Help ! I am being spied. Emergency procedures.

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Help ! I am being spied. Emergency procedures.

Hi all.

I know for sure that my macbook is infected for some time... strange behaviors, High kernel activity, high CPU activity, Fan waking up during the night, Etc...

Today, as I was in front of my computer, my MacBook Pro woke up suddenly and I saw the tracking arrow moved by itself, opening folders, switching between screens and other stuffs.

i didn’t know what to do and I finally succeeded to turn the computer off (it looks like the third party was trying to prevent me doing it).

1- What is the first emergency procedure that I should do if it happens again ? Turning wifi off ?

2- I copied the logs in the console from the time this happened. I will put them in a post below because it is pretty long.

3- What are the first steps to do ? If I upgrade to more recent MacOS version, will it make my computer safer ?

Thank you all !

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 28, 2020 11:45 AM

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gomuge Author

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Sep 3, 2020 7:37 AM in response to HWTech

Thank you all for your answers.

Actually, thanks to HWTech, i discoverered the problem: the battery has swelled a lot and was pushing on the trackpad, which behaved completely mad and made me believe someone else was remotely controlling the computer.

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a brody

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Aug 28, 2020 1:48 PM in response to gomuge

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250001907

Use this guide and also post an Etrecheck report to give us a clue as to what tools you think you need to remove so you are no longer "spied" upon.

Unlike older operating systems, there are literally hundreds of small programs that do run in the background that if they aren't designated compatible with your current system, may in fact just eat process time, and not belong. And there are "optimizers" which should never have been installed in the first place.

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HWTech

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Aug 28, 2020 6:36 PM in response to gomuge

A defective Trackpad can do all the things you mention. I've personally seen it happen to client Macs. A defective Trackpad can also be a sign the battery may be starting to swell and putting pressure onto the underside of the Trackpad. A trackpad failure can be intermittent.

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