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The message keeps popping up after pressing the move to bin option. I've followed all the steps which explains what to take screenshots of to then post into a discussion for someone to help. Im running a MacBook Pro mid 2015 on OS Catalina 10.15.7.
Thank you in advance
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13
maxhodgkinson_ wrote:
The message keeps popping up after pressing the move to bin option. I've followed all the steps which explains what to take screenshots of to then post into a discussion for someone to help. Im running a MacBook Pro mid 2015 on OS Catalina 10.15.7.
Thank you in advance
"Move to bin" option where?
The "move to bin" option is on the alert message that pops up. For the screenshots I provided, i simply moved the error out of the way as it's not needed. I hope this makes sense.
For some reason I can't attach a screenshot of the error I'm talking about.
Thanks for your reply! The move to bin option is on the error message that keeps popping up. I didn't include a screenshot of this as that link you provided (which I followed the steps of in the first place) doesn't say to include. I've done exactly what that link says to do, and now waiting on help in the apple community. Hopefully someone will tell me which files (shown in the original screenshots) are to be safely removed.
the third item down in top screenshot Launch Agents is likely the culprit.
com.Cullculate.plist
But I don't recognize any in that pane except google, and you should consider trashing ANY you do not recognize as part of something you DELIBERATELY installed. The worst that happens is some tool or other stops working and has to be re-installed.
MalwareBytes is the most-recommended third-party malware detector. But no senior contributors here advocate running it full time. It should NOT be in the list of launch agents or launch daemons. Run it on demand ONLY.
The thing is, MacOS completely changed how you should think about malware. Applications are all sand-boxed with a list of the resources they require, and they cannot ask for anything outside their sandbox without crashing.
From MacOS 11 Big Sur onward, the system is on a Separate, crypto-locked System Volume, which is not writeable using ordinary means. Any unauthorized differences that appear to the crypto-locked volume are quickly detected and you are alerted.
So you could store just about every malware known to mankind on your Mac, and your Mac would not get infected spontaneously. Scanning for virus-like patterns might make you feel a little better now, but it is outdated nonsense.
Nothing can become Executable Unless/Until you supply your Admin password to "make it so".
I see no 'move to bin' in the main article on the subject. John Galt says 'drag to Trash'
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Thank you for the detailed response. Will consider this.
Having this error message :"Cucullate" will damage your computer.
