10 Step Mac tutorial on how to remove ALL viruses, malware, adware, spyware, and basic Mac maintenance and cleaning 2019 UPDATED VERSION FOR 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CfmGyWoOP0 1. (Time Stamp 0:37) - Disk Utility First Aid 2. (Time Stamp 2:05) - Malware Scan: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ 3. (Time Stamp 3:53) - Virus Scan - Only Use ONE Of The Free Options Listed Below: a) Avast: https://www.avast.com/en-us/mac b) AVG: https://www.avg.com/en-ww/homepage#mac c) Avira: https://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-mac d) Sophos: https://home.sophos.com/download-mac-anti-virus 4. (Time Stamp 5:50) Malicious Profile Removal 5. (Time Stamp 6:36) Web Browser Clean, Security Check, & Optimization a) Google Chrome (Time Stamp 6:41) b) Mozilla Firefox (Time Stamp 9:35) c) Safari (Time Stamp 11:04) 6. (Time Stamp 12:14) Apple Updates 7. (Time Stamp 13:12) Login Items Audit 8. (Time Stamp 14:11) Security Settings Check - Including FileVault & Firewall 9. (Time Stamp 15:04) https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/download?mac 10. (Time Stamp 16:42) Removal of all bad applications and programs: http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/ RESTART YOUR MAC (Time Stamp 19:00) IMPORTANT NOTE: If you continue to have problems AFTER completing ALL of the steps, I would recommend you back up ALL of your important data, and then do a factory reset as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDRFZYImzPQ #mac #applemac #macvirus