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Consumer Products => Avast Mac Security => Topic started by: REDACTED on January 18, 2016, 04:52:14 PM

Title: Security Concerns
Post by: REDACTED on January 18, 2016, 04:52:14 PM

Hi,

I own a 2015 Macbook Air with Yoesmite on it. I'm under the suspicion my laptop may have been at one point hacked remotely. Whenever I scan it with the latest virus definitions my scanner fails to scan three specific files. I'd like to figure out how to remote this annoyance.

Thanks for your time and help.

Title: Re: Security Concerns
Post by: Pondus on January 18, 2016, 05:46:41 PM

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Whenever I scan it with the latest virus definitions my scanner fails to scan three specific files.

consider this ....  How do I handle files that avast! can’t scan?  https://blog.avast.com/2014/02/28/how-do-i-handle-files-that-avast-cant-scan/

if you tell what files / location or post a screenshot, somone may be able to tell you what they are

Title: Re: Security Concerns
Post by: Secondmineboy on January 18, 2016, 06:11:17 PM

Quote from: gflowenbraun on January 18, 2016, 04:52:14 PM

Hi,

I own a 2015 Macbook Air with Yoesmite on it. I'm under the suspicion my laptop may have been at one point hacked remotely. Whenever I scan it with the latest virus definitions my scanner fails to scan three specific files. I'd like to figure out how to remote this annoyance.

Thanks for your time and help.

Do you have the firewall enabled?
System settings>Security and Privacy>Firewall. I think its OFF by default.

Also you may to Upgrade to El Capitan, its has System Integrity Protection now and more security features: https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/os-x-el-capitan-security-and-privacy-features-overview/

Here are some helpful security tools: https://objective-see.com/products.html

Especially this one to avoid malware: https://objective-see.com/products/ostiarius.html

Title: Re: Security Concerns
Post by: REDACTED on January 19, 2016, 08:01:47 AM

Yes,

I did upgrade to El Capitan, but I think it came through my Facebook account or something. Because their is a remote drive I'd like to figure out how to fix this via terminal code. I also saw a Denial of Service attack on my home network, and well as IDG hacking. I've reported the incidents via ic3.gov report.

I originally used the default Comcast application software and it detected ARP cache poisoning. As well as a trojan downloader. But for some reason this client hasn't detected.