Annoying spam pop-ups in Safari 18.5

Things such as "Your gmail account has been hacked. Click here" "SystemMac OS is infected. Click here to delete virus". This just started today - anyone having this issue?

Posted on Jun 2, 2025 2:35 PM

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Jun 2, 2025 3:52 PM in response to Lt. Kije

Lt. Kije wrote:

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. Yes - those have been appearing in the upper right corner. I followed your instructions, but there weren't any websites found there, only a small globe icon. So I deleted that! I'll keep you updated and thanks again.

Yep, I believe you got it. The website did not include their name in hopes you would not see it. Fortunately, the default globe icon will appear as a placeholder even if one is not provided.

Annoying spam pop-ups in Safari 18.5

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