I have an application called Festovshade on my Mac what is it?

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Mariel1957 Author

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I have an application called Festovshade on my Mac what is it?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Dec 14, 2017 2:57 PM

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Mariel1957 Author

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Dec 15, 2017 12:46 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks for your reply. When I googled it, it came up with, that it could be taking sensitive information, but I didn't know what would happen if when I uninstalled it, that it would open up a can of worms!! I have know idea how it got there.

If I could ask you one more question, because of this should I install Norton Antivirus when I ask at the Apple store they say it's not necessary.

Thanks again

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John Galt

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Dec 15, 2017 5:24 AM in response to Mariel1957

Do not install "Norton" or any other non-Apple "anti-virus" program. "Festovshade" is not a virus. It's something you installed, though you may have been deceived into installing it. To learn how not to do that, read How to install adware.

Remove it. If it returns, let me know.

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xmetienne

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Dec 15, 2017 5:55 AM in response to Mariel1957

Hi Mariel,

What the Apple store told you is true, macOS (Unix) systems are not affected by virus as other systems are, such as Windows... However, Trojan Horses are the issue we can face...

If you really want to install an antivirus which is adapted for macOS systems, then rather look into Kaspersky, however it will slow down your system a fair bit...

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Dec 15, 2017 5:56 AM in response to Mariel1957

if you did not deliberately place it there, it does not matter what it is, or whether it is any good at what it is supposed to do.

Get rid of it right away.

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Mariel1957 Author

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Dec 15, 2017 6:10 AM in response to John Galt

Thank you John for the link very interesting.

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