Suspected malware after installing FileZilla. How much trouble am I in?
Hey all - I'm trying to help myself as much as possible, and I've been doing a lot of reading, but please accept my apologies if I missed something obvious.
Computer: iMac Pro, running 10.13.3
SITUATION:
Opened Chrome (which I do not usually use) and received a warning that an extension called "Search Manager 10.1.2.64" is trying to set my default search bar to srchbar.com
Did some digging and found the extension was installed about a week ago, right after I installed FileZilla.
Did some more digging, and found "runChmm" in my login items, also installed at the same time. I haven't restarted since this, so hadn't encountered it yet. This launches something called Chromium that I never installed, which defaults to what seems to be a sketchy knockoff of Yahoo search.
I've noticed Safari lagging like crazy when typing in the URL box, and now I wonder if this is related.
No extensions show as installed in Safari.
Currently running BitDefender.
Ran MalwareBytes and it came up clean.
QUESTIONS:
• How freaked out should I be?
• Do I need to wipe my system drive?
• Reinstall OS?
• Wipe other stuff? Like, can my personal files be infected?
• Can I trust my Time Machine backup from before the date in question or could that be compromised too, so restoring from it just reinfects me?
• Do I need to worry that passwords and personal data stored on my machine are compromised?
• Is there a way to know for sure what happened, and what else is installed?
THANKS SO MUCH!