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Hello. Recently, and under unknown circumstances, three programs were downloaded onto my computer- Advanced Mac Cleaner, MacKeeper, and MegaBackup, all of which research has shown to be potentially fraudulent. As soon as I realized that the programs had combed through my entire computer, I deleted them by force quitting, dodging the many shady “free offer if you call this number” pop-ups, and putting them in and emptying the trash. I then used the Terminal to get rid of anything left(using Terminal>Shell>New Command, then sudo rm -rf Advanced Mac Cleaner, repeating for each program). I thought I solved my problem, but then I saw this in my “Recent Items”, the uninstaller for MegaBackup was listed, along with a MegaBackup Server in the “Servers” section. How do I get rid of these plagues for good? Malewarebites has helped.
try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3aq76V8… you may also want to try malwarebites for mac
@jimfixer Jim, of course I am seeing this and so many phishing schemes everyday now and for the last couple of years. I could do a long discourse on this but tell me why you think malwarebites is the ticket. PS I may go ahead with the discourse but it’s going to take some time, I tried to address this asking a question about Plishing about four month ago, but you only made a joke about it and no real answers were given to a problem which is a very serious threat. I am seeing people every week being taken for hundreds of dollars and all their credit card and bank information stolen by these con artists. This is very serious business and some of these guys are good, most are easy to spot if you are educated about it. These are vicious criminals that prey on everyone, especially the old who are not that computer literate . I know you and @danj - Dan only meant to be funny, but it’s a real issue. What is Phishing and is this something to be very wary of? Class action on MacKeeper: http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/1… https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/o… https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsroom/scam-ph… https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/03… UPDATE I started using Symantecs Endpoint Protection about six months ago and have installed it on about 50 machines and none have had a successful virus attack or been hit with a phishing scam yet. Go into your library > Launch agents and Launch Daemons and trash the offenders. Trash the app.
here is a full removal guide how to uninstall AMC on Mac - https://nektony.com/how-to/remove-advanc…
Follow these steps - Go to System Preferences -> Users & Groups.Click your account (also know as Current User).Click Login Items.Look for “Advanced Mac Cleaner” entry. Select it, and click the “-” button to remove it.
