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There was a virus that popped up on my computer pretending to be a virus cleaner. Now, it won't go away. The name of it is, Advanced Mac Tuneup. How do I get rid of it?
MacBook Air
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There was a virus that popped up on my computer pretending to be a virus cleaner. Now, it won't go away. The name of it is, Advanced Mac Tuneup. How do I get rid of it?
MacBook Air
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.
Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…
Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts..
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.
Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…
Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts..
Uninstall CleanMyMac per their directions then run etrecheck again to see what chaff it left.
On CMM…
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251370955?answerId=252661013022#252661013022
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251442443?answerId=252814053022#252814053022
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251464557?answerId=252841819022#252841819022
Have a look at the developers support website to see what the uninstall instructions are.
Any luck yet?
Is Clean My Mac X a legitimate apple download?
Most helpers here consider it Not wanted at any cost software, I'd avoid it.
Thank you
How do I get rid of Clean My Mac X?
Should I try myself or call Apple Support for help?
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