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3 I downloaded scripts from a YouTube video- now I have a virus. Help?
I downloaded the Islands Void Script, Islands Alternate Link, and Vega X Download from the description of this YouTube video- https://youtu.be/RlhZLdS06Co and now I appear to have a virus. Norton is taking ages and finding nothing, Malware Bytes and Avast are scanning in 10 seconds or less and finding nothing.
Before I installed these items I scanned them with Norton, so when they said no threats found I went ahead and downloaded them. I don’t know what to do because I’m not fully aware of how scripts work. I deleted these items so they’re no longer on my computer, however the damage is obviously already done. Safari will not close, (even through force quit - it disappears for a millisecond but appears again in the force quit screen) and I keep getting a pop up for “mac keeper”. I also can’t google anything without being redirected through several links before landing at yahoo. I’ve cleared the cache, the history, and deleted the only extension I had (Honey), and removed all items under “manage website data” on the privacy tab through safari preferences.
I also saw the list of websites that downloads are set to “allow” and I denied many that I no longer need or wasn’t sure of. One of those was the file name I saw tonight called artesevening.xyz. I changed it from allow to deny, and then I removed it from the list along with the others I was unsure of.
I can say that after downloading, when I clicked to install these items, I was prompted by security to “open anyway” which I did so because Norton had found them not to be threatening. Upon doing so, I found that Terminal was open, but nothing else had been. I found it to be fishy so I deleted them and moved on. Minutes later I found several tabs open in safari that I did not open. I closed them and tried to google something and that’s when I first noticed the redirecting. I’m much more Windows savvy than I am with Mac but I really want to get this taken care of. Any suggestions?
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@kimberlyrenee
Ok
So we have to act fast as we don’t know what could happen next!
Do you have any valuable information on the device?
Thanks:-)
por HelloMacOS
I have the internet off and I’ve started it up in safe mode. I do have things on my device that I would very much not like to lose, but I’m worried about connecting an external hard drive with something like this going on. Thank you for your quick response! Also, I’ve gone into my email from my phone and signed out of all other devices (including from my Mac) because all of my credit cards and social media accounts are linked back to that account. So that makes me feel a bit better lol but I’m still panicking.
por Kimberly Renee
Also, as I said I cleared cache and history from safari, but I had passwords saved on my Mac to all of my credit card and banking accounts. So it worries me that that information may be at risk!
por Kimberly Renee
@kimberlyrenee
Hi
Sorry for the delayed reply
I never got a notification on your reply
That’s really good that you have protected you self be removing sensitive data
If it’s possible go on to the apple App Store and download clean my mac x
It has a pretty good virus and malware detection tool
Thanks:-)
por HelloMacOS
Thank you! My computer seems to be better but I tried this software and am getting some some failed logs. I’m not sure what to do next!
por Kimberly Renee