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Safari will not let me move it to trash

it has been infected so want to re install it do I have to get rid of the old 1st?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 4:11 PM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2019 6:57 PM

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


To reinstall, you need to reinstall the OS, which may not help if you have malware installed. Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart). Run Disk Utility and select First Aid. Then re-install the OS.


Reinstall from macOS Recovery


OS X Recovery

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Aug 21, 2019 6:57 PM in response to randallfrommarshall

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


To reinstall, you need to reinstall the OS, which may not help if you have malware installed. Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart). Run Disk Utility and select First Aid. Then re-install the OS.


Reinstall from macOS Recovery


OS X Recovery

Safari will not let me move it to trash

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