Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Computer Help and Support

3Hotdogs

(13,793 posts) Wed Sep 22, 2021, 12:21 PM Sep 2021

iMac and iPad infected last night. Screen was taken over with notice that a virus infected iMac. [View all]

It had poor punctuation and am m1-888 number I needed to call in order to resolve the problem. Re-boots didn't resolve the problem.

iPhone wasn't affected..

Then about 2 hours later, it went away.

Thoughts?

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

iMac and iPad infected last night. Screen was taken over with notice that a virus infected iMac. [View all] 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 OP

Do you have an apple store nearby? If this is occuring widely, I'd imagine they've encountered it. hlthe2b Sep 2021 #1

Macs now twice as likely to get infected by adware than PCs, according to research ItsjustMe Sep 2021 #2

Adware is a lot different than a virus. ret5hd Sep 2021 #4

I updated my IPad and couldn't get it to start up past the welcome kimbutgar Sep 2021 #3

Have you updated to iOS 14.8? Hokie Sep 2021 #5

Yes, it was updated. 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #6

iOS 15 SoCalNative Sep 2021 #7

If you got a popup with a number to call, it's almost certainly a scam. SeattleVet Sep 2021 #8

Missing info ... CloudWatcher Sep 2021 #9

It was taken over, days after the last reboot. It happened when I tried to logon to Amazon.com 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #10

Ah, so your browser was locked up CloudWatcher Sep 2021 #11