How do i get rid of a bot on my macbook

Can you be more specific please (very specific as to what you consider to be a bot, how it got there, what problems is it causing, etc, etc)

I seriously doubt you have a bot; more than likely someone hacked into your Gmail account and got your password. Everybody always immediately blames the computer - and if you had a Windows machine or are running Windows, then, yes, possible. Having a Mac - not so much. You could have inadvertantly gotten some bad email attachment, but that can't harm your Mac.

So, first: are you running Windows? If yes, get some antivirus software and run it on the Windows partition.

Second, when you say your password "is being changed" - this is happening without you or Gmail doing anyting? Immediately open a different account with a very difficult to guess password and send an email to your contacts explaining why you have changed your email address - also tell them to ignore anything further with your old address. Inform Gmail (if possible - don't know how that outfit works) that you wish to close the "old" email account immediately.

Third, download ClamXav - free AV software for the Mac and run it to see if there is something.

Please do all three steps right away and post back with results.

monica159 wrote:

my Internet service Provider emailed me saying my computer "may be infected with a bot"

There are no known Mac bots, so unless you are running Windows or it's something brand new, that's not your problem.

In addition to babowa's suggestions, if you allow others to physically or remotely access your Mac there could be a Key Logger application installed on your Mac to capture what you type.