1st May, 2018.
Yep: it’s definitive …
I’ve had a … drive by attempt!
I was actually doing some writing, yesterday: doing the basics for an up coming ten question set.
And?
Innocently Googled something: barracks, I seem to recall.
And got the pictured page as a result.
Before you ask … ? I didn’t click a thing.
I was suspicious.
Partly because the page looked slightly wrong: the colouring, in particular, looked … iffy.
Partly … ? The good ol’ thing that
macOS generally doesn’t have as much malicious software as Windows: or even Linux. Having a website — even one claiming to be an Apple authored one — saying I had malicious software on my Mac struck me as … odd.
The few remote virus scanning sites I’d used, only do so … when I’ve gone to them.
And partly? Because of the URL that showed up in the bar at the top of the page.
It looked nothing like an Apple authored web address I’d ever seen.
I navigated away from it, after taking a screen shot.
And looked up what happened.
Apparently? That little event was an attempt at what’s called a drive by download. If you click on any links or buttons on there? You get hit with issues.
If I’d clicked on that scan button?
Well …
Let’s just say I’m grateful I didn’t …
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