Yes, their commercial ver. 3.0 is for PC, and the Mobile ver is for Android. However, there is a Free ver for the Mac, maybe only for a desktop. See website reference (other eMail).
-russ > On Feb 18, 2017, at 12:20 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
