kaspersky intrenet security macbook pro terminal question

Lose Kapersky or any other anti-virus. memory manager or disk-cleaners. Only Malwarebytes has any support with this group of contributors.

Killing off critical MacOS components like your Firefox activity is all too common with these products that DO NOT know MacOS well.

Monterey has encapsulated core-system files in a "sealed encrypted container" for the purpose of protecting core-system from viruses and other bad-actors.

is this type of commands affect my personal privacy?

The command Kaspersky directed you to use invokes "superuser privileges" that allow subsequent commands to be executed without explicit authorization on your part.

The file "delete_ff_sh" is most likely a shell script that did what they claimed it would (delete Firefox accounts), but unless you were to examine that file and were proficient enough to understand what it did, there is no way to determine what else it may have done.

Deciphering shell scripts written by someone else can be a difficult task, even for someone skilled in writing them.

So, the short answer to your question is yes. Given superuser privileges, a shell script is absolutely, positively capable of harvesting information from your Mac and uploading it to Kaspersky — or anyone else for that matter, for whatever purposes they want.

Personal information is the currency of today's world. It's gold, and everyone wants it. Don't make yours easy to get.

If that is the extent of the damage "Kaspersky" inflicted upon your Mac, consider yourself fortunate. Get rid of it before it does even more damage.

"sudo" is a way for your account to run command that can effect system integrity. An "admin" account usually is below that threshold, but "sudo" means you are invoking higher privilege temporarily.

What you do with "sudo" is the real concern. Deleting FF profiles is an annoyance but usually not fatal. Commands that delete GBs of files are worse.

The "delete FF profiles" script or any other unknown file can be dangerous, or not. Ask first, we will give you the best advice we have.

Sorry to be so direct in my response. We see too many people who take advice from third-party software first and ask us how to fix the new problems after.

A senior contributor created etrecheck (https://etrecheck.com) to find issues, as *may* have been itroducyed with your download/run. Usage guide: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6173