Safari virus?

[littlewolf]

I never usually use Safari, but I used it today for some reason. I clicked on a picture in google images, and got this screen (image attached). I can't get rid of the pop-up window, it just re-appears every time I click okay. I can't clear history/cache because all the options are greyed out due to the active window. I also cannot delete Safari because it comes with the Mac. Even when I shut down/reboot, the window is still there when I open Safari. I don't mind just using another browser, but I don't like knowing that evil popup is always hiding in my Safari.

Help, I don't know what to do!

 

[ardchoille50]

A point of clarification: It's not a virus, it's a phishing attempt. As far as I know there are no viruses in the wild for OS X.

 

[Bruno09]

If you have another browser, download then run AdwareMedic.

 

[Weaselboy]

What is happening is Safari is reloading that page each time it restarts. Right click Safari in the dock and force quit. Then hold the shift key the next time you start Safari and it will stop it from going back to that page.

 

[littlewolf]

Thanks, holding the shift key worked, and I was able to clear my history.

Does anyone know if I should be worried? I did stupidly click that "ok" button a couple of times.

 

[Weaselboy]

Thanks, holding the shift key worked, and I was able to clear my history.

Does anyone know if I should be worried? I did stupidly click that "ok" button a couple of times.

Nah... you are fine as long as you did not download and install anything or enter your password to allow any installs.

 

[ardchoille50]

It's likely that the page included JavaScript that resulted in the messagebox. If the "payload" could have been delivered without the messagebox then they wouldn't have gone through the extra work of setting up a phone number for you to call.