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Remove Virus

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

Posted on Jun 9, 2020 8:50 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2020 5:36 AM

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.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


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

https://pastebin.com/


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..

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Jun 10, 2020 5:36 AM in response to keiddrick

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.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


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

https://pastebin.com/


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..

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