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how to do I remove Malware? "updaterglobal.com"

I ran Antivirus ONE and am still getting the constant stream from "updaterglobal.com". So, that did not work... How do I get this off my MacBook Pro 2022?


Posted on Dec 6, 2022 7:30 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2022 9:48 AM

MKGH wrote:

I ran Antivirus ONE and am still getting the constant stream from "updaterglobal.com". So, that did not work... How do I get this off my MacBook Pro 2022?



Third party AntiVirus is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apple’s own built in security:


macOS - Security - Apple macOS - Security - Apple

Apple Platform Security - Apple Apple Platform Security - Apple Support



If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:


>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)


also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box [Ventura >System Settings> search “Proxy”]


Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)


Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/



or Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/





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Dec 6, 2022 9:48 AM in response to MKGH

MKGH wrote:

I ran Antivirus ONE and am still getting the constant stream from "updaterglobal.com". So, that did not work... How do I get this off my MacBook Pro 2022?



Third party AntiVirus is not recommended— it typically does nothing but add issues to the macOS and competes directly with Apple’s own built in security:


macOS - Security - Apple macOS - Security - Apple

Apple Platform Security - Apple Apple Platform Security - Apple Support



If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:


>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)


also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box [Ventura >System Settings> search “Proxy”]


Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)


Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/



or Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/





how to do I remove Malware? "updaterglobal.com"

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