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I received this email (see below) and mistakenly clicked on "see all searches' button. It downloaded twelve 2 byte files to my download folder. I moved them to a quarantine folder. This is the first time I ever clicked a button without checking the senders email address first. I am not a Linked In customer. Any advise you can provide will be appreciated. I ran a full scan of Total AV security software and it did not report any threats including the review of the twelve 2 byte files. Reported the incident to the Linked In abuse address. Any suggestions for additional steps to take?

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Sorry about your misfortune. We all try to br vigilant, but now and again something slips by us.

AV software won't help at all as this is really Malware.

Go to https://www.malwarebytes.com/free-multi-os-download/. and download the Malwarebytes for Mac.

Don't part with any money. By all means get the 30 day free trial at the end of which, it automatically reverts to the free version.

Install and run a scan. This app is widely used and recommended by these Forums. If it finds any malware, it destroys it.

I suspect you were lucky in the sense that you located the downloads and removed them, but just in case they were installed elsewhere on your Mac, Malwarebytes should find them.

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Ian, Thanks. Malwarebytes found four threats and destroyed them. After it destroyed the malware ran a second time - all clean. Chet
 
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Brilliant! Well done. The Malwarebytes app is a godsend. Remember, don't pay anything. Just let the 30 days go by and it reverts to the free version.

The only difference between the paid for and free versions is that the former runs in the background (which you don't need) and the free is "on demand", ie use when you need it.

Really pleased for you that all is well.

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Tks again for the help and advice. Mac-Forums.com is also a godsend!
 
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Good deal Chet!:)

Way to go Ian...great suggestion!:::)

- Nick
 

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