Yesterday Mrs. P was beside herself thinking that our family Mac was about to crash. God knows what sites she visits, but some scumbag, probably using a juicy bit "click bait" as a lure, managed to get this on her screen:
Elsewhere on the screen were these little missives...
At the same time a very English voice suggested that she does not do any shopping as the computer has been compromised and that she does not turn off the computer but instead enters the details requested and then calls the number 0800 0903822. The other clever little trick about this wheeze was that it was very processor hungry, virtually denying you access to the mouse and keyboard.
The important thing is she did not do anything silly. But she also keeps forgetting we have a permanent back-up so if all else fails, we can recreate our Mac quite easily. She could have helped herself with 'Force Quit' but the second best thing in her case was to do nothing, which is what she did. Not wanting to go through 'Force Quit' over the phone we forced a power down. Job done. All resolved.
So just in case a chancer gets one of these images on your Mac..
PM