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How do I remove virus from Mac book pro?

My laptop just showed a warning stating that it had many virus' .. How do I remove them ? Could someone access my details while it is shut down?

MacBook Pro

Posted on May 31, 2011 9:43 AM

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May 31, 2011 9:55 AM in response to julienamreh

There are no viruses that can infect Mac OS X. If you've suddenly gotten a "report" of viruses from "Mac Defender", "Apple Security Center" or anything of that nature, it's a fake, designed to scare you into purchasing the scammers fake software. DO NOT download anything, or provide any sort of personal data, particularly a credit card.


If you did fall for this trick, Apple has information and instructions for removal:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650


For additional information, see also:


http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/?p=138


http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus/


If you do a forum search on Mac Defender, Mac Protector or Apple Security Center (this fake has a lot of different names) you will also find a lot of threads about this.


Regards.

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