
Note: If you’re not seeing the HiDPI resolutions listed in System Preferences after using the Terminal command above, try clicking on the “Scaled” radio button while holding the Alt/Option key on your keyboard. Click on one of the HiDPI modes to enable it on your desired display. Click Scaled to reveal additional resolutions and you’ll see one or more options at the bottom of the list with “(HiDPI)” appended to their resolutions. Most users will likely have the “Default for Display” option checked, which is typically your display’s native resolution. Here you’ll see the familiar preference window where you can set your resolution and refresh rate.

But it's still puzzling something like this can actually happen. I hope this has been noticed and Spotify staff are fixing it - fast. I have 3 different systems (computers) which are all clean and they are all doing this, all via Spotify - I am thinking it's the Ads in Spotify Free.


Some of them do not even require user action to be able to cause harm. If you have Spotify Free open, it will launch - and keep on launching - the default internet browser on the computer to different kinds of malware / virus sites. There's something pretty alarming going on right now with Spotify Free. Multiple macOS and Safari users have confirmed the issue to be happening on Apple systems. A few reports coming in over the past day describe occurances where Spotify's free streaming service on desktop computers is pushing malware-filled advertisements to users without their input.Īccording to a user posting on Spotify Community, the malware causes ads to launch "and keep on launching" the computer's default browser to different sites lined with viruses (via The Next Web).
