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Hi, I recently found a file on my Mac called a html when I clicked into it it takes me to p**n h*b? The file was created in iCloud Drive. I share this computer and wondering if it a virus?

Posted on Mar 20, 2023 7:49 AM

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Posted on Mar 20, 2023 10:14 AM

There are no viruses that affect macOS so just forget that idea.


I share this computer ...


Sharing a Mac is ok. Sharing your login credentials is not ok. If you allow others to use your Mac, set them up with their own User Account login credentials: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support. Never divulge your Admin password to anyone else under any circumstances.

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Mar 20, 2023 10:14 AM in response to Tiger_18

There are no viruses that affect macOS so just forget that idea.


I share this computer ...


Sharing a Mac is ok. Sharing your login credentials is not ok. If you allow others to use your Mac, set them up with their own User Account login credentials: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support. Never divulge your Admin password to anyone else under any circumstances.

Mar 20, 2023 4:27 PM in response to John Galt

Ok! I don’t want to come across dramatic. I’m not that computer savvy! The article in question is relevant because it’s P**n and I’m being told that he has no idea how it hot there! To me it’s clear but I think he is banking on the idea that I won’t be able to work it out! I tried to ask this question without divulging a bunch of info but clearly I didn’t explain it right! Sorry

Mar 20, 2023 4:45 PM in response to Tiger_18

It's understandable to ask. It is completely possible to be doing something on the Internet and something gets downloaded as you're clicking around various web pages looking for something else. Most of the time, whatever gets downloaded is a web page that uses all manner of scare tactics whose ultimate goal is to get you to spend money.


The content of whatever got downloaded — p**n or whatever — is completely irrelevant. The underlying threat is to motivate you to take some action that is not justified and not grounded in factual knowledge.


The only factual knowledge truly useful in that regard is that the Internet resembles the mythical wild west where there are no rules, almost literally no laws, and in which the lowest and basest form of humanity thrives.

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