Fake App Store

I want to confirm if the App Store application that I have on my laptop is legit or fake. I seem to have some kind of malware on my MacBook Pro and this application is the only one I can think of that seems new to me. Is there such an App on the MacBook Pro? If so, how can I confirm this is legit? When I try to put it in the trash it says “App Store” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by macOS."


Is this correct?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 4:09 PM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2019 6:07 PM

That app is part of Mac OS; you need it to buy/download apps and it is listed in the listing of apps included by Apple in Mojave when you buy a Mac:


https://www.apple.com/imac/macos/


And you can't delete it because it is part of the OS.



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