thanks Russ and Jonathan. I thought malware bytes was a pc program.
> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Try getting the ‘free’ version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and run it daily > until you’re satisfied the problem(s) are resolved. > > -russ > > >> On Feb 17, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I agree with b.eric: it’s probably not a hacker and is likely a problem with >> Flash. Flash is notorious for stuff like that. >> >> There is another thing that it MIGHT be, though. As unlikely as it is, it is >> POSSIBLE that you could be infected with a “trojan” that got installed when >> you clicked on something. There are a (very) few that affect the Mac, but >> you would have allowed something to install that did the damage. It is VERY >> easy to be taken in by “social engineering” phishing schemes that can slip >> by your common sense filters. I say this, not as a suggestion that that is >> what it was, because I know you’ve been using Macs almost as long as me, but >> that circumstances might have conspired to make that happen. I have seen PCs >> actually burn out from running too hard trying to keep up with all the >> malware spamming the world. >> >> That said, malware is very unlikely and the far more common culprits for >> runaway fans are exactly what Eric said: hot spaces and overworked web >> browsers. I do not even have Flash installed and sometimes I have to shut >> down my Safari because it’s just gone nuts (<=technical term). >> >> The way to tell is to bring up Activity Monitor, click on the CPU tab and >> sort on %CPU. Processes that are causing the fan to work hard will have the >> biggest numbers. >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I was using my MacBook Air (away from my trusted home network and on an >>> unsecured wifi) when the fan started to spin really fast and really loud >>> (is there even a fan in my computer?) I forced the computer to shut down by >>> holding the powerkey down till it shut off then started it up again. >>> >>> What gives? >> >> -- >> Jonathan Fletcher >> [email protected] >> >> Kentuckiana FileMaker Developers Group >> Next Meeting: 2/28/16 >> >> Sent from a device not known for spontaneous combustion >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
