Found a ton of Malware and Adware on my MacBook Pro- When I try to delete it, it just comes back into the folders I found it in, someone please help!

what I mean by wiping it is selecting the Machintosh HD drive and erased it and then I tried deleting other disks

In Internet Recovery (cmd-opt-R on restart), select Disk Utility.

Above the volumes list is the View popup menu. Select Show all devices from that list.

Select the drive that is named by company and size, maybe model number. It will be outdented from Macintosh HD.

Click the Erase button. Use APFS and GUID partition table if you are going to install Catalina. Mac OS Extended (Journaled), otherwise.

Once erased, Quit Disk Utility and Reinstall macOS.

AlwaysHacked247 wrote:

Etresoft what if I just want to start fresh,

like going to a store which I know won’t happen for awhile, but is there anyway to do that without a recovery option? Also IF the malware is in my external HD will it always be in there?

Sure. You can just restore the operating system and start fresh. You don’t have to restore anything.

Just do you know, when you updated to Catalina, the update would have split your drive into two parts. If you have since restored to a pre-Catalina version, I’m not sure what your disk looks like. There is a possibility it could be a bit scrambled after restoring. This is not something I’ve ever tested.

The malware will still be on your external hard drive, but it won’t hurt anything there. You don’t have to be too concerned about malware that isn’t installed and running. It can be all over your hard drive, but in most cases, it won’t do any damage unless it is actively running.

And don’t forget that you can always post another EtreCheck report and we can tell you whether or not everything is correctly setup and confirm that the malware is gone. That is what EtreCheck was designed to do. It makes it easy for you to do and for us to read.