suspected spyware implant
Hey, I have an iMac Pro 27" 2017 with Ventura 13.6.6 OS
I recently found a .mov file in my uploads that was partially blanked out... as if it was still uploading. I don't recalI downloading a movie file and tried to delete it and it wouldn't allow this, stating that it was being used by another app. I got busy and left it and it remained like this for a couple of weeks. Then I got an email from a criminal stating they had hacked my computer with some sort of very difficult to find spyware and demanding a payment in bitcoins. I thought it was just a scam. When I looked up signs of malware, or spyware in my Activity Monitor there was a very high memory usage for parsecd, though I don't us Seri at all. I googled about signs of malware on an apple, and one sign was change in browser function. I use Safari and recently it has been acting differently on YouTube: taking a bit to focus the screen for example. I am not experienced in tracking things down. I do have ClamXAV and am going to run a complete scan. Are there other things I should do?
iMac Pro (2017)