Virus or hacking of my iMac

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• Is there a free application to detect the virus and Trojans on my iMac?

  I think I have an evil entity of some sort on my computer.  It is not malware.  Is there a free app to download to search for viruses and Trojan horses to an iMac, OSX 10.9.5?

  Thanks for the recommendations.

  You don't need anti-virus software and must not install, free or not. They are unnecessary and a waste of your money. If you have advertising software problems:

  Remove the browser pop up problems

  Malwarebytes | Free Anti-Malware Detection & removal software for

  Apple Macintosh computers

  Adblock more 1.8.9, GlimmerBlocker, or AdBloc k

  Remove the adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac

  How to remove adware FlashMall of OS X

  Stop advertising and pop-up advertising windows in Safari - Apple Support

  2.11 DetectX

• BlackBerry Smartphones BBM Virus or Hack?

  First of all, sorry that if this issue has already been addressed in another post, Yes, I couldn't find.

  Today, I received a request to add a person to my BBM contacts with the name "Jil". I did, since I am friends named Jill and thought that maybe they just shorten their contact.

  An entry for it appeared in my contact list with a photo and a PIN (which I didn't write). I does not recognize the picture though, so I sent her message through surveys BBM asking how we knew that the other.

  Once I hit firm transmission window chat and contact entry disappeared! After stopping and a battery pull, BBM has shown a "empty cat" when I clicked on it, it also disappeared. I can't find any trace of 'Jil' on my BB when I search.

  I use a Curve 8330, OS v4.5.0.127 and my carrier is SaskTel.  Also, I have a limited account of the Internet Service, email and BBM only, not Web browsing.

  This happened to anyone before?

  I accepted just unintentionally a virus or some sort of phishing hack?

  There is no virus for a BB and no "phishing hacks."

  My guess is someone accidentally added your PIN or email then realized it and erased you at the same time as you sent a message.

  Delete the empty cat and continue with the life of BB.

• Is it possible for an iPod 6th generation to catch a virus or be hacked by someone?

  A pop up came in Safari the other day talk about the legality of the sites, even if I was on Reddit look completely legal content, in any case, I thought of nothing, but I recently heard about a virus or hack which appears the same way my occupation happened. Should I be worried? I did notice something of as fa, please help

  Only if the device has been jailbroken. You have received a popup of java in Safari. Go to settings > Safari > clear the history and data from the Web site, hen, everything should be good. Nothing to worry about.

• The current Virus and malware Notifications - true or false

  I continue to receive notifications of virus or malware on my iMac with OS X (10.11.5).  Are these for real or are they scams?  How can I get rid of them - notifications is that they are fake or viruses if they are for real?

  They are all scams. Nothing can analyze your Mac over the internet.

  They can only come from the Web sites you visit.

  It could also be related to Adware. Have you already installed all the programs on websites to download software such as CNet, Softpaedia, etc.?

• FixIt seen problems with the computer name NOT MINE I was HACKED?

  Virus or hacked? Correct name of the specified computer withSTRANGE name of the computer.  Appaarently MY computer has been HACKED and the hacker has INSERTED his name.  How can I get rid of him.  I clicked on DELETEi FIXIT page, but it has not REMOVED.  I had several problems which ddealt FIXIT with, IGNORING MY real computer name.  What now?

  Topics of interest:

  1. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/how-can-i-tell-if-my-computer-has-been-hacked/0d326395-475f-44eb-b2e6-600d317ae046

  2. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_other-protect_scanning/my-computer-was-hacked-is-it-safe-for-financial/42cbe324-8810-447b-ae94-b6051ca124c1

  This 'as new' suppposedly RE - furbshided Windows XP computer arrived with ZERO discs of any kind.

  I want a disc of resettlement to the cables and reinstall contant of original file (1) in order to completely destroy the Virus or whatever that changed he clock time, destroyed almost all files including banking information and keeps of worry a "key logger" had attached to it, I refuse now the info online purchase of ot entry that severely limits the use online. Start-up and GAMES sections is empty, as are too many to count other important files and the phoos.  Section of games and start are also missssssing. I just loved currently off FREECELL game.

  My Windows Defender - becme corruptf, McAfee destroyed files and now FIxIT Center responds wihtERROR. ANF Microsot Essentials never reported any viral activity as it did on my other Dell computer (shown as Trojan - whichreportedly has been FIXED.)  But there webpage adverse change "/ / / home.mywebsearch.com ' an entry NOT made by me.  I am the only user of my two machines.

  You will need to get information from the company / the person who sold you the computer "re-burbished" on how to reinstall the operating system. The computer may have a hidden partition, or you may be able to get drives.

• I was called by a man saying he was with Microsoft, and that someone tried to hack my computer.

  * Original title: mess up BIG TIME

  I was called by a man saying he was with Microsoft, and that someone tried to hack my computer.  They consulted my system through a program called somewhere or some how some way when I told them that I had already paid for anti virus and hacking they hung up but still had control of my computer.  They continued to open the files, even if I tried to stop my mouse does not work only them would be.  Please let me know how do I know if they have access to everything and I have to do next... .change all accounts, passwords or is it at the end?  I'm not a computer person and appreciate any help I can get.  Thank you, Sue

  Yes, you have been scammed.

  Quietman, see: I was hacked... What should I do?
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/407147/answers-to-common-security-questions-best-practices/?p=3071944

  Download the free versions of these tools. First check the updates and then run a full scan with each.

  Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

  When offered, uncheck the box: activate the free trial version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware bonus.

  AdwCleaner
  http://adwcleaner.en.LO4D.com/

  SuperAntiSpyware
  http://www.SUPERAntiSpyware.com/

  Junkware Removal Tool (free)
  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/

  This is a scam that last for years. Microsoft never does unsolicited phone calls.

  Is calling, Microsoft, a scam?
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/protect/wiki/protect_other-protect_scanning/is-that-call-from-Microsoft-a-scam/6718e389-8a00-4E4B-ACA1-d07298ea4c19

  Report a scam to technical support
  http://support.Microsoft.com/reportascam

  It's a real call from Microsoft?
  http://www.ComputerActive.co.UK/CA/PC-help/2134917/genuine-Microsoft

  Avoid scams to phone for tech support
  http://www.Microsoft.com/en-GB/security/online-privacy/avoid-phone-scams.aspx

  Do not fall for phony phone technical support
  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/securitytipstalk/archive/2010/03/09/Don-t-fall-for-phony-phone-tech-support.aspx

  Aggressive, persistent Windows tech support fraudsters continue to track consumers
  http://www.Computerworld.com/s/article/9248122/Aggressive_persistent_Windows_tech_support_scammers_continue_to_stalk_consumers

  What is a certified Microsoft [or] partner?
  http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/Microsoft-removes-Gold-Certified.html

• applications disappeared, dock has question marks instead of icons

  Applications disappeared from the hard drive, question marks are in the dock for the most part disappeared instead of icons.  I also note that Intego X 9 virus check cannot perform an audit on the hard drive.  I ran disk utility and checking the material.  No noted problem.

  I had two days before this program installed the last Intego, (X 9) Virus Barrier app.

  iMac late 2013, 27 ", i7 - 3.5 Ghz, Yosemite 10.10.5, 24 GB memory version.

  Do you have any suggestions as to why this happened and how to avoid it in the future?

  My intention is, if there is not a known reason or fix for restore from time machine, as indicated in my initial search of the internet this is a rare event and Apple has no solution.

  Thank you

  Graham

  Presentation of the material:

  Model name: iMac

  Model identifier: iM

  Uninstall Virus Barrier according to the instructions of developers and restore your time Machine before installing the software AV. Do not reinstall.

• El Capitan iCloud POP not IMAP, SSL WARNING

  I think it's fair to say that iCloud POP is a development, if it is not the problem. to support areas different as I honestly lost the account over the past months. Two months after the release of ElCapitan, my new Mac Pro arrived on Apple.Com Online Store. My new Mac Pro is pretty useless with any kind of e-mail security. When the OS X install it configures iCloud as an entity of pop Apple Support told me its not supposed to do this, it should be IMAP. You'd be surprised how many ways there are install OS X in 2016. We have tried them all. Any e-mail account IMAP or SSL, I place in Mail defaults to pop. There is a lot of effort fudging that we tried to work around this problem, but they tend to lead to a warning, or configure the IMAP protocol without warning, but provide e-mail with file disaster clients.

  The only way I can do an IMAP account on my own is to fake the email address, like [email protected] instead of [email protected], then Mail allows the IMAP option, but includes the warning red ink accounts preferences "Impossible to verify the account name or password." If the email used in the new account form is not rigged, my mac POP iCloud is automatically a POP account with pop.server.domain grayed out and strictly non-editable. Senior advisers to Apple after that long wait for phone arranged Option-click on alternatives to avoid address hack, but these efforts Option + click on only modified as long as calling the helpline.

  Stanford University, Setting up Apple Mail IMAP with SSL (Stanford IMAP SSL configuration is the current international standard for email), it is clear that my new Mac with the new OS X has a different and as it turns out that the very problematic user interface.

  

  It is suggested Support of Apple, who, on the preferences panel accounts when you Add an e-mail account , then fill in vital signs and press Option when you click Sign In. This, rather than duck the email address, I was informed. At least for the time being on my Mac mouse ceased to change to a pointer on hover Sign In. And click on Option blocks any connection of the mouse on the Sign In button, unless I share my screen with an Apple Advisor. Apple support has nothing else to offer at the moment. Of course, OS X isn't friendly IMAP on my Mac. But we can choose an IMAP option. Similar to the functionality of Stanford University, for this old interface OS X Accounts.

  Set up IMAP and IMAP Option-click, after having been forced into OSX Mail, cause the largest ever mess folder IMAP, you can imagine! Any use of SSL also ends the same futility of local. On the server side ISP of things, the background system DIY Apple Support has extended some send, receive approximately 500ms 20ms where servers give it up. Finally, the support of disabled Microsoft Outlook SSL for Outlook. Outlook does is more can be configured for SSL on my Mac. And like Mail, records Outlook IMAP and SSL are a disaster anyway. Microsoft cannot offer optimal insecurity incoming on port 25. We believe that it is fair to assume that the problem is OS X, not the different e-mail clients.

  As a last effort at the moment (of other ideas out there support?) that we would do a standard the confusing name of IMAP folder Mail client configuration (this will remove the additional files of unknown origin?). Unfortunately, we cannot solve the assignments of IMAP folder as suggested at Stanford University. When we pass the mailboxmenu, then use this mailbox under, all options are grayed out. So now, left here only various incarnations of the questionable POP 2016 iCloud, I seem to be stuck pulling straws so that is the app to use with non - SSL. I use IMAP fudge, or fall back on POP and set up with the viruses and hacks?

  Note that all really doing their best to help, no one at the Apple Support has nothing more to offer at the moment. In the Apple community someone an idea how to fix Mac Pro 2016 SSL or IMAP e-mail?

  Apple documentation:

  "iCloud Mail uses the most modern standards SMTP and IMAP supported email applications. iCloud supports not pop.

  I don't know what you are doing and why, but never supported iCloud pop.

  Remove iCloud account, so there is nothing left associated with iCloud subwindow accounts, then set up without fixing anything! Simply enter the base e-mail address and the password you are asked after selecting iCloud as the new type of account. Make sure that configure you your Apple ID account first (this is where you choose your e-mail name and password).

  iCloud: server for e-mail clients - Apple support settings

• WARNING: Your computer may be infected.  Call 866-955-6104

  This happened:

  

  Then, I was unable to close the page, or Chrome, I've tried several times to quit smoking.  I finally forced to shut down the entire system.  It was on my iMac.  I took this screenshot before that I forced its closure.  I am now on my laptop, I was wondering what I need to do.  Do I need to take steps to remove a virus or malware on my iMac?  Most of my searches on Google for this problem referenced PC only.  I'm confused!

  It's a hoax, ignore it. Do NOT call the number.

• Some sent unsolicited messages to people in my address book. The messages appear to come from me, but I have not sent them. What should I do?

  Someone sent several messages to varius people in my address book to me, but it wasn't me. It seems that they have sent the message to four people at a time. Is this a virus or hacking?  What should I do about it?  I think it happened while I was on a different computer.

  This link was included in one of the messages...
   
  http://particules-bisness.fr/oscomdemo/Google.php?word169.html

  This in another...

  http://polnischedelikatessen.EU/Sklep/test.php?measure169.php

  and cela in another...

  http://zenyakosmetika.cz/WP-content/plugins/is-human/site.php?once169.img

  Hello

  1. What mail client do you use?

  2. what operating system is installed on the computer?

  I suggest you analyze your computer Microsoft Safety Scanner, it will help us to get rid of viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope this information is useful.

• Windows Password Unlocker Professional is associated with Microsoft

  I want to know if it is a valid program and will run without fear of viruses or hacking, if I use it.

  It is not the case.  If it works or not I have no idea.  If it is that simple why everybody wouldn't do it. ?

• fraud, claiming that he worked for microsoft,

  I gave my email address to a fraud, claiming that he works for microsoft, should I change my email address?

  I don't know there is nothing much he can do with just an e-mail address with the exception of spam to your Inbox with unwanted or of links to viruses to hack into your account. If you have a feeling of insecurity, then create a password stronger, make sure your security options are configured so that you can reset your password with another email address or phone number, etc.. If your profile contains too much personal information, then you can clean it up a bit. E-mail addresses are supposed to have some very basic information. Don't open strange e-mail and do not click on email links even if it appears to come from Microsoft (the old trick in the book).

  Note: Most of the electronic mail services allowing you block e-mail from certain senders

• Games slow down a computer?

  I played Command and Conquer 4 on my computer very old. It can be played, but the graphics are bad and it is very slow. If I continue to play the computer may crash. So I had planned to play on my new computer. But my parents do not allow that. Reasons are

  1. Games can have viruses.
  2. Viruses can hack into my computer and get information, such as bank accounts. (I installed Bitdefender 2010 IPSec)
  3. Games make my computer unreliable and slow.

  Can you check for me if these reasons are true. I know too many games running at the same TIME will be a slow computer. But what happens if my requirements meet the minimum requirements for the games, it slows down the computer? Also, I defrag and cleaning my PC regularly so do not understand that my computer will do to appear slowly over a short period of time (1 year).

  Operating system
  MS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
  CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
  Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40 GHz
  45nm Penryn technology
  RAM
  4.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399 MHz (5-6-6-18)
  Motherboard
  Compal 30F8 (CPU)
  Graphics
  Generic PnP monitor @ 1280 x 800
  NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
  Hard drives
  313GB Hitachi Hitachi peripheral HTS543232L9A300 ATA (IDE) 47 ° C
  Optical drives
  DVD - RW PIONEER DR-TD08HB ATA Device
  Audio
  IDT High Definition Audio CODEC

  Hello TechKid.  Feel free to forward this message to your parents *.

  (1) their original CD-ROM or DVD-ROM games will not have the virus.  Back in the olden days where game was on a disk that it was possible that a set of second hand could have been infected, simply because the disks could be written after the fact.  Actually I've ever met.

  (2) a bit, (but still once falsely assume original games of detail will virus), in practice, they are much more wet than that.  Decent anti-malware and ensuring your machine and all the software connected to the internet is updated will solve this problem.

  (3) not true.  While the game is running, they are obviously fewer resources for other things.  But once the game has been closed it will not use all of the system resources.  In regard to making them unreliable, more wrong.

  * It won't do anything, they don't want to play you games on this machine, they will come with any excuse for this purpose.

  Anyway on this system, I think that you should always keep the graphics on their low settings, the graphics card is a budget card, not suitable for games.

  Paul Smith - MVP for Windows desktop experience... I crawled off NNTP - for now. Detachment Aldershot, United Kingdom. On the internet atwindowsresource.net anddasmirnov.net. Please post back to let us know what works and what does not. :) And if a response is useful mark it as such. :)

• Want to restore DVD Windows 8 fails

  want to 16 months. Appeared in car was wiped out by the virus or hack. Able to install Linux will be that HP sucked an other 40.00 me for discs. They run 2-3 hours... 3 dics and driver disk then fails? Never buy a hP

  My hard drive is a good cause, I do a full Linux installation then format the NEW DRIVE. Do I need a copy of WINDOWS 8, or is there something Im missing. Thank you

  Darik Boot & Nuke wil do the trick. It is autonomous, safe and without utility. It can be put on a usb key.