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Help with a virus
Hi everyone,
So here is my issue, I installed some software but it turned out to be a fake version of that software. It installed a ton of bloat and popups and all of that. When ever I uninstalled the software it would reinstall itself and it was a huge mess. I was able to get rid of all the software and all the files it put on using MacAfee and everything seemed to be fine.
Now I have found an issue that I cant seem to solve. When browsing the internet, sometimes when I click a completely legit link it will take me to a spyware like website with fake error messages and things like that. I ran a full scan with MacAfee and it said no threats were found. I also tried the windows Malicious Software Removal tool but that found no issues as well.
I know the right thing to do would be to reinstall the OS but I'm using this with Bootcamp on my mac and bootcamp is very hit or miss when trying to install windows. It took me 2 days to manage to get windows installed on it. My next issue is that several games are installed that take up a lot of space and hours to install (GTA V 60GB, GTA IV 30GB, other games as well) and I also have a lot of personal data on there. I am hoping that this can be solved without reinstalling the OS.