In this way, they are able to seize control of your admin profile.

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The latest State of Malware Report by Malwarebytes describes a significant rise of Mac threats of over 400 in 2019.

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So, do you still believe that Macs dont get viruses Continue reading to discover how to remove a virus from your Mac and protect your files from getting infected.

Macs are indeed secure, thanks to various built-in features, such as GateKeeper, that doesnt allow installing anything not approved by Apple.

But, as the Apple security features have improved, so is malware.

According to the State of Malware report mentioned before, Macs are mostly attacked by adware and potentially unwanted programs (PUP), which macOS has no counteraction against.

So, answering the question, yes, Macs do get viruses, and they may impact your sensitive file and data seriously.

Weve covered that in more detail in this article but here are a few pointers.

Even extensions that arent particularly malicious can be annoying, and if you didnt deliberately install them, theyre malware.

Look down the list and click on any extensions that look suspicious.

Repeat until youve removed all the extensions you dont want.

Select More Tools and choose Extensions from the menu that appears.

Look over the extensions in the browser window and click Remove on any that you dont recognize.

Choose Add-ons. Click the Extensions tab and remove any you dont recognize.

Go to Library folder and look in the Application Support folder for any files related to the app and drag those to the Trash.

Look in the other folders in Library, especially Launch Agents and Launch Daemons and remove any files related to the app from there.

But be careful, if you remove files used by legitimate apps you could cause lots of problems.

Repeat Step 3 for your Macs main Library folder.

Click Uninstaller.

Check the box next to the application name.

But if you use CleanMyMac X, all you have to do is scroll through the list of applications and look for any you dont recognize or dont need and remove them.

CleanMyMac X removes every trace of an app, including files that you may overlook when you remove applications manually.

This is particularly important for viruses, so its much better to use CleanMyMac X.

What makes this method even better, is that CleanMyMac X also shows you app leftovers that remained after the main app is gone.