hello,
having run a norton check I found "downloader.Ponik!gen9" on my MacBook Air 2 - apparently this is a serious virus/trojan threat but the path listed by norton doesn't seem to exist: /Users/lhg/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads/1B84350A-
any ideas on how I how can I delete it?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
More importantly find out how to uninstall the less than useless Norton product before it cripples your mac. As usual it has identified a windows trojan that affects OLD windows systems, Win 7 is the newest. http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-090416-1432-99
More importantly find out how to uninstall the less than useless Norton product before it cripples your mac. As usual it has identified a windows trojan that affects OLD windows systems, Win 7 is the newest. http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2014-090416-1432-99
hi mike,
yeah! I've been wondering about norton - my macbook has really slowed down since i installed it. do you know of any anti-virus software i should replace it with or do i not need to bother? Any idea how I re-install the system software (latest OS X) as I do not have a disk - or a disc drive for that matter!
thanks, lhgSE6
Norton is one of the three worst applications ever written for a mac, it will slow you down. You don't need virus protection for Macs because there are no viruses. There is other types of malware out there but apps like Norton don't scan for them, they're looking for a virus. Give Thomas Reeds site a look for best practices to stay safe http://www.thesafemac.com/
If you need to reinstall OS X you can use Recovery by restarting while holding the Command-R keys OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
Normally I would say to keep OS X up to date but Yosemite is a such a ram hog that I don't recommend that unless I know someone has at least 4GB of ram.
thanks mike. very helpful.
ldnSE6
You're very welcome! Give The Safe Mac a good read, it's full of information.
downloader.Ponik!gen9"
