Using 2015 MBP El Capitan 10.11.3
The computer seems to randomly take an automatic screenshot (screen flickers and screenshot sound is heard)
This usually happens when on Safari. I use VPN at times but this also happens when I am on on VPN.
It gives me the creeps as I feel someone is aware of what I am doing.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Does the camera LED come on?
Does the camera LED come on?
Do you run FaceTime or Skype? Here is one way to determine the sound. http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84961/random-shutter-sound A mac can make various sounds. The shutter sound, the padlock sound or even click keys. To verify, you could using photobooth, take a picture and see if that is the sound. Or go to system preferences and unlock and lock a padlock to see if that is the sound.
Nothing happens except a momentary flicker on the screen and the screenshot sound (camera shutter)
download malwarebytes http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php and Run scan just to check the possibility of adware or malware in your mac
First, never use any kind of "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" software on a Mac. That's how you cause problems, not how you solve them.
The behavior you describe doesn't suggest that the camera is taking pictures automatically. If you have other reasons to believe that it's happening, please ask for instructions.
This does not sound like any known malware. However, what you describe does sound similar to what Photo Booth will do by default when taking a photo through the webcam... it will flash the screen pure white for a second as a "flash" as it takes a picture, with an accompanying shutter-click sound. At the same time, a green light should turn on within the black border around your screen, near the center of the top edge, which indicates that your webcam is capturing images. Is this similar to what you're seeing?
MBP seems to take screenshot automatically
