"InitialSkilld" will damage your computer.

This keeps coming up on my computer and it doesn't give me the option to put it in the bin. It just says 'Show in Finder' or 'OK' and every time i click either it doesnt do anything. How do i get rid of it??

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 10:30 PM

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jcsousa

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Posted on Feb 23, 2021 9:08 AM

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Feb 23, 2021 6:42 PM in response to a brody

use the free scan on this app, it will show you what to remove and how to remove it.

Feb 23, 2021 10:45 PM in response to hazelrose06

I tried, I removed it, and it reinstalled itself

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Feb 25, 2021 7:55 AM in response to jcsousa

I have come to this stage, but how to delete com.InitialSkilld.plist and com.InitialSkilld.system.plist

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