Do I have a virus/Malware on my Macbook?

First of all sorry if I put things wrong, because I am not a native speaker.

So when I wanted to clean my cache I discovered the folder com.apple.iconservices.store

and I was not able to read it.

so I copied the name of the folder and pasted into safari to get to know something about it.

It directed me to a random website(BILD news) and I was confused.

after that I just pasted the folders name into google and one suggestion of google was "com.apple.iconservices.store virus" so I thought I might have a virus.

after that I managed to get the permission to read&write the folder when I went to information.

In order of that I deleted everything in the folder and the folder itself .

After rebooting it showed up again and when I pasted the folder name again into safari and it directed me to this website


to be honest I am a bit worried about my laptop and I don't know if I got a virus or not.

I would be very thankful if someone could help me with this topic and enlighten me.

Right now I again made myself get access to the folder and just deleted the files that were in it and left it like that and for now

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 12, 2021 12:57 PM

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Sep 12, 2021 1:41 PM in response to bilal_ta

bilal_ta wrote:

First of all sorry if I put things wrong, because I am not a native speaker.
So when I wanted to clean my cache I discovered the folder com.apple.iconservices.store
and I was not able to read it.
so I copied the name of the folder and pasted into safari to get to know something about it.
It directed me to a random website(BILD news) and I was confused.
after that I just pasted the folders name into google and one suggestion of google was "com.apple.iconservices.store virus" so I thought I might have a virus.
after that I managed to get the permission to read&write the folder when I went to information.
In order of that I deleted everything in the folder and the folder itself .
After rebooting it showed up again and when I pasted the folder name again into safari and it directed me to this website
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/1265f9fc-08dd-4697-a97c-de813ca01008

to be honest I am a bit worried about my laptop and I don't know if I got a virus or not.
I would be very thankful if someone could help me with this topic and enlighten me.
Right now I again made myself get access to the folder and just deleted the files that were in it and left it like that and for now



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Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls


What is com.apple.iconservices.store on macOS

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251369983


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