Hi,
I bought a new MacBook recently and I'm experiencing some weird things. The most prominent thing is the phishing warnings I keep getting everytime I open Safari. When I open my browser or sometimes the browser is already opened-- I open a new tab and as soon as I type anything in the search/address bar, AVG's antivirus warns me that it has blocked a phishing attempt. At this point I still haven't even pressed the enter button to actually go to the site so I'm very concerned. Other than that I do feel my computer is slowing down sometimes when I'm minimizing the browser or when I'm toggling between things or typing things in the browser it slows down.
I can't think of anything that might have caused them because I'm usually careful. The only two things I could think of is that I have installed an ad blocker but I made sure that I installed it from Safari's library and the other thing is that I'm sucker for sappy Korean drama shows and I use these horrible sites to watch episodes but with the add blocker somewhat things have been fine and I have been watching my shows for years and never had any issues.
I tried installing Bitdefender Internet security yesterday but I wasn't able to run the trial. I keep going to security to allow the app to function but for some reason it doesn't register and keeps telling me the trial is expired.
Is there any other good antivirus that I could possibly use?
There's also another issue I've been experiencing for a few weeks but I'm not sure if it's related. Sometimes when I open the MacBook, my screen completely goes black/blank and glitches struggling to show anything and then it start flickering nonstop- kind of like an old TV. At first I thought it's a hardware problem. I restart the computer and sometimes that fixes it.
I'm seriously upset. The computer costed me a fortune and I can't even browse now without these annoyances.
Any advice would really help. A good antivirus suggestion would be seriously appreciated. Thank you.
I bought a new MacBook recently and I'm experiencing some weird things. The most prominent thing is the phishing warnings I keep getting everytime I open Safari. When I open my browser or sometimes the browser is already opened-- I open a new tab and as soon as I type anything in the search/address bar, AVG's antivirus warns me that it has blocked a phishing attempt. At this point I still haven't even pressed the enter button to actually go to the site so I'm very concerned. Other than that I do feel my computer is slowing down sometimes when I'm minimizing the browser or when I'm toggling between things or typing things in the browser it slows down.
I can't think of anything that might have caused them because I'm usually careful. The only two things I could think of is that I have installed an ad blocker but I made sure that I installed it from Safari's library and the other thing is that I'm sucker for sappy Korean drama shows and I use these horrible sites to watch episodes but with the add blocker somewhat things have been fine and I have been watching my shows for years and never had any issues.
I tried installing Bitdefender Internet security yesterday but I wasn't able to run the trial. I keep going to security to allow the app to function but for some reason it doesn't register and keeps telling me the trial is expired.
Is there any other good antivirus that I could possibly use?
There's also another issue I've been experiencing for a few weeks but I'm not sure if it's related. Sometimes when I open the MacBook, my screen completely goes black/blank and glitches struggling to show anything and then it start flickering nonstop- kind of like an old TV. At first I thought it's a hardware problem. I restart the computer and sometimes that fixes it.
I'm seriously upset. The computer costed me a fortune and I can't even browse now without these annoyances.
Any advice would really help. A good antivirus suggestion would be seriously appreciated. Thank you.