I have a virus on my MacBook, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

I am suddenly getting 2 popup messages: "'Mystery Tapes' will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash' and another mentioning Skype. Like others in this discussion, when I click Move to Trash the popup goes away and the other one appears. I removed Skype from my applications - I never use it anymore anyway. But the other one (Mystery Tapes) does not show up anywhere on my MacBookPro (using Ventura 13.6.1). Help, please.

I have attached the three files. What are the next steps?

EmilyGen wrote:

I am suddenly getting 2 popup messages: "'Mystery Tapes' will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash' and another mentioning Skype. Like others in this discussion, when I click Move to Trash the popup goes away and the other one appears. I removed Skype from my applications - I never use it anymore anyway. But the other one (Mystery Tapes) does not show up anywhere on my MacBookPro (using Ventura 13.6.1).

The other two directories look valid.

Since Skype is gone, the ecamm app can go, too.

hi.. so basically elementState.system is a file that stores info bout the state of the system such as battery health network status ect.. its in ur directory. /private/var/db/ if its Taking loads of space in ur Mac most probably its corrupt or its got outdated data

try to reset ur SMC sys management controlller shut down ur Mac wait 30secs thn plug in ur power wait extra 10secs the turn on ur Mac try this see if it works bro & if same thing keeps happening thn cloud ur stuff the reinstall ur os to restore ur corrupted smc ur welcome

somaiya272 wrote:

I have the same proplem..

It appears this is some adware that was installed.

Disconnect from the network.

Launch Finder.

In Finder, press Command-Shift-Period enable viewing of hidden files. (You can press it again to shut off viewing.)

In Finder, search for and delete files with the name ryderd found anywhere on your Mac.

That should include finding and deleting at least the following two files:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.ryderd.plist

/Library/ryderd/ryderd

Then launch the web browsers you use, and look for and remove any remaining ryderd-related extensions there.

Restart your Mac, and allow it to reconnect to the network, and check again.

I had the same thing pop up on my computer! I had 3 pop ups... creativemanager, litra, and something else... I was freaking out thinking it had to be a virus. Did you ever get this resolved?? My macbook is super old and I can't replace it. Any help would be great!

Thanks so much. Last night (before I received your reply) I shut down and restarted by computer. When the pop-ups came back, I clicked send to trash and they went away (!). Not sure if they "planned" to come back. But they were not on my computer this morning before I removed the suspect files. I hope this will now do the trick!

There is no virus mirzaerza. Please read About those "<app> will damage your computer" messages - Apple Community.

I have the same proplem.. and the file actually exist on my mac.. I''ve tried deleting it once but it came back with the same message.

I’m having same problem and I am not able to connet to server. Did you find any solutions for this? Thanks

idek

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unplug thn replug ur Mac to reset ur smc... if it dont work thn reinstall ur Mac OS

I cannot connect to wifi, so I wont be able to cloud them, but thanks anyway. I guess I have to try reinstall the os

So the last thing I tried was to disabled all proxies (i read it somewhere on this forum) and it worked. But thank you so much for your help 🙌🏻