Virus cleaner

Naynay1217 wrote:

My profiles icon disappeared the other day. I was using profiles to delete the malware. However, Profiles disappeared and idk why.

If you removed suspicious Profile has it resolved your issue(?) Maybe this is all it took...

run the trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ if in doubt.

You do not need any third party antivirus app. They are not needed, use system resources while providing no benefit, and may cause problems.

macOS - Security - Apple

Protect your Mac from malware - Apple Support

Set up your Mac to be secure - Apple Support

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8841

If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:

>System Preferences>Profiles. found next to Accessibility (click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list.) May or may not be present if no profiles found.

Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/

or

Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box

Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)

Surely you jest. If you are running the latest OS with its “quarantined” OS/system within a non-accessible volume, malware cannot penetrate it. Neither can any anti-virus app, so it is utterly useless. Pop-ups and malware can still happen, but they also will using AV apps - the best antidote is the malwarebytes already recommended.

Our Company uses Sophos Anti-virus. It works great. They have a home product also. Highly recommended.