“ElementaryTypefld” will damage your computer popup keeps showing up and I cannot remove it from my Mac. What should I remove?

spideynoir wrote:

can i ask what about these files need to be deleted? are they just not needed or something else, i just want to know before deleting them

May I intrude to address that question?

Refer to this passage from About those "<app> will damage your computer" messages - Apple Community:

... There are two salient points to bear in mind regarding the contents of those three folders:



1. Everything you find in those folders is related to something you installed. Obviously, whatever you choose to install on your Mac is your business, and you should have at least a passing familiarity with its contents.
2. Legitimate software makes no attempt to obscure its name behind incomprehensible or randomly chosen file names with the intent to hide an equally legitimate purpose.

That means everything else you find in those folders should be regarded as suspicious.

Do you recall installing anything bearing those file names? No? Then regarding them with suspicion is justified. In fact, all the files highlighted by MrHoffman should be deleted with extreme prejudice.

You may need to boot "Safe Mode" to do that. Otherwise, they may be "open" and active and the Finder will object and refuse to comply.

spideynoir wrote:

can i ask what about these files need to be deleted? are they just not needed or something else, i just want to know before deleting them

Or rephrased…

They’re garbage, generated file names that are present in areas that should only have structured names from recognized app vendors, and only from those vendors with apps you’ve installed on your Mac.

There are various versions of whatever junk was installed here, this version of this junk uses (generates) file names that are usually easier to spot. Other versions are slightly more subtle about the file names generated.

Cracked apps, and apps downloaded from consolidators or other sources, and apps offering “free stuff” or coupons or other such, are all potential sources of this stuff.

The built-in anti-malware is blocking part of this junk, which is where that original message is arising.

Delete the red-highlighted entries: