Mac OS X : Remove Fake Virus

Posted by Harish Kumar

In this segment we are going to "Remove Fake Virus from MacOSX".

Step 1 : Close all Open Applications

1. Navigate to Apple Icon from Top Left Corner. Click on Apple Icon and then click on Force Quit.
2. After that Force Quit all the open Applications except Finder.

Step 2 : Open ~/Library

1. Now, Click Go Select Go to folder Type: ~/Library. Then Hit Enter
2. Look for Cookies, Cache and Safari. Select them all and Move to Trash.
3. Navigate to Folder Saved Application State. Search for com.apple.Safari.savedState and Move to Trash. Then Close the window.
These commands will fully wipe out all of your old Safari settings

Step 3 : Open Terminal

Now, Open Terminal.
Copy and Paste all these commands at once in Terminal.

mv ~/Library/Safari ~/Desktop/Safari-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/Apple\ -\ Safari\ -\ Safari\ Extensions\ Gallery; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.WebKit.PluginProcess; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/Apple\ -\ Safari\ -\ Safari\ Extensions\ Gallery; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.LSSharedFileList.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebFoundation.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebKit.PluginHost.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebKit.PluginProcess.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/PubSub/Database; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState

These commands will fully wipe out all of your old Safari settings. Restart the Mac and Open Safari.

Step 4 : Add Extensions to Safari

Open Safari
Click on Safari from top left corner and click on Safari Extensions.
Now select Adblocker from the available extensions.
And Install it.

Open website : www.mywot.com
Install.

Step 5 : Scan using Malwarebytes

Open website www.malwarebytes.com
Install Run a scan.
If you find any malicious entries delete them.

Step 6 : Install Anti-Virus

Search for a free Anti-Virus and install it.
My Choice: Avast, AVG or Avira.
Note: Don’t click on websites which starts with AD. Now your Mac is all clear from virus and other Malwares
Restart the Mac and start using it.
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