Trojan Virus: Apple - Security Warning with a toll free number

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With a Fake warning Audio Message saying:


Important Security Message: Your computer has been locked up, your computer has been locked up. Your IP address was used without your knowledge or consent to visit websites that contains identity theft virus. To unlock the computer, please call support immediately. Please do not attempt to shut down or restart your computer, doing that may lead to data loss and identity theft. The computer lock is aimed to stop illegal activity. Please call our support immediately.


with a Contact Apple Support (Toll-Free) Number ****

This looks like a chatgpt generated message repeated by a trojan virus


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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 3, 2023 11:12 AM

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Posted on May 7, 2024 10:59 AM

One thing you can do is go to Safari's Website settings pane and do the following:



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Jan 31, 2024 07:20 AM in response to Mike A. Rivas

I had the same message repeat over and over and I actually called the number and realized that the person that answered wasn’t legit and hung up the phone. I deleted all of the security information from my iPad and checked out actual Apple support and found that others got the same fake message. My question is was any of my information breached while I was looking for Apple support?

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