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    Hit by dylib hijack virus...

    Update: I just flashed macOS to a USB thumb drive. The red box around the Apple logo still appeared. That rules out SSD issues. This is largely to keep others on their toes and provide information, but I do have questions. These are at the end. I am also attaching two EtreCheck reports, one...
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    Is it me or are you much more likely to run into malicious websites on iPhones (or smartphones in general) than on PC?

    I feel like I run into fake scam websites (that are also probably malicious) much more often when I'm browsing the internet on my iPhone than I ever did on Mac. Not too long ago I was looking up something and I clicked on a website with the Mac Rumors favicon, and I realized a second too late...
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    Malware Proton 63

    Hello everyone, I'm in trouble with my iMac 2013. I find a Osx.Malware.Proton-63 in my computer even after that I reinstalled all the Catalina OS from scratch (and erase the previous partition/version, via internet recovery mode). See the attached picture for the detail of the file location...
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    Why Is Wipr Not In Safari Extension Folder?

    I have downloaded Wipr content blocker from the overwhelming recommendation to use it in Macrumors. But after installing, something does not seem right about this "extension". 1. it is not displayed in the "Safari Extension" feature in the Mac App Store. 2. After installing, the actual...