why did aladel net hack me

The second I got on it it hacked me

iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Jul 26, 2025 12:54 PM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2025 1:39 PM

I took a guess you mean you went to aladel dot net. Once there, you are redirected to various scam sites (it changes on each pass).


Unless you went to one of the scam sites and willingly gave up personal information, nothing happened. Ignore any of the stupid messages they throw out.


Though you may mean what one of them does is ask you to verify you are human. The question has nothing to do with what it does. What you're really doing is confirming that it's okay for the site to add a notification link.


Then, I'm guessing, you're seeing all kinds of notifications popping in from the top right of your Mac making all kinds of false claims your computer is infected with a random number of viruses, and boy oh boy!, you'd better purchase some utterly useless software to fix it right now!


Is that what you mean?

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Jul 26, 2025 1:39 PM in response to Catr33

I took a guess you mean you went to aladel dot net. Once there, you are redirected to various scam sites (it changes on each pass).


Unless you went to one of the scam sites and willingly gave up personal information, nothing happened. Ignore any of the stupid messages they throw out.


Though you may mean what one of them does is ask you to verify you are human. The question has nothing to do with what it does. What you're really doing is confirming that it's okay for the site to add a notification link.


Then, I'm guessing, you're seeing all kinds of notifications popping in from the top right of your Mac making all kinds of false claims your computer is infected with a random number of viruses, and boy oh boy!, you'd better purchase some utterly useless software to fix it right now!


Is that what you mean?

Jul 26, 2025 2:00 PM in response to Catr33

Hacking is when someone compromises your device WITHOUT your help.


That didn't happen here. YOU WILLINGLY installed a junk VPN. Don't blame others for your own actions.


Let me guess (again). You were prompted to purchase a useless VPN on the App Store. Remove the VPN and try to get a refund. Be sure to mention you were scammed into purchasing the app.

Jul 26, 2025 1:52 PM in response to Catr33

Catr33 wrote:

The second I got on it it hacked me

They didn't hack you, because they CAN'T hack you, but they are surely hoping you're dumb enough to believe you've been hacked so you will pay for useless support or software to fix an issue you don't have. Don't visit less than credible websites and move on with your day. You likely have more chances of winning the lottery than you do of being hacked.

Jul 26, 2025 6:35 PM in response to Mac Jim ID

The real question is why did you decide to go to that website. It simply redirects you to a different website and brings up the fake message that says your system has been compromised. It has no other legitimate purpose. There is nothing that you need to download and the website certainly did not hack you. Now that you know that it is fake, you should be looking further into who/why someone directed you to go there. In most cases that will happen because they are being paid for a referral to the website.

Jul 26, 2025 4:11 PM in response to Catr33

Catr33 wrote:

I was a fake there. Was this fake VPN that they asked me to install because they hacked it so then they had the Apple thing that said you got a virus and then they got that and then they linked it to the fake VPN and that fake VPN would’ve hacked me

There is no Apple "thing" that says you got a virus. There are many sites that will provide a popup claiming you are hacked and they are just advertisements to get you to download a VPN. You will also see them as ads in games that you are playing. Provide a screenshot of what you see and we can offer further assistance.

Jul 26, 2025 2:05 PM in response to Catr33

Catr33 wrote:

I was a fake there. Was this fake VPN that they asked me to install because they hacked it so then they had the Apple thing that said you got a virus and then they got that and then they linked it to the fake VPN and that fake VPN would’ve hacked me


Yeah, lots of pop-up advertisements for a “coffee shop” VPN, a package that itself won’t even address the claimed hack. Remove the VPN app. No hack, no virus, just an ad.

Jul 26, 2025 2:29 PM in response to Catr33

Catr33 wrote:

Sure, buddy even settings said I was getting hacked and it said I had 25 seconds left, but I recovered it right before 0 it was at 1 sec


If this is the usual pattern, your device was fine, and an advertisement with a countdown caused you to do what the advertiser wanted. This all assuming you loaded the app from the App Store. There was no hack here, though you’ve now installed an app that has access to your network metadata.

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