So if you’d like to see your own LaunchAgents folder, start by clicking on your Desktop or on the blue smiley face in your Dock to be sure Finder is your active application, then choose Go > Computer or press Shift-Command-C. This folder contains items that run automatically when you log in to any user account on your Mac, and it’s a typical place for nefarious apps to stick files, as doing so could mean that their software will launch whenever you log in. Rebooting your Mac is often a helpful step to take, too, as doing so can sometimes flush the baddies out.īut another thing you could try is looking at what’s in your Mac’s root-level LaunchAgents folder.
Then you should check your browser by looking at its installed extensions, for example. If you’ve gotten some malware installed on your Mac-if, for example, you’re seeing bad pop-ups within your browser or you note that you’ve got one of the not-helpful-or-necessary “cleanup” apps installed-then a good first step to get stuff fixed is to download Malwarebytes and run a scan.