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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2018, 01:33:40 PM »
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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2018, 04:00:44 PM »
Same here not only affecting Xcode and CoreServices/MRT.app but any app that uses "libswiftDispatch.dylib" 

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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2018, 04:23:17 PM »
Does anyone know the AVAST version number for mac computers that has the fix?

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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2018, 11:19:53 PM »
Apparently AVG had a fix this AM.  What's the hold up Avast?

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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2018, 05:15:14 PM »
I was stupid enough to delete the libswiftDispatch.dylib file and now I can not get XCode to work properly even if I reinstall the program. Does anyone know How to get the file back?

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Re: False positive in Swift standard library?
« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2018, 02:11:56 AM »
So, I'm only just stumbling upon this thread because someone shared it over in the Apple forums. Admittedly, I never remember to conduct scans on my MacBook Pro and the other morning I got an alert that Avast blocked this very threat.

That prompted me to do a scan and I found this same Bitcoin Miner infection in Skype and here >> /System/Library/CoreServices/MRT.app/Contents/Frameworks/libswiftDispatch.dylib. Someone else posted finding it here as well.

Figuring the next move was to delete it, that's what I did. Skype stopped working and needed to be reinstalled. However, I haven't noticed any adverse effects from deleting that one mentioned above. Is there any concern in deleting it? Should I restore the file? I have no clue what it is! But obviously, I don't want to discover some sort of issue down the road...