This machine has configuration profiles. These are sometimes used by adware and malware.


MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 7:34 PM

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Feb 18, 2020 8:08 PM in response to василий99

In what way are they being used by malware? Which specific configurations are being used? You posted your EtreCheck report in order to show us what, specifically? Maybe you could point that out.


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Feb 18, 2020 8:21 PM in response to василий99

Do you know that you have configuration profiles installed? You would have installed them for some reason.

They are generally used by companies that manage their computers.


If this doesn't sound like something you would have done, then the warning is telling you that it might have been Adware that installed the configuration profiles.


Why did you install OS Cleaner Master?

Why did you install SIDT?


From where did you download all of the software you installed?

Software aggregating sites will often bundle Adware with their downloads of legit software. However, I don't recognize anything you have installed that I recognize as Adware (and apparently Etrecheck did not, either).


What are these?

2020-02-19 Protect Pad Pro (1.7)
2020-02-19 Secure Card Pro (1.1)

They appear to be crapware that tries to make you believe they will protect you from something that doesn't exist.

I can't find them searching the internet, so perhaps they are a new form of Adware.

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This machine has configuration profiles. These are sometimes used by adware and malware.

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