Hello Mac Forum,
Please bear with me during this story,
I have a best friend who is a genius software developer and me myself I am Mechanical engineer with ok Background in IT and tech but not for sure near as good as him. Two weeks ago, he asked me and sent me the links on FB messenger to download Xcode and Cordova on my Macbook [cuz he doesn't own one] and so he can run his iOS code and get his application uploaded on Apple store. Me of course I agreed, then it took me a few days to update my software, download Xcode and then Cordova which made him wait longer but he didn't show any annoying reaction but I know he was annoyed somehow...
a few days later, When all apps were ready to run and download, I asked him to send me the code which he ignored completely, I asked again and then he ignored me too and changed the subject by sending memes we laugh about. A week later, which is today, I checked my desktop by coincidence and ....
I see a folder I never installed or download, What was crazy is that folder name was named after my friend name. and inside there is a bunch of other sub folder and one xcode file named after my friend name as well. This has shocked me to levels I can't describe....
I immediately contact Apple support and a senior security manager called me and we found out that the firewall was turned off and the dates of the folder creation matches the same date my friend sent me the links, She asked me to install Malwarebytes, We have scanned the device and run the scan and nothing was detected so far.
I then personally installed Knock Knock, Block Block, Task Explorer and Reikey from Objective-see
I really need your help guys, I feel like I am attacked and shocked.
1- What can I do to make sure my macbook is safe now and I am not tracked or followed by anyone?
2- What can I do to check how this folder was installed?
3- Can I check if there is any keyloggers installed on my macbook or not?
Thanks for reading my post! I really really appreciate your help
Regards,
Please bear with me during this story,
I have a best friend who is a genius software developer and me myself I am Mechanical engineer with ok Background in IT and tech but not for sure near as good as him. Two weeks ago, he asked me and sent me the links on FB messenger to download Xcode and Cordova on my Macbook [cuz he doesn't own one] and so he can run his iOS code and get his application uploaded on Apple store. Me of course I agreed, then it took me a few days to update my software, download Xcode and then Cordova which made him wait longer but he didn't show any annoying reaction but I know he was annoyed somehow...
a few days later, When all apps were ready to run and download, I asked him to send me the code which he ignored completely, I asked again and then he ignored me too and changed the subject by sending memes we laugh about. A week later, which is today, I checked my desktop by coincidence and ....
I see a folder I never installed or download, What was crazy is that folder name was named after my friend name. and inside there is a bunch of other sub folder and one xcode file named after my friend name as well. This has shocked me to levels I can't describe....
I immediately contact Apple support and a senior security manager called me and we found out that the firewall was turned off and the dates of the folder creation matches the same date my friend sent me the links, She asked me to install Malwarebytes, We have scanned the device and run the scan and nothing was detected so far.
I then personally installed Knock Knock, Block Block, Task Explorer and Reikey from Objective-see
I really need your help guys, I feel like I am attacked and shocked.
1- What can I do to make sure my macbook is safe now and I am not tracked or followed by anyone?
2- What can I do to check how this folder was installed?
3- Can I check if there is any keyloggers installed on my macbook or not?
Thanks for reading my post! I really really appreciate your help
Regards,