10 Step Mac tutorial on how to remove ALL viruses, malware, adware, spyware, and basic Mac maintenance and cleaning 2020

UPDATED VERSION FOR 2024:    • How To Remove All Mac Viruses, Malwar...  

Previous Versions Of This Tutorial:    • How to Remove A Computer Virus / Malw...  

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1. (Time Stamp 0:33) Disk Utility First Aid

2. (Time Stamp 1:29) Malware Scan: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

3. (Time Stamp 3:11) Virus Scan Only Use ONE Of The Free Options Listed Below:
a) Avast: https://www.avast.com/enus/mac
b) AVG: https://www.avg.com/enww/homepage#mac
c) Avira: https://www.avira.com/en/freeantivir...
d) Sophos: https://home.sophos.com/downloadmac...

4. (Time Stamp 5:21) Malicious Profile Removal

5. (Time Stamp 6:00) Web Browser Clean, Security Check, & Optimization
a) Google Chrome (Time Stamp 6:04)
b) Mozilla Firefox (Time Stamp 8:45)
c) Safari (Time Stamp 10:17)

6. (Time Stamp 11:37) Apple Updates

7. (Time Stamp 12:19) Login Items Audit

8. (Time Stamp 13:01) Garbage File Removal

9. (Time Stamp 14:46) Ccleaner: https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/dow...

10. (Time Stamp 16:36) Removal of all bad applications and programs: http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/

RESTART YOUR MAC (Time Stamp 19:53)

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:    • How To Erase & Factory Reset A Mac & ...  

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