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I'm a new user. Just visited a site that was linked to a discussion on Techsmith.com. Virus total showed it to be a malicious site. My computer isn't acting weird or anything. How do I find out if my computer was affected and what do I do if something did happen to the computer?
Yosemite 10.10.5, mid-2012 macbook retina
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null
Virus Total is a worthless scam on the Mac. Uninstall it.
I just visited the Techsmith site. While I didn't see anything wrong with it, I did see anything there that was worthwhile.
I suggest that Virus Total gave you a false alert on that site. Just one more reason to get rid of it.
Virus Total is a worthless scam on the Mac. Uninstall it.
I just visited the Techsmith site. While I didn't see anything wrong with it, I did see anything there that was worthwhile.
I suggest that Virus Total gave you a false alert on that site. Just one more reason to get rid of it.
As you know, "VirusTotal" is a website, not software, so you obviously can't uninstall it. As for the other site, unless you downloaded and installed software, or entered personal information in a form, you don't need to do anything.
Thanks Allan, I appreciate the follow-up, and that was fast!
Do you have any other recommendations on antivirus type scanners that are quick like virus-total?
I use their safari extension and it's very easy to just click the "scan this site" button and it runs it through what looks like a bunch of anti-virus databases. I suppose then, that it's very "Sensitive" (picks up on a lot of sites that could even minutely possibly be bad) but not so "Specific" (includes a lot of probably good sites along with the bad)?
Thanks Linc,
I was hoping that you'd weigh-in. I'd seen you in several other discussion posts and you gave very thorough and helpful answers. btw, is your background in computers or software?
Accidentally Visited a Malicious Site. What should I do?
