Ixisivomer.com on macbook?

paulsm

hi, recently i notced some facebook posts i clicked on took me to a "fake" check you are human page from Ixisivomer.com as well as me getting pop up notifications warning about my antivirus being out of date which when clicked which is also Ixisivomer.com, i have googled it but there doesnt seem to be much about it, i have had my mac for some years now but am not that savvy on viruses etc as it has never been a problem, i also have cleanmymacx but that isnt showing anything on a scan, does anyone know how to remove this?

SiliconChip

I would suggest downloading and running the free version of Malwarebytes for Mac.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac

paulsm

shouldnt cleanmymacx find the problem though?

oldernonethewiser

Does this help?

https://sensorstechforum.com/ixisivomer-mac-virus/

paulsm

tried that, there is nothing showing up that looks suspicious

SiliconChip

paulsm said:

shouldnt cleanmymacx find the problem though?

No idea, never heard of it and I know nothing about Apple products, but malwarebytes is the only security product that I download for use on my PC so I can see no reason why the Mac version wouldn't be as trustworthy. It's up to you though, if you don't want to try it it's no skin off my nose

paulsm

malwarebytes has done nothing, nor spyhunter

Grandad2b

There's nothing wrong on your mac. Are you using a Facebook app or just the browser (which one?)

I receive loads of emails telling me my antivirus is out of date or some other nonsense. Ignore them all. Every one you click on is increasing your risk of getting some kind of malware. Fortunately most of that is for Windows users but there is still a small risk on your mac.

datostar

Cleaners and antivirus/malware progs probably won't work on this because nothing has actually been installed.. I had a similar popup (notification) turning up on my iMac running OS Ventura. There's only a risk if you respond and click on it.  I got rid of it via Safari/Settings/Websites/Notifications where everything trying to show notifications is listed. The most recent one will be top of the list. Click on 'deny' and you won't see it again. If you're on an older OS than Ventura there'll be something similar in your Safari settings.

paulsm

datostar said:

Cleaners and antivirus/malware progs probably won't work on this because nothing has actually been installed.. I had a similar popup (notification) turning up on my iMac running OS Ventura. There's only a risk if you respond and click on it.  I got rid of it via Safari/Settings/Websites/Notifications where everything trying to show notifications is listed. The most recent one will be top of the list. Click on 'deny' and you won't see it again. If you're on an older OS than Ventura there'll be something similar in your Safari settings.

thank you for that, it confirms what I was thinking, I checked hte settings you mentioned but didnt find anything untoward, so fingers crossed it will be ok