Malware Proton-63

[DorianBatt]

Hello everyone, 

 

I'm in trouble with my iMac 2013. 

I find a Osx.Malware.Proton-63 in my computer even after that I reinstalled all the Catalina OS from scratch (and erase the previous partition/version, via internet recovery mode).

The most suprising things are:

1) I find it immediatly after launching OS for the first time

2) I also find the same folder/file on my MacBook Pro, but my scanner does not consider it as a malware. 

 

Do you know if the one detected on my iMac is really a malware? If so, do you have suggestion to remove the file? Cause it's locked, and I failed to erase it even manually. 

[loudycloud]

What an awful entry on your side!

 

I bet somebody will now introduce "Combo Cleaner for Mac" or other weird parts.

[Rangam]

13 ore fa, DorianBatt dice:

Hello everyone, 

 

I'm in trouble with my iMac 2013. 

I find a Osx.Malware.Proton-63 in my computer even after that I reinstalled all the Catalina OS from scratch (and erase the previous partition/version, via internet recovery mode).

The most suprising things are:

1) I find it immediatly after launching OS for the first time

2) I also find the same folder/file on my MacBook Pro, but my scanner does not consider it as a malware. 

 

Do you know if the one detected on my iMac is really a malware? If so, do you have suggestion to remove the file? Cause it's locked, and I failed to erase it even manually. 

 

https://sqwarq.com/detectx/

[Trystero]

It seems that the Proton-63 malware was installed by hacked applications such as ElmediaPlayer or Handbrake,

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2017/10/mac-malware-osx-proton-strikes-again/

 

I agree with Rangam, run DetectX > Scan and delete any malware it finds