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Remove Trojan horse virus from Mac

This is a round-up of the facts about Trojan horse viruses targeting macOS as well as the best practices of removing them and remediating the impact.

David Balaban
David Balaban

Soap2Day virus removal from Mac

Soap2Day, a service that supposedly provides unlimited access to a huge catalogue of streaming videos, may pose risks Mac users should beware of.

David Balaban
David Balaban

How to create and remove symlink on Mac

This article explains what a symlink is and provides a step-by-step guide on the different ways to create and remove symlinks on Mac.

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David Balaban

How to fix mds_stores high CPU Mac process issue

The Spotlight feature, albeit immensely useful, may cause a Mac to slow down and overheat if its critical process mds_stores consumes too much CPU and memory.

David Balaban
David Balaban

How to remove SearchMine virus from Safari, Chrome, Firefox on Mac

Learn how to remove SearchMine malware from Mac and thereby prevent Safari, Chrome and Firefox from being redirected to searchmine.net rogue site.

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David Balaban

How to fix trustd high CPU process on Mac

Mac users may experience a problem where a process named trustd starts using up an abnormally big amount of CPU and memory, thereby causing a system slowdown.

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David Balaban

“Mac File Opener will damage your computer” warning removal from Mac

An alert that says ‘Mac File Opener will damage your computer’ is a prime example of macOS flagging an app as potentially unwanted for good reason.

David Balaban
David Balaban

Remove “accountsd wants to use the login keychain” pop-up on Mac

Here is how to stop an influx of pop-up alerts on Mac saying “accountsd wants to use the login keychain”, which can be a sign of misconfiguration or malware.

David Balaban
David Balaban

Remove Token Factory Iframe Safari download in Outlook on Mac

When using the web version of Microsoft Outlook in Safari, numerous Mac owners have been flooded by suspicious TokenFactoryIframe file downloads lately.

David Balaban
David Balaban

Remove searchtoolshub.com virus in Chrome, Safari, Firefox on Mac

The cesspool of Yahoo redirect activity has got another building block called searchtoolshub.com, which takes over web browsers on Macs without permission.

David Balaban
David Balaban