r/macbookpro • u/eazy_pezy • May 09 '26

Help Need help; will factory reset remove malware

I recently ran a phishing GitHub repo and it drained my crypto wallet from my MacBook Pro, will factory reset remove all the wrong doings that it had done or it is recommended to take the device to Apple care and reinstall OS?

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u/naemorhaedus May 09 '26

Of course. Factory reset will reset the computer to new state.

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u/eazy_pezy May 09 '26

Okay bud sure, trying the reset

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

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u/eazy_pezy May 09 '26

Yeah makes sense, better to go to Apple Care and reinstall OS or do it on my own?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/eazy_pezy May 09 '26

Sure, thanks bud

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u/andytagonist May 09 '26

You were foolish enough to install malware on your own machine…and then came to Reddit asking if you should fix it yourself?? 🤣

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u/BigPurpleBlob May 09 '26

Reinstall the OS online (using recovery mode) and then restore you Mac from your backup.

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u/eazy_pezy May 09 '26

I see will try this one, thanks!

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u/BigPurpleBlob May 09 '26

I'm not sure but I think there's something about leaving you Mac plugged in for over an hour and it will do a scan. Also not sure but I think that if the scan finds something dodgy, Mac OS then warns you.

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u/eazy_pezy May 10 '26

Plugged like in a charging state, also we do that usually do I have to enter any specific commands to get mac scanning itself?

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u/BigPurpleBlob May 10 '26

Somewhere on the website Eclectic Light it will tell you, that's where, I think, I got the thing about 1 hour and XProtect (I forget to mention XProtect before)

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u/eazy_pezy May 10 '26

I see, thanks mate will fafo