R ad-somware-is there a cure?

"R-ad-somware" is my play-on-words for ransomware, due to recent events. I regularly visit and participate in a web forum hosted by Proboards, and lately (last days), the host redirects the active forum to ads that don't have that one active button - the button 'Install'-'later' visible on-screen or off button 'Cancel' or 'download '. At first, I could close the page/window/tab - there is no 'back' to the original page navigation, but close the page worked (meaning he had to reopen and close the session in the forum in order to continue where you left).

Today, the announcement that hijacked the page was for MacKeeper resumed, and as indicated above, there is no other choice than to download and install MacKeeper. I know all about MacKeeper and never click on any link to the distributor of malware or basically any "announcing" that appears on a Web page I visit, or in my email, etc. But not only does MacKeeper page won't let me return to my previous page / forum or close this window, uninstalled Chrome so I ended up having to force quit to escape. It was like ransom-ware without a request to call a phone number to "solve" the problem, or to download the 'hotfix' and pay hundreds of $$ for the privilege. In this case, the 'ransom' seems to be download MacKeeper and have your search engines have diverted, as well as any other bad this criminal organization for your computer.

I don't have a "user account" with Proboards so I can't even report it to them. I also followed the steps to check and clear all malware/adware software that might have been surreptitiously installed on my computer in the background... and my computer does not junk.

Is it possible to keep the garbage on a site web servers hosted in your browser hijacking? (Less outright from the forum who is affected and never visit again,?)

I am removing Chrome from my computer because it has serious problems-'flash plug-in' crashes constantly - and is no longer supported for my OS (10.6.8). I use Safari for the first time in two years because it caused me headaches in the past... but Firefox and Chrome are more suitable.

Hello blick.

On 10.6.8 your options are limited. Many web sites does not work in this old version of Safari. Installation of the latest Chrome or Firefox, it's something I would normally say. More recent versions of Mac OS X / Safari avoid pop ups from hijacking your web browser completely.

You could try ScamZapper (https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/downloads/scamzapper-info) which was developed by another contributor albums here at Apple support communities.

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