I could not fund an uninstall for Malwarebytes so just sent app to trash. Are there hidden files I need to know about?
Yes, in fact, that's the entire reason that most of us have gotten rid of Malwarebytes and now use DetectX Swift instead. Malwarebytes has been known to install close to 30 files, deeply embedded in your Mac's system, and we have no idea what they may all be doing. Dragging Malwarebytes application file to the trash leaves all of these files in place. While most apps will leave behind one or two benign files that are tiny and insignificant, such as a preferences file or a cache file, so that you can leave them installed and safely ignore them, it would seem prudent to find and delete all of the detritus that Malwarebytes leaves behind.
Here is how you can easily do that:
Download the free utility EasyFind:
A little collection of free utilities for the Mac to make your life easier.
www.devontechnologies.com
Here is how to set up your search with EasyFind:
You DO NOT want to search within files, so do not enable "File Contents" and instead enable "Files and Folders."
Enable "Any Word" so that EasyFind looks for your search term but does not exclude files that have other things in the name.
Enable "Ignore Case" since you don't care if your search term is capitalized or not.
Enable "Invisible Files and Folders" because you also want to find files and folder that are invisible.
So, now do a search for "Malwarebytes". (Type Malwarebytes in the search field and hit Return.) The search will take a few minutes, it won't be instantaneous like a Spotlight search.
Note that in EasyFind's window toolbar is a circle-with-a slash-through-it symbol that says "Delete". Highlight the hits that you want to delete and then click that button to delete them.
This is all a lot easier than it sounds, and it will make sense as you are doing it.
Please let us know how many Malwarebytes files you find with EasyFind. Many of us have been shocked by how many we found on our Macs.