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My message is "'SearchSystemDaemon' will damage your computer." It only says I can "show in finder" or "OK" I have tried pressing both, but the pop up continues to appear on my computer. I have also went in and deleted files with the name.

My message is "'SearchSystemDaemon' will damage your computer." It only says I can "show in finder" or "OK" I have tried pressing both, but the pop up continues to appear on my computer. I have also went in and deleted files with the name.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 29, 2020 7:07 PM

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Posted on May 30, 2020 4:47 PM

The free Malwarebytes which may take care of it...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


Or...

EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

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May 30, 2020 4:47 PM in response to abbeyb0926

The free Malwarebytes which may take care of it...

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/


Or...

EtreCheck is a simple little app to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac.

http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

My message is "'SearchSystemDaemon' will damage your computer." It only says I can "show in finder" or "OK" I have tried pressing both, but the pop up continues to appear on my computer. I have also went in and deleted files with the name.

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