kkirzinger Author

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How do I manually delete a Trojan virus?

Hey everyone,

I ran a full system scan of my MacBook with Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, and the scan said a threat had been found with the file name : Trojan.MAC.Generic.12055 and Path: /dev/fd/28 .

I am unsure of how to actually delete this file or how to even find it.

Thanks very much for your help!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 7:13 AM

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Aug 28, 2020 8:44 AM in response to kkirzinger

There are no virus' in the wild that can affect Macs. Trojans are not virus'. Use an app like MalwareBytes to manually scan for and remove Trojans and other malware.

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Aug 28, 2020 7:17 AM in response to kkirzinger

Bitdefender support

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Aug 28, 2020 7:19 AM in response to kkirzinger

Uninstall Bitdefender.

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kkirzinger Author

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Aug 28, 2020 7:30 AM in response to CT

Unfortunately their support, doesn’t help much with Mac’s

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kkirzinger Author

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Aug 28, 2020 7:31 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

And install what instead?

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Aug 28, 2020 8:30 AM in response to kkirzinger

You do not need an AV app.

macOS - Security - Apple

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

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kkirzinger Author

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Aug 28, 2020 8:40 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

So, in terms of the Virus that Bitdefender says is there?

Are you saying the virus is not really there?

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kkirzinger Author

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Aug 28, 2020 8:45 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

Thank you! I will give that a try.

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