Avast labelling mac MRT as an infection??

Avast Business
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Just suddenly getting alerts every 10 seconds since the update.

Infection:macos:genieo-fm [adw]
Process /usr/libexec/xpcproxy
File /System/Library/CoreServices/MRT.app/Contents/MacOS/MRT

I tried doing uninstall instructions on genieo etc but none of the files etc are there. I think avast is the issue.

Anyone else?

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Yep, me to.
Started about 3 hours ago - EVERY 10 SECONDS A POP-UP!!

Anybody have a clue how to stop this madness!

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Mine Also, MAC OS 10.13.6

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I had to disable Avast scanning to stop Avast from repeatedly popping up info that MacOS:Genieo-FM adware was being “locked in the file vault.”

I will re-activate it once this is fixed. Please let me know. I am also running OS X 10.13.6

Thanks,

Ron

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Hey MisterRon,

How did you stop Avast from scanning?
Where did you find that?

Thanks!!!

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Me too. Not sure how to stop it. Don’t want to turn off Avast but also reluctant to carry on using my MacBook (2017 edition, latest High Sierra update) until it’s sorted.

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To turn it off from scanning do you mean turning off the Pop-Ups - “Warnings” & “Alerts”?

Thanks much!!

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Hi guys, detection was disabled today at 8:30pm.

Lukas

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I shut in the the App Prefernces>Shields>Enable or Disable. With Lukas’s notification, I have turned it back on, and all seems well. Thanks!