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Webroot crashing on MacOs Mojave - believe it is due to a virus

  • 4 January 2019
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Running macos mojave on imac. Previously had webroot running with no problems.
 
I ran some software which apparently loaded a virus on my system, and it is a nasty one. I have tried erasing the main hard drive in recovery mode and reinstalling from a backup from before the virus, but it remains on the system.
 
Every once in a while I am able to get webroot to run after a reboot. It comes up and says that a threat was detected. There are a number of files but it looks like it is called 'Sparkle.strings'. Then webroot crashes. It is difficult to work on the infected machine because the hard drive repeatedly fills up completely with stuff in space reserved for the system so I can't delete it. I can't uninstall webroot to reinstall because it says "You do not have permission".
 
I opened a support ticket yesterday but have gotten no response. I called GeekSquad but they were no help.
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Best answer by TripleHelix 29 January 2019, 00:22

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Hello @rlstumps and Welcome to the Webroot Community!

With the issue your having I would suggest that you Submit a Support Ticket so they can look into this for you!

Thanks,
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having the same problem while installing on Mojave. HD fills up and webroot keeps saying I don't have permission to log in. works great on my windows PC
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Hello @ and Welcome to the Webroot Community!
 
It's best to keep in contact with Webroot support via the ticket system and just wait for a reply before sending another! If you don't hear from support by tomorrow please post back to let us know.
 
Thanks,

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