Today precisely that we have before us other news of malware detected on Macs, we want to make a mention for all those users who have the habit of not installing the applications from scratch in a restoration and directly use Time Machine backups or any other backup system that we use.
In any case, the use of backup copies in a clean installation of the operating system can drag the problem to the new version and even more so when we talk about applications of "doubtful origin" that may contain malware or adware. Always we have an option to avoid inadvertent installation and get infected again if we can't put the backup aside and this is what we're going to talk about now.
So, for example, in the case of the launch of the new version of each operating system, the advice is to install from scratch and without loading long-stored applications. But if you cannot put the backup aside, what you have to do is carry out a process "one by one" to clean those applications that we believe may be carriers of adware or malware.
To carry out the process it is necessary to be clear that we are suffering from Malware on our Mac and this is obvious if many pop-ups or pop-ads appear, the default search engine automatically changes, we see too many ads or even if your Mac's performance drops significantly From overnight. For this we can use programs or using a manual process of elimination.
Once we are clean we need the list of files detected by the cleaner and access the Time Machine folder accessing the file that corresponds to the malware. Once we have it located in the Time Machine folder, what we have to do is delete all the backup copies by pressing the right button and selecting "Delete backup copies ...". With this and carrying out the process in all the infected files we will clean the backup copy.
In any case, the recommendation is not to install pirated applications and to use common sense. On the other hand, when we have to make a leap from OS X important as in the case of OS X to macOS, it is best to install everything from scratch and without backup of the applications to keep our Mac up to date. It may be more expensive work than directly copying our backup, But if we suspect that we have malware on our machine, it is the best option.
Interesting article. Clean the copies of TIme Machine… and in the whole article it is not explained how to clean those copies. The only mention in the whole text is the following sentence: «For this we can use programs or using a manual process of elimination». Very explanatory, yes sir.
I have stayed the same as before reading the article
Well, I have been even worse, this man always puts chorra articles, in which he does not say anything at all. I don't know if they pay you by the article or by the word, but there is someone throwing the money for sure. You are a fraud Jordi Giménez, curry it a little more and do not put straw to put it.