booggggggggggggg wrote:
a problem with my MacBook. I’m sure it’s got infected or someone’s hacked into it and it’s running really weirdly and I was just wondering if anyone knew what I can do to give it a sweep as in clean it up
iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.10
OS X 10.10 Yosemite 2014- has not been updated since 2017 10.10.5
You do not say "running weirdly" how...(?)
What exact Mac is this?
what exact macOS are you running?
unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
all known to cause issues on the macOS
To trouble shoot further you can:
—A SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
no insight or resolve—
You can get a good look at your User/System config. and reveal conflicts or issues, you can download/run this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com
If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.
