I accidental down;oad these Avast and AVG found these hidden files using easy fid from the app store. See screen shots and advise me how to get tid of these hidden files. I know I should have not downloaed these but did thought I had a virus my iMac was acting sstrange so I downloaded them and now they are uninstalled. But wanted to make sure all was gone and found this stuff and now want it off my iMac please help me.
Thank you
Frank
Click on your Desktop and then press shift+command+G to open the Go To Folder dialog. Enter the following:
/Library/StagedExtensions/Applications
and then click GO.
A new Finder window will open inside the above path and anything that suggests it is an Avast or AVG-related item can be dragged and dropped to the Trash. Expect a password prompt to do this and supply your administrator password. Do not remove the /Library/StagedExtensions folder as it is installed by macOS.
No viruses are to be found on the Mac outside of laboratory circumstances so installing any anti-virus program is a waste of time and introduces other factors that can compromise your Mac's performance or false alarms about legitimate files. The operating system ships with its own built-in security anyway.
Malware and adware are potentially installable on your Mac and usually through downloads from application aggregation or Torrent sites. Only download from original vendor sites to avoid this issue. For these types of infections, anti-virus products cannot prevent them, and the free Malwarebytes application can detect and remove malware. No subscription is necessary, and Malwarebytes can be uninstalled from its Help menu.
I don't remember what app I tested, but its own uninstaller could not remove items it stuck in the Library folder, and I could not remove them while it was the startup drive.
The solution was to startup to another drive. I could then remove the files since they were no longer part of the startup drive.
I do not have another rive just my Western Digital for Mac and 1TB backup drive. I would not know how to do that. If I could do it with this please give me the how to?
Thank you
Frank
I never got your email that you responded?
VikingOSX
I can not throw them in trash see screen shot. Any other way?
Thank you
Frank
They are 32-bit components, and I have no other advice about their removal if you cannot move them to Trash with an administrator password.
VikingOSX
Thanks a nyway what do you mean 32 bit? How do I know what bit my iMac uses?
Thank you
Frank
How to get rid of these 2 app that are hidden
