False alarm "system safety at risk".

My wife has just started to download a update of Flash Player for his MBP and stopped when she realized that they wanted to change a lot of settings, such as the browser by default, etc..  She received a message asking if she didn't know she wanted to leave the page as well as a scary message (see screen capture below).

I called the number in the message and it did not Support Mac.  I recognized the voice as being a man with a foreign accent, telling me that I have a serious malfunction in my computer it will help to set. It sounded like a very long call remote.  I realized that it is a scam and that he hung up.

All this experience?  I had to call my phone at home several times telling me that they were aware of a computer problem and that they would like to help me solve it.  They need access to my computer to do.  Of course, that don't give them not only access.  I get the these calls one or two times a month.

If someone else gets one of these messages.  Ignore it.   Or, call Apple and ask them to check it out.  But it's not Apple.

Yes, this is a known scam. I hope that you do not allow access to any information on your Mac. Ignore it or report it to http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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