I think I got Malware or a Virus...Let me know if I fixed it!


today (around 3:15pm est) believe got type of malware / virus on imac (running high sierra). i’m not sure if did (or didn’t) i’d rather safe sorry.

can through steps went through restore hard drive previous hour (before supposed malware/virus) occurred.

1) retarted imac screen

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2) restore time machine

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3) selected time machine

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4) chose backup 2pm (before potential malware / virus)

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5) chose destination

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6) erased current macintosh hd

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7) turned off filevault (i assume can turn on once restored?

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8) restore started erasing macintosh hd

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9) restore has begun

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did correctly? wanted act if went in time , computer in hour leading possible malware / virus occurred.

let me know thoughts/feedback.
 

you restored backup it’s impossible if backup had issues. malware may have been present beforehand. it’s malware, looks worse scary error messages.

wouldn’t worry, run mwb scan sure: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac-download/
 


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