"Virus found"

MalwareBytes is often recommended in these communities. It is not an anti virus app. It is a good app for finding "malware" then letting you decide what action to take. I use MalwareBytes on occasion.

No one can determine such stuff from outside your Mac.

Those Pop-ups are ALWAYS a SCAM, without exception.

And even if the message were legitimate (which it never is) why would you trust an unsolicited finding from a stranger?

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I see by your style of writing that you seem to be suffering from a Spleen Problem. I have the means to fix that for you, but the surgery is expensive and will unfortunately not be covered by insurance. Please send me a substantial down payment promptly to avoid certain death.

¿You do believe me, don't you?

Download an antivirus for Mac package from a reputable vendor and run a full scan. You can get fully enabled trail version from most antivirus developers. I use Trend Micro Anti-virus for Mac and it has caught the Mac/UNIX specific ones that have shown up in my email.

delfromemmett wrote:

Download an antivirus for Mac package from a reputable vendor and run a full scan. You can get fully enabled trail version from most antivirus developers. I use Trend Micro Anti-virus for Mac and it has caught the Mac/UNIX specific ones that have shown up in my email.

This in in my opinion bad advice. Third party anti virus apps are not needed.

Not true. See below.

​Apple users, beware: First live ransomware targeting Macs found 'in the wild' - CNET

New ‘Komplex’ Trojan Malware Targeting Macs [Updated] | The Mac Security Blog

The top 5 malware threats targeting Macs - TechRepublic

You don't appear to know what a virus is. I already said I use MalwareBytes to check for malware on my computer. I do not run any third party anti virus apps because there are no Mac virus' outside security labs.

Two of your links are 2+ years old - if they were "news", there'd be something current. Apple patches such things very quickly, so they certainly wouldn't be able to do anything 2 years later.

And, FWIW, malware is not a virus.

Actually, I do know the difference. Viruses are a subset of malware that are either attached to program or file and are activated by the opening of said program or file. Malware includes but is not limited to trojans, worms, viruses and other code specifically designed to cripple a computing device.

I worked for one firm that provided secure output devices and output tracking software and headed up a business unit that was one of the leaders in providing secure multifunctional peripherals in the B2B market space. My customers used Mac network environments, Windows network environments, Netware environments and UNIX/LINUX environments. And all were concerned with all types of malware. And the subsets thereof.

The idea was to show that telling other Apple users “you have nothing to worry about” in the near or far future because Mac’s don’t get viruses or get hacked is not a good thing to do. As a CompTIA Security+, a CDIA+ certified professional and having worked in around computer security since the late ’90’s there is not one operating system that I have found to be invulnerable to malware or viruses inclusive. Unless that system was completely isolated, no external device could be attached and not networked.

Patches are are made along the way and issues are addresse, but that does not leave systems impregnable at all times.

The message was a scam attempt.

And even if that "you have a Virus" message were legitimate (which it NEVER is) why would you trust an unsolicited finding from a stranger?