![]() ![]() I uninstalled and reinstalled AdBlock and Adblock Plus, and they seem to be running okay. I went back in my Safari Settings, and the pop-up windows are blocked. Their content varies: sometimes it's an ad page for a website I'm currently looking at, sometimes it's just one of those fake "Your Apple device has been compromised" warning, or some other kind of random ad for an anti-virus. I was searching for solutions for some problem with an external harddrive, and I guess I might have gone on some sketchy website, because since last night I've been having regular pop-up tabs opening randomly. Unable to block pop-up tabs on Safari Hello,Here's my situation: I've been using Safari as my main browser for years now, and since I enable the "No pop-up windows" option, and downloaded 2 adblockers plugins, I very seldom had any issues with pop-up ads. ![]() While I do not see the random ads opening in a new tab, I still have windows deactivating randomly and in addition, because of the increased parental controls, I am asked more frequently to use my administrator password to access websites which are benign (e.g. None of these attempts have fully solved the problem. The servers that are listed as problematic are not on my mac. I also checked the Network advanced > DNS menu for the suggested servers ( ). I checked for potential malware in the Apps folder, but I do not see any unusual apps. I created a parental account to limit website access, which no longer opens the random ads in new tabs, but any active window I might be working on still deactivates fairly frequently. ![]() When this behavior occurred initially, various ad websites will automatically open into a new tab. Here is what typically happens: I might have any screen active (TextEdit, Microsoft Word, Safari webpage, Scrivener, etc.) and at random moments, the active screen gets deactivated. This has been happening for some time now, and I am wondering if I have a virus on my mac and if I do, how I can remove it. ![]()
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