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Hmartin1
Occasional Reader
Dec 18, 2025

Scam Defender pop Up… help please

Can someone please help

my dad has had what looks like scam pop ups come up on his MacBook 

I have reported to Microsoft but don’t know how long it will be until they get back to me. 
I want to know if anyone can confirm they’re scams and how I can get them off his screen, it won’t let us click on the X

 Thank you 

1 Reply

  • jbmartin6's avatar
    jbmartin6
    Iron Contributor

    This is a scam, and you can just kill the browser process to get rid of it. Or just restart the machine with ctrl-alt-delete or the power button. 

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