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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: Finding background "malware" |
| Date | 2018-06-14 00:53 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <fodsjqFqn1jU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pfruhi$9f5$1@panix2.panix.com> |
On 2018-06-13, Brian Gordon <briang@panix.com> wrote: > A repair shop I haven't used before fixed an overheting problem. However, they > pressed hard for another $85 to clean up "all the malware" running on my system > that was contributing to the problem. > > I periodically run some malware detectors, but they are looking at files, not > processes. Is there something I can run to detact these "problems"? They are probably trying to scam you out of money. If MalwareBytes doesn't show anything, you don't have anything to worry about. And you shouldn't do business with them anymore. Your local Apple retail store is generally much more trustworthy. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Finding background "malware" briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-13 16:24 -0400
Re: Finding background "malware" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-13 16:35 -0400
Re: Finding background "malware" RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2018-06-13 21:49 +0100
Re: Finding background "malware" nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-06-13 16:52 -0400
Re: Finding background "malware" Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-14 00:53 +0000
Re: Finding background "malware" briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2018-06-14 02:04 +0000
Re: Finding background "malware" Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-14 02:29 +0000
Re: Finding background "malware" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-17 18:16 +0000
Re: Finding background "malware" gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2018-06-17 13:45 -0700
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