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I think my computer has been hacked, I am locked out of my files, Please Help
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<blockquote data-quote="ethiks313" data-source="post: 1238375" data-attributes="member: 202044"><p>@Razormac: Here is what I did to create a new Admin password, I followed a Youtube tutorial. These were the instructions: 1. Reboot</p><p>2. Hold apple key (or command) + s key down after you hear the chime.</p><p>3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):</p><p></p><p>mount -uw /</p><p>rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone</p><p>shutdown -h now</p><p></p><p>4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account.</p><p>As not to loose files the new admin account must be a new name and not one previously used. I've only tested this on osX.</p><p></p><p>After creating the new Admin account I searched throught the MacHard drive and found the old admin account that has all of the files I need. They all have red minus signs (-) on them. I tried to unlock with the new Admin password, but Im still locked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ethiks313, post: 1238375, member: 202044"] @Razormac: Here is what I did to create a new Admin password, I followed a Youtube tutorial. These were the instructions: 1. Reboot 2. Hold apple key (or command) + s key down after you hear the chime. 3. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line): mount -uw / rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone shutdown -h now 4. After rebooting you should have a brand new admin account. As not to loose files the new admin account must be a new name and not one previously used. I've only tested this on osX. After creating the new Admin account I searched throught the MacHard drive and found the old admin account that has all of the files I need. They all have red minus signs (-) on them. I tried to unlock with the new Admin password, but Im still locked out. [/QUOTE]
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