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David Harley
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I have contracted a virus on my MacPro that has bars on the screen during start up and then freezes the computer and scatters snow across the screen. I have tried removing it with sophos and ClamXav but it is still there. It allows me to access my desktop every 4 or 5 restarts.
Any idea what it is and how I can get rid of it>
Thanks
By: Kimball Johnson on October 2, 2014
at 12:40
It doesn’t particularly sound like a virus: malware is usually designed to be inconspicuous, though it’s certainly not unknown for a malicious program to cause damage to an infected system unintentionally. I’m afraid I can’t offer any information on what the problem actually is: I can only recommend that you see whether a local repair shop can help.
By: David Harley on October 2, 2014
at 15:39
Thanks for the comment. I guess I’ll have to take it in to be looked at.
By: Kimball Johnson on October 2, 2014
at 16:17
my Mac was doing the same thing when i started it up. It was running really slow and it kept freezing all the time on websites. I took it to the genius bar at the Apple store and all it was, was a matter of removing the malware. She did a check on the hard drive and it was all ok. I would suggest, Kimball that you take it toyour local Apple store. You can make a appointment online. Hope this helps
By: v on November 10, 2014
at 01:07