My MacBook seems to have been affected by a virus
How can I clean a possible virus from my MacBook ?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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There are no viruses affecting OS X at the present. Perhaps you could describe your problem.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
If you require anti-virus protection I recommend using ClamXav.
When I am using Safari to browse the Net eg we are searching for Home improvement products and my MacBook starts to 'freeze' and 'crash' when trying to go to a further page within a website to view product information. We are using a 2nd MacBook in our home and not experiencing this problem.
Also I think I accidently opened an email sent to me by a friend who later reported having their yahoo email account hacked into.
When I am using Safari to browse the Net eg we are searching for Home improvement products and my MacBook starts to 'freeze' and 'crash' when trying to go to a further page within a website to view product information. We are using a 2nd MacBook in our home and not experiencing this problem.
Also I think I accidently opened an email sent to me by a friend who later reported having their yahoo email account hacked into.
Keeble44 wrote:
When I am using Safari to browse the Net eg we are searching for Home improvement products and my MacBook starts to 'freeze' and 'crash' when trying to go to a further page within a website to view product information. ...
Try Resetting Safari > Reset Safari
and/or remove all cookies from Safari > Preferences > Privacy.
Keeble44 wrote:
When I am using Safari to browse the Net eg we are searching for Home improvement products and my MacBook starts to 'freeze' and 'crash' when trying to go to a further page within a website to view product information.
This could be a variety of problems which almost certainly don't involve any type of malware, but you would need to post a crash report for anybody to be able to help you with that.
I accidently opened an email sent to me by a friend who later reported having their yahoo email account hacked into.
There is no currently known malware that can impact OS X by simply reading an e-mail. You would have to open an attachment or click on a link with Java enabled for there to be any chance of infection. Even then, most such malware is designed for the Windows operating system and it's applications.
My MacBook seems to have been affected by a virus