I have a pop up that keeps alerting that I am afraid to send to trash because I’m paranoid that by pressing move to trash that I will install a virus so I’ve been pressing cancel so I can use my screen. I looked under Finder for this file name and didn’t pull anything up on the computer. What to do?
MacBook Pro
Alerts take no action. They tell you something you need to know and act upon.
This one is telling you a specific file you downloaded is dangerous. It's not a virus, but Apple has decided this type file is not good for your Mac.
Apparently it's malware. I suggest you download and run MalwareBytes or DetectX Swift to eliminate it.
You have the option to report this to Apple or not.
This is a MAC adware infection called AdLoad. It usually hides here:
/Users/MacUser/Library/Application Support/412B5686-91B3-915B-DB32-13A4744D87B2/.74C07AE1-8BCE-51FA-54F7-0EB0A520EBAC
If you notice the pattern is the same. I found the information in this article. May be it can help you get rid of it.
Is there a way to tell if this is a message from your computer or malware? I would be tempted to locate that file and manually move it to trash rather than assuming if you click the button it will do what it says?
File will damage computer, move to trash
