hlpradc” will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.

So you mean to tell me it Won't go to the trash, and keeps popping up.I'm assuming you've tried to stop it by throwing it the Trash and emptying it. You could try throwing in the Trash again, option click on it, and choose "Secure Empty trash", failing that using MalWareBytes (an application ) should be able to get rid of it for good. It will intentify rubbish and spam and get rid of them immediately

jb

For these kinds of adware files, just deleting the file will often not work. The file has to be unloaded from memory first. Otherwise, it will just reinstall itself. MalwareBytes should properly unload the file and then delete. However, there is always new adware and MalwareBytes may not be able to detect all new variants.

But try MalwareBytes first. If it doesn’t work, there are other options. Just don’t try to find your own antivirus app. There are far too many scams out there. I have my own that that removes adware, but I detest everything about adware, so I always try to let MalwareBytes handle that dirty work, if possible.

Also, Catalina may be making things a bit more complicated. Catalina could be blocking part of the adware, but not all of it. In this case, I’m not sure what MalwareBytes will do. But again, let’s try the easy path first. If that doesn’t work, there are options.

Try using MalwareBytes to get rid of it. If you hold down the Shift key while clicking on the Trash, It should really empty it. I don't know what in the world hlpradc is.

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john b

I had had the same issue with a "maftask" and a "spchlpr" pop up and the same process worked to remove them, would click send to trash on all 3 of those and it would come right back, but once I found them in finder I was able to send to trash from there.

Finally was able to get rid of it! Had to follow these directions - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8043073

mitties, copy the “hlpradc” and paste into your finder search and then grab all the folders or apps it shows and place in trash and delete them. Should help

Copy the numeric or alphabetic code popping up ...Then go to finder.. Click on applications. Paste the code into the search bar. Move the files to the trash

Copy-command +C

Paste -command+V

I had the same issue and searched it in Finder, found it, deleted it, and emptied my trash. The pop-up is still coming up though no matter how many times I hit "move to trash" or "cancel". I've even restarted my computer and looked through Activity Monitor to try and get rid of it. Is there any other way to make this go away??

“FreeForms-807968” will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash.

After downloading the new Catalina 10.15 I keep getting this message. After following the recommendations on your website it continues to pop up. Can someone please help.

“spchlpr” danneggerà il tuo computer. Dovresti spostarlo nel Cestino.

“maftask” danneggerà il tuo computer. Dovresti spostarlo nel Cestino.

“helpermcp” danneggerà il tuo computer. Dovresti spostarlo nel Cestino.

continuano ad uscire questi messaggi - non riesco a inviarli nel Cestino

cosa devo fare?

Thanks that cleared my problem after downloading updated software.

Thanks! I had the same ******** problem! Glad I looked this up! I was about to lose my sh*t!

Great, thank you that helped me as well !!!!

Help, my pop up keeps returning!!!