Author Topic: I've been getting Multiple threats a day & have no idea how to stop it, help pls  (Read 10469 times)

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Offline skeee

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If it isn't on and you have deleted it and you are still getting the alerts, then it has to be something else.
 
As for reformat and reinstall, that at this point in time would be a sledgehammer to crack a nut and perhaps a little early.  If you have reported these two domains as a possible false positive, I would give that a little time before taking drastic measures.

I don't know if there are any Mac security based forums that would be another option.  I don't know if this might fit the bill, https://malwaretips.com/forums/other-security-for-macos-and-linux.60/ but it is certainly showing that the Mac isn't invulnerable to malware.

I didn't delete Popcorn Time yet, I wanted to make sure I didn't delete a file that was used by something else. I'm gonna delete it.
You're right, I'm gonna wait to reformat.

Thanks again for the links and help DavidR

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google search  what is PT.updd

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/5hhup5/found_suspicious_selfdeleting_file_ptupdd/


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It's Popcorn Time. My little snitch network monitor shows under PT.updd: upd-pct.info updpct.info updpopcorntime.xyz popcorntime-update.xyz
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And then it is back when you reinstall popcorn time. Why not try removing popcorn time and see what happens

Yeah I googled PT.updd also many times and found that link which made me think it was Popcorn Time from the start.

You are a Mac user then, well if you know AppDelete when you drag Popcorn Time in it it doesn't show PT.updd as an associated file which had me concerned about deleting a file necessary for something else.

If I Reformat I'm not wanting to reinstall Popcorn Time.

Thanks for the help and input

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I don't know if there are any Mac security based forums that would be another option.

Mac Malware Removal Help & Support
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/forum/165-mac-malware-removal-help-support/

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If it isn't on and you have deleted it and you are still getting the alerts, then it has to be something else.
 
As for reformat and reinstall, that at this point in time would be a sledgehammer to crack a nut and perhaps a little early.  If you have reported these two domains as a possible false positive, I would give that a little time before taking drastic measures.

I don't know if there are any Mac security based forums that would be another option.  I don't know if this might fit the bill, https://malwaretips.com/forums/other-security-for-macos-and-linux.60/ but it is certainly showing that the Mac isn't invulnerable to malware.

I didn't delete Popcorn Time yet, I wanted to make sure I didn't delete a file that was used by something else. I'm gonna delete it.
You're right, I'm gonna wait to reformat.

Thanks again for the links and help DavidR

You're welcome.

Lets see if the alerts end with the removal of Popcorn Time, hopefully we could be getting closer.

The links given by Pondus, could well be very useful as there aren't many Mac users in the Avast forums, certainly outside of the Avast For Mac sub-forum and most of those would be users rather than malware removal specialists.
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Well I deleted Popcorn Time and associated files, but it didn't delete PT.updd so I went ahead and deleted that file as well. It's been about an hour and a half and there hasn't been a pop-up yet so hopefully that worked.

I'll keep u guys posted :)

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Thanks for the feedback, fingers crossed.
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Well it seems like it worked :) I haven't had any web shield pop-ups since yesterday

DavidR and everybody that pitched in thank you very much

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You're welcome, hopefully that's the issue sorted.
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