Using Terminal to delete pngs?

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For some time I have been trying to delete rogue png files that constantly reappear and multiply in my files.

I read a community reply to this type of problem using terminal. However, I could not get the 'reply' to respond.

The problem appears to be from using Calibre html software (now uninstalled) when these black lines first appeared.

I removed every one of them (over 100) to trash and safely deleted trash.

Guess what? They came back, even after running mac keeper a few times in every area of my iMac Retina.

I have taken two of these files to Terminator and received some weird instructions --/

I have no idea what to do next.

Can some genius out there please help delete these virus type files for good?

It would save me a thousand hours and I would be forever grateful.

iMac with Retina 5K display, Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 7:02 PM

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Answer 1

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Are you sure you've completely uninstalled calibre? Did you do a search to make sure?

And, as an aside, do uninstall macKeeper according to their instructions before it causes havoc on your Mac.

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Answer 2

Your first step here should be to uninstall MacKeeper. Follow the instructions on this page - https://mackeeper.com/uninstall_mackeeper

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Answer 3

Thanks so much for taking time out to help me.

I finally found the source of the file and used Terminal to delete the whole folder.

This appears to have worked finally. I also did see a few more calibre covers around my files, but their little set icon is gone.

Thanks again. babowa.

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Answer 4

Hi laundry bleach,

Thanks for your time and effort to help. I paid a bit for my mac keeper, so am not quite ready to dump it.

Maybe I will reconsider in future, but for now, no.

Good luck with your projects. Marie:)

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Answer 5

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Of course, that is your decision; however, it is better to have a healthy and well performing Mac rather than being faced with problems.

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Answer 6

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DUMP it !! With prejudice! Take as a lesson learned that everything you "read" is not always true - except for this > http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/10/mackeeper-to-pay-out-2m-in-proposed-class-action-settlement

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