Is MacTonic a reliable application? I paid for it but the installation process required my contacting a salesman who took control of my screen and tried to get me to pay an additional $500.00 for security software.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
It doesn't seem to be reliable at all. Check this out: http://www.makeyourmacbetter.com/2017/11/02/remove-mac-tonic-virus-pop-upfrom-ma c-os-x/
There's another post regarding Mac Tonic in the Apple Support Communities. Maybe you want to check out what other members responded. Does anyone know anything about Mac Tonic. It just launched itself, aparenty from nowhere on my MacBook Air?
MacTonic is bad news, but if you have permitted someone to remotley access your computer, MacTonic will be the least of your worries. You have permitted a criminal to access your computer, and should consider it and its contents compromised. Change all passwords that may have ever been used on that computer. Restore the computer using a back up that predates the intrusion. If you divulged financial info to the criminal, contact your bank to notify them if the fraud.
Hi, Allan.
So, I didn't run the uninstaller and left the red shield up there to see if anything happens. I just got a "real-time scanning" alert detecting "malware." The offensive program is called 'task reviser' and is/was located /private/var/folder...MacOS/taskreviser but has been "cleaned." Is this just more bogus stuff?
Egad. What about the "free" MacAfee program that came with it?
No such program is required.
Do I dare run the McAfee Internet Security Uninstaller that came with it?
That is about the only safe code McAfee has written.
Yes, run the Mcafee Internet Security Uninstaller to get rid of all the bits and pieces it has placed through out your system.
Yes
Is Mac Tonic a reliable application?
