Your Mac Might Be Infected Removal Guide

If you ever find a disturbing message claiming that Your Mac Might Be Infected, you should not believe a single word it contains because it is a fabricated message shown to users in order to convince them that malware has infiltrated their computers and, as a consequence, they must delete it right away. Do not worry; we are sure malware the Your Mac Might Be Infected fake warning has informed you about is not active on your computer. Unfortunately, we cannot promise that your system is clean because the sudden appearance of Your Mac Might Be Infected might be directly associated with the successful entrance of an untrustworthy application, most likely, adware. Advertising-supported applications usually show various commercial advertisements, but, in some cases, they might distribute fake alerts too. If you cannot close Your Mac Might Be Infected, i.e. it is reopened to you when you launch your browser, it is very likely that you will get rid of it only by cleaning your computer. That is, you will need to erase all untrustworthy applications from it. Do this ASAP because the periodic appearance of Your Mac Might Be Infected might diminish your experience considerably.

Your Mac Might Be Infected is not used to inform users about malicious software that has infiltrated their computers secretly. Instead, it is a fake alert that tries to convince users to install promoted software or dial the provided telephone number. Do not click the Download button to install some kind of malware remover even if you are told that it is a reliable antimalware scanner that will clean your system in no time because the chances are high that the promoted application is typical malware. Needless to say, it will not remove suspicious software from your computer. On top of that, its presence might cause a number of problems to you because it might be capable of anything. It goes without saying that dialing the telephone number fake alerts contain is not a smart idea either. If you have found the telephone number indicated on Your Mac Might Be Infected and decide to make a call, you will contact cyber criminals. They will not remove any threat from your system, even if you really have it installed. Instead, they will try to convince you that you need to purchase their software to clean the system. Also, they might want to access your computer remotely so that they could steal the necessary information from it and/or install a ton of malicious software. Last but not least, you might get a large telephone bill if you make a call.

Specialists say that some users find Your Mac Might Be Infected displayed on their screens because they simply carelessly surf the web and click on suspicious links/advertisements. In such a case, the fake alert should not be opened to you again if you stop opening suspicious domains/clicking on suspicious links. The other group of users sees Your Mac Might Be Infected on their screens periodically and cannot close it. If you belong to the latter group, i.e. you have noticed that you cannot close the fake alert normally, the chances are high that untrustworthy software directly associated with its appearance is installed on the system. As mentioned at the beginning, the chances are high that it is an advertising-supported application (adware). Such programs usually travel together with various other applications that can be downloaded from the web, so it is not surprising that they manage to infiltrate computers unnoticed. Powerful security software would help you to prevent similar software from entering the system in the future.

You should check all installed applications the first thing if you see Your Mac Might Be Infected periodically and cannot close it. If you find unknown or suspicious programs, place them all in Trash mercilessly. Also, you need to reset your web browser to default settings because its settings may have been altered. The removal guide you can find below will help you to clean the system speedily.

Delete Your Mac Might Be Infected

Remove suspicious software

1. Press F4 to open the Launchpad view.
2. Click and hold an undesirable app.
3. Click X in the top-right corner of the app.
4. Select Delete.

Reset web browsers

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
2. Go to the browser’s menu.
3. Click Help.
4. Select Troubleshooting Information.
5. At the top, click the Refresh Firefox button.

Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Go to the browser’s menu.
3. Click Settings.
4. Go to the bottom.
5. Click Advanced.
6. Click Reset.

Safari

1. Close programs and click Go at the top.
2. Press and hold the Option key until you see Library.
3. Click it.
4. Move Safari folder from Library to your Desktop or somewhere else.
5. Go to Library again.
6. Access Saved Application State.
7. Delete com.apple.Safari.savedState.
8. Go to the Caches folder.
9. Remove com.apple.Safari folders.
10. Locate com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.binarycookies in Cookies and remove it.
11. Delete all com.apple.Safari files from Preferences.
12. Restart Safari.