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Malware or glitch?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1890919" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>[USER=408753]@GReader[/USER] </p><p></p><p>A warm welcome to Mac-Forums. Thank you for your post.</p><p></p><p>Hard to know what the "rascal" file was or is. </p><p></p><p>But you've chosen two apps that we would not normally advocate. Sophos is practically useless on a Mac because it is really designed for Windows. Moreover, it can slow your Mac down a lot - and it is jolly hard to get rid of the app because it is embedded deeply within the system.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Malwarebytes, previously well thought of, has changed ownership and is now a bloated system which is also difficult to remove completely.</p><p></p><p>We recommend Intego's VirusBarrier Scanner - free from the App Sore and DetectX Swift free from <a href="https://sqwarq.com/detectx/" target="_blank">DetectX</a></p><p></p><p>I suggest you try to get rid of the other two (if you can) and get these two. then run them. They only need to be used on an occasional basis - not constantly in the background.</p><p></p><p>As I said above, it is really difficult to know the source and nature of that File - and why it appeared on your Desktop? Not in an email? Not adherent to something else you down loaded from the Internet? My guess would be the latter.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1890919, member: 83420"] [USER=408753]@GReader[/USER] A warm welcome to Mac-Forums. Thank you for your post. Hard to know what the "rascal" file was or is. But you've chosen two apps that we would not normally advocate. Sophos is practically useless on a Mac because it is really designed for Windows. Moreover, it can slow your Mac down a lot - and it is jolly hard to get rid of the app because it is embedded deeply within the system. Unfortunately, Malwarebytes, previously well thought of, has changed ownership and is now a bloated system which is also difficult to remove completely. We recommend Intego's VirusBarrier Scanner - free from the App Sore and DetectX Swift free from [URL="https://sqwarq.com/detectx/"]DetectX[/URL] I suggest you try to get rid of the other two (if you can) and get these two. then run them. They only need to be used on an occasional basis - not constantly in the background. As I said above, it is really difficult to know the source and nature of that File - and why it appeared on your Desktop? Not in an email? Not adherent to something else you down loaded from the Internet? My guess would be the latter. Ian [/QUOTE]
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