Last night I installed something on my Mac that infected my MacBook with a virus, so I removed any threats with Avast and then decided to completely format it, just to be sure.
After formatting it, Avast has now found a Spigot/AppMonitor malware.
Is this really a virus? I have formatted the computer, so the laptop is completely clean now (I didn’t even restore it from a previous back up).
Is it possible that it may not be a Malware?
Avast pop up says Infection: MacOS:Spigot-O [Adw]
User: evans1
Process: /usr/bin/bsdtar
File: /private/var/folders/r6/vwcr12y51c726d4khtt3j9hw0000gn/T/Spigot/AppMonitor
I had already checked all of that and it’s all fine. Even Malwarebytes didn’t find anything, which is why I was a little alarmed when only Avast found it.
So an adware is something I shouldn’t worry about?
My laptop is showing no symptoms of an adware infection.
Even Malwarebytes didn’t find anything, which is why I was a little alarmed when only Avast found it.
No security program have 100% detection or zero false positives
Most security vendors consentra on detecting the malicious stuff first and the annoying stuff as an extra
For a second opinion you can always upload and check files here www.virustotal.com