iCreate - UK (2019-08)

Onethingwehaven’tyettouchedonis malwareandhowit canbetherootcause

of a misfiringMacif leftundetected.Thankfully,thereis lotsof freemalware-

scanningsoftwareavailable,suchasMalwarebytes.Thisappoffersa freetrial,so

youcanscanyourMacandseeif thereis anymalwarepresentbeforedeciding

whethertopurchasethesoftwaretoperformmorefrequentchecks.

1

Downloadapp

Gotomalwarebytes.comandclick

onthe‘FreeDownload’buttontosave

thesoftwaretoyourMac.Onceit has

downloaded,double-clickthe.pkgfileand

gothroughtheinstallationprocess.

2

Allow software

Whenyoufirstrunthesoftware you

willneedtoauthoriseit.Goto System

Preferences>Security& Privacy and then

clickonthe‘Allow’buttonat the bottom of

thewindow.

3

Start scanning

You’re now all set. Go back to the app

and click ‘Done’ and then select the ‘Scan

Now’ option. The app will then carry out an

intensive scan of your Mac HD and provide

a detailed report.

Perform a scan

Through the app you can

scan your Mac HD for

virus threats at any time by

clicking here. You can also

schedule scans to take

place at a suitable time.

Go to Malwarebytes>

Preferences>Scheduled

Scans to set this up.

In-depth reports

Malwarebytes keeps detailed

reports on every scan it

carries out. Click here and you

can get the full low-down on

when the scans have been

performed and any potential

threats discovered.

Quarantinedfiles

Youcancheckwhichfileshave

beenplacedin isolationbyclicking

‘Quarantine’andchoosing‘Show

Quarantine’.Youshouldthenconsider

draggingtheitemsfromthisfolderto

thetrashandthendeletingthem.

Easy access

Malwarebytes provides

instant access to its

services through a menu

bar item. To turn this off

go to Malwarebytes>

Preferences>General

and then tick the ‘Hide

application icon’ option.

Checksettings

Goto Malwarebytes>

Preferencesandensurethe

defaultactionforpotentially

unwantedprograms(PUPs)

is ‘Quarantine’.Thismoves

suspectfilesto a separate

folderandisolatesthem

fromtherestof yourMac.

Malwarebytes app

Perform a free malware check

QuicklycheckthatyourMacis freefromharmfulmalware

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