Does my MacBook Pro have Malware?
Hi folks. I’m in a pickle here & know I’m not supposed to download Mac Virus/Malware Removal software but my Mac is definitely hijacked, so please any help & resolutions will be most appreciated!
I’m on late 2015 MacBook Pro intel running Monterey & writing from my iPad now cuz I can’t on Macbook.
Safari got really weird today. I logged into a respectable membership site that I've used before, and went to login into his Member Login link but received a Safari popup saying I had to download a font. "Safari needs to download the font "Nanum Gothic." "Nanum Gothic" is 7.2 MB"
Of course I didn't click on it but had to force quit Safari as it became disabled. What is this?
I tried to report this on our Apple community site and add screenprint but the site soon became dysfunctional as I couldn’t add the screen shot, then my cursor insertion point began jumping, and soon I got kicked out and couldn’t log back in.
I tried to access Apple Community from Firefox, which worked a min then also became dysfunctional.
Also, my mouse has been acting weird sometimes for a week. The pointer occasionally doesn't respond like it should. So I clear history on Safari and made sure I had no extensions or unidentifiable apps installed and rebooted whenever it happens but it recurs eventually.
Sometimes I think it’s related to the dreaded Facebook who I hate but began using recently for a finance group I’m in and and it always seems to make Safari really bog down and act weird so God only knows what comes through that degenerate company's platform. I posted something controversial on there yesterday and now suddenly today my browsers are toast.
The only other things I've done differently is download Interactive Brokers TWS from their site, as well as the LedgerLive apps, both having to bypass Gatekeeper but extremely reputable sites.
That said, the one thing I did just before these glitches began was watch a lame sales pitch video from Grant Cardone who emailed me ridiculous number of times with links so THAT could be the culprit if I got a bad email.
There's definitely a Virus or something on my MacBook and all forum posts always say DON'T INSTALL VIRUS REMOVAL SOFTWARE, so how then do I get rid of this?
Any ideas what's going on & what to do to protect my Mac?
Thanks for any help!
BTW, I haven't been blocking cookies because Apple doesn't allow selective blocking anymore and some sites I need won't work with it checked. Apple used to have more cookie blocking options I thought.
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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4