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How do I get rid of the society.cake malware / ...

I recently (& accidentally–save judgement please!) downloaded malware / adware called society.cake onto my MacBook. I went through and manually deleted the program from my library, but some functionality of my Mac gives me reason to believe that it's still hiding out.

For example, when I click on the search bar magnifying glass, a few other search engines pop up (Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo) that I hadn’t intentionally downloaded / noticed before. Maybe that feature was there before, but I want to make sure. Also, usually while I was using a specific app from my dock, the app would have a small dot underneath it showing it was in use. Now this little dot does not appear when I'm using an app. A small thing, but I noticed the changed directly after I downloaded the malware / adware.

What do I need to do / purchase / download to ensure my MacBook is clean of this virus, if anything? I have seen a lot of comments about being wary of using any clean-up program. Is there something that Apple suggests?

MacBook Pro with Retina display. Version 10.12.6.

Thanks.

Download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes gets rid of most known adware. It's about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.

Try Malwarebytes: https://malwarebytes.org/mac. You should be wary of any anti-virus products and cleaning products in particular (the latter of which Malwarebytes is not). However, the free version of Malwarebytes is an on-demand scanner only and does not run in the background. You can remove it after running if desired.

Download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes gets rid of most known adware. It's about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac.

最後更新：2017-10-07 01:19:13

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