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my macbook air is very new and my friend wanted to watch a free movie and i agreed because it had worked on my phone but it said that it gave my macbook a virus and i kind of ignored it because there didn’t seem to be much damage but instead of opening to google, it opens to Trovi and i’m not sure what to do. is this bad? how do i get rid of this?
Force Quit Safari ( command + option + esc keys).Then restart Safari holding the Shift key. If you still have problems Empty Caches (Safari menu > Preferences > Privacy > Remove all website data. (This will also remove history if you do not want to remove History open Safari Preferences > Advanced and check mark “Show Develop Menu” then choose “Empty Caches” from Develop Menu ).
Then go to Safari Preferences > Extensions and check there. If there is an extension delete it.
If the problem persists then download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.
Force Quit Safari ( command + option + esc keys).Then restart Safari holding the Shift key. If you still have problems Empty Caches (Safari menu > Preferences > Privacy > Remove all website data. (This will also remove history if you do not want to remove History open Safari Preferences > Advanced and check mark “Show Develop Menu” then choose “Empty Caches” from Develop Menu ).
Then go to Safari Preferences > Extensions and check there. If there is an extension delete it.
If the problem persists then download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.
Not a virus but it’s probably malware ..
Download and run Malwarebytes > Free Antivirus Replacement & Anti-Malware Tool | Malwarebytes
Beware if sites offering, “free” movies... or free anything for matter.
does my macbook air have a virus if it opens to trovi instead of google?? what is trovi?
