Malware Warning Popup won't go away

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Malware Warning Popup won't go away

I have a popup for "DragonDrop" will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash. No matter how many times I press Move to Trash or Cancel, it just pops back up.

I am pretty versed in manually removing Mac malware, and have already checked the 3 important folders, and see nothing suspicious. I have also run Malware Bytes with no malware found.

There were a few shady Chrome extensions, which I removed. Otherwise, I am sorta stumped on this one... Any ideas?

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 4:26 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 19, 2024 4:40 PM in response to Ben-ImagineThis

none of what you’ve posted matches the usual zillions-of-startup plists junk.

Do you have a DragonDrop app installed somewhere?

Try a Spotlight search for it.

That was an app available around a decade or so ago.

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Answer 2

Dec 19, 2024 7:10 PM in response to Ben-ImagineThis

Launch Terminal app, cut-and-paste the following (harmless) find command into the session, and press return:

find / -iname "DragonDrop"

That command will chatter (potentially a whole lot) about inaccessible files and such (ignore that), will (slowly) search the entire storage system, and will (eventually) find anything with a matching filename.

Another option is to install EtreCheck, and see if that can find any trace of the startup.

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Answer 3

Dec 19, 2024 4:57 PM in response to MrHoffman

Yes, I tried a spotlight search and found nothing. Also checked Applications folder, Utilities, App Support, Activity Monitor. Nothing found with that name.

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