Fake os crash msg in safari on iMac

[Libertygirl]

Got a fake ios crash msg while landing on a, I believe, redirected website. It freezes up safari and nothing in the dropdown safari box works; e.g. "Clear history and website data" or "preferences". I see a solution to fix this on iPhones or iPads but not an iMac. Anybody been able to fix this?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

-Which version of OS X?

You could try downloading and installing Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac. It should fix the issue.

C

 

[Libertygirl]

Hi Cory, thanks for the welcome. OS X Yosemite v. 10.10.4. I believe I will do that download & install. My research seems to recommend that software as the best for this machine.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No problem. Definitely let us know how it goes.

C

 

[Libertygirl]

Well with safari completely out of the picture, just thinking I'll have to use iPad to download and then transfer with Dropbox or something similar. Which I've never used. Am I heading in the right direction?

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

for the download you could try an alternative web browser, Firefox for example …