Crypto Miner infected MacOS boot sector

ACT1999ACT1999 ✭
in Malware area

I have the Crypto Miner virus and it has infected my MacOS boot sector. My iMac has been slow and keeps rebooting. Finally yesterday, it would not boot completely and just cycles through the boot process. Hit Ctrl -S to enable the single user mode and noticed a couple of strange lines:

handle_crypto_mount :815: handling crypto mount (volume /dev/disk1s1)

handle_crypto_mount :997: crypto mount finished w/apfs

Is there a bootable option with Bitdefender? Is my only option to re-partition my harddrive and reinstall the OS from a USB.

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  • FlexxFlexx ✭✭✭✭

    Hi Member,

    Sorry for the issue you are facing. Boot sector malwares are really hard to treat and they might require reinstallation of OS.

    If you are able to open your desktop, kindly download Malwarebytes for mac (https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/) and run a scan. If anything found kindly quarantine and delete it. If nothing found and issue is still persisting kindly raise a ticket with Bitdefender support at https://www.bitdefender.com/support/contact-us.html

    If this resolves your query, kindly select agree.

    Regards

    Flex

  • FlexxFlexx ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 8

    Kindly let us know if If this issue is resolved.

    If yes, then kindly select agree.

    Regards

    Flex

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