking extension for Safari. Something about the way Apple does things with the browser and policy.
Although I think (I'm at work on a Windows PC, so I can't verify) you can turn Javascript off in Safari preferences. If you do that and encounter a page that uses it and you want to see it you'll have to go to Preferences each time, rather than a right-click with the extension on the other browsers.
Edit: Looks there is an extension for Safari: http://javascript-blocker.toggleable.com/
You really need to tread carefully and exercise common sense when using the internet. I could see my 67 year old dad falling for this huge.
Really?!? This is why?
I mean... How did you even know they were going to lauch an attack like this?
Seems like you must have known this was going to happen... which means you had something to do with it!!!
This further shows that the best antivirus is not AVG, or Norton, or Kaspersky. It's your brain. This is one of those attempts to grab the incredibly naïve internet users.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question and offer the advice.
Go back to that post again, I added an edit to it.
I ran into that after following a couple of links from Reddit. Safari would not let me close the window due to a Javascript loop. I ended up having to Force Quit Safari. It did not come back when I tried the link again.
Someday you'll get ripped off doing something (some life situation outside the internet that you're not aware of) - should we laugh at you when that happens?
Just because someone falls for something doesn't mean they're an idiot and deserve it.
The target for these scams are elderly people. I work at Walmart (I'm a student don't kill me) and I honestly only see old people attempting to buy these money paks EVER. Whenever they come to the service desk or I am supervising the front end and I see one attempting to buy one I immediately tell them it is a high scam item and they usually explain to me something along the lines of this scam happened to them.
Not everyone grew up with computers like you. First time internet users, grandma and grandpa who barely know the internet etc.
I don't see what's to be happy about. His graphics card is one of the worst i've ever seen.
to be fair that sight would nail windows computers just as easily. This is a browser based attack......
Exactly. Some of those phishing attempts and ransomware pages can be very convincing. Especially if you don't take the time to read it carefully and spot the obvious giveaways, even if you do know enough to know it's fake.
That's because you're not viewing the right kind of porn.
I've yet to encounter one from the FBI extorting money, but I have run in ALOT of so-called anti-malware software that holds my browser hostage."Virus detected on your machine. Download Virus Defender immediately to remedy the problem." As if.
I run a spartan (bare bone) machine with no anti-malware, I kill the process and resume browsing my porn. I don't negotiate with hostage takers.I find using Ad Blocker and turning off javascript helps a lot to limit these sort of attacks. But that's on the Winders 7 and Firefox side. Dunno if it's effective on Safari.
Nah he's right. This type of **** could never happen to windows you know why? Instead of a browser-based attack it would more likely be a trojan that locks your entire system.