Yesterday (09/24/2019) seem to see a application in my dock that says "OpenApplication" when you mouse over. Deleted the installed application from my /Applications directory.
If anybody has experienced that same and figured a way to delete, I would appreciate any leads.
I am also debugging on how to rid it off the system.
Thanks in advance
MacBook Pro
@JMF21, Looks like we have very similar issues with the many incarnations of this Trojan.
I went ahead and tried out the free version of MalwareBytes from the link kindly provided by @entrsoft and it seems to have cleant up a bunch of other areas, launch agents, even in the root /Library path (not just user areas)
My macBook now seems to be responding well, so I would think it would resolve your issues as well, and in a jiffy.
Would certainly like to thank @etresoft and @OT for their valuable and helpful advice.
Will observe for a week to two and am definitely inclined towards acquiring a premium copy.
@JMF21, Looks like we have very similar issues with the many incarnations of this Trojan.
I went ahead and tried out the free version of MalwareBytes from the link kindly provided by @entrsoft and it seems to have cleant up a bunch of other areas, launch agents, even in the root /Library path (not just user areas)
My macBook now seems to be responding well, so I would think it would resolve your issues as well, and in a jiffy.
Would certainly like to thank @etresoft and @OT for their valuable and helpful advice.
Will observe for a week to two and am definitely inclined towards acquiring a premium copy.
Try MalwareBytes (https://malwarebytes.com)
and report back on if it is successful or not. There are other options. But it is best to ask first as there are far more scams than there are options.
Thanks @OT for the recommendations, and now do feel comfortable going with MalwareBytes.
My MacBook is behaving now, and am monitoring it closely.
However, if my MacBook does act up, I will follow up on @entrsoft's and your suggestion., and also be happy to recommend it to others.
oscar_saldanha wrote:
I certainly would like to try MalwareBytes but wondering if MalwareBytes is legit itself.
Have you, or other apple folks, used it without any scamming or other hideous effects!
I have a copy of NortonAntivirus that I can use, but online reviews are not too enthusiastic due to its very intrusive behavior - it might interfere with MacOS's (and Safari's) security monitoring.
Both MalwareBytes and Norton are legitimate apps. Norton is an “old-school” antivirus that makes significant changes to the operating system and scans mostly for Windows malware. MalwareBytes is much less intrusive and only scans for Mac malware.
We are not “apple folks”. We are just other Apple customers like yourself. Apple employees rarely participate in the forums and they usually limit themselves to posting links to support articles.
You will probably not be able to remove this software on your own. It would require accessing multiple hidden directories and running command-line tools. It is best to leave this job to software that is designed to do it.
Thanks @JMF21, mine too appeared about then, as I noticed that I wasn't able to access the internet on my MacBook Pro.
The giveaway is that I use "google" for my search (default) and when the virus is active, the search results appear from "yahoo"
Deleted a few folders, application and am able to "temporarily" access to the internet.
Also browed through Safari preferences, like "Extensions" etc for untoward edits.
Check if you are able to regain access to the internet
After a day, the virus had morphed into a new name, "openApplication" => "WindoMode", and apparently installs itself?
When asked to confirm that installation is complete (you have no control of the mouse), I did a "Force exit".(Command+Option+Esc") and exited the hanging application.
Sent the Error Report to Apple, to see if they can identify any security holes.
Went through the above clean-up steps once again and am using my Mac now to respond.
Still monitoring and will explore other suggestions
Malwarebytes is as legit as you can get. It was developed by one of the long time contributors to these forums and a very, highly regarded member.
He and Malwarebytes are in the same class as Etresoft and Etrecheck. The only two diagnostic and protection apps I'll allow on my Mac.
Thanks @etresoft, points well taken.
I will use MalwareBytes this weekend to do an exhaustive clean-up, and get back.
@etresoft Thanks.
I certainly would like to try MalwareBytes but wondering if MalwareBytes is legit itself.
Have you, or other apple folks, used it without any scamming or other hideous effects!
I have a copy of NortonAntivirus that I can use, but online reviews are not too enthusiastic due to its very intrusive behavior - it might interfere with MacOS's (and Safari's) security monitoring.
Thanks for the suggestions. I haven't had much time to dedicate to this during the week. Mine, too, morphed in to "WindowMode 1.0" after I restarted my computer one day.
I will check my folders to see if OpenApplication or WindowMode appear.
It showed up on mine on 9/22. Deleted it but am now having problems accessing the net with my MacBook Pro
OpenApplication "Trojan" on my MacBook Pro running macOS Mohave Version 10.14.16
