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PhilNet Pop-Up

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wvtbred

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Apr 16, 2007
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I have an iMac and have never seen this but my Dad who bought an iMac on my recommendation is seeing a pop-up called PhilNet. Not much on the web about it and I think it's spyware. Anyone come across this and or just have some ideas on how to get rid of it?

Thanks
 
BlueRevolution said:
It's probably an advertisement from some website he's visiting. Tell him to enable Safari -> Block Pop-Up Windows.
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Appreciate it but he force quit Safari and then shutdown. Started back up and the pop up showed up again. IMO that isn't a site pop up but a worm, please tell me if I am wrong.
 
Here it is

PhilNetPopup2.png
 
what you are seeing is not a pop-up from a website but rather an alert for your airport networking service. Is your dad using a wired or a wireless connection? Because it appears that the connection is not working properly, and therefore it is asking you to choose a different network. PhilNet is probably his neighbor's or something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this appears to be more of a networking issue than a malware problem.
 
MacBook.Matt said:
what you are seeing is not a pop-up from a website but rather an alert for your airport networking service. Is your dad using a wired or a wireless connection? Because it appears that the connection is not working properly, and therefore it is asking you to choose a different network. PhilNet is probably his neighbor's or something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this appears to be more of a networking issue than a malware problem.
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I was thinking the same but he is wired (no airport) with Cox Communications and they say it isn't theirs. He lives in a community where houses are at least 300 yards from each other so I didn't think he would get a signal from someone else especially since his office is in the basement under ground. He tries to close it and it keeps popping up on him (won't go away).
 
Thinking more about it I bet it is the closest neighbor. I will tell him to try to uncheck the remember box if it will let him.

Thanks Guys
 
yea, try that. Have him uncheck the box that says something like "find networks automatically." A modem reset wouldn't hurt either.
 
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