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A lot of mysterious executable files inside /Users/Shared



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Recently I've noticed that a lot of mysterious .tar.gz and executable files have spawned inside my Shared folder, and by a lot I mean 466 total.



/Users/Shared $ ls | wc -l
 466


I'm the only user on my Macbook Pro and out of the 466, I only recognized 6 of them being folders with an installed application name (CleanMyMac, Renewed Vision Media, etc) so those are not the problem. As for the rest, they look horrific:



 ls -l /Users/Shared
total 824456
drwxrwxr-x 5 root wheel 160 Feb 12 14:38 Adobe
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 64 Aug 10 2018 AdobeInstalledCodecs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 12 10:02 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 10:32 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 31 20:29 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 28 16:51 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 12:44 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 11:10 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 23 15:53 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 12 21:02 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 21 15:40 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 16 14:36 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 23:07 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 31 14:57 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 19:50 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 25 00:10 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 7 15:44 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Feb 2 18:25 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 21 19:17 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 26 12:39 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 23:39 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0.tar.gz


Here is the ls -l results for some of the directories



-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 13 20:41 a_0058AB63-F619-42E5-BBA5-86532551CFA3-1193-00000054FCB20168
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 23 15:51 a_0153215B-DE1E-47B0-B4DF-961804DB2CB2-1216-00000057AE7086FB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 17 13:00 a_01BDBE1A-5EDC-413E-BE41-33A611EF871F-1134-000000754A4E692A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Jan 2 11:33 a_01F076CE-B02D-4C1F-8058-A4A832333CE7-1291-0000004D445928B5
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 19 14:09 a_02B73853-967A-4723-98BA-D81553A2D7FE-1189-0000004EACDB9D9C
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 11 15:30 a_036B3671-AF44-4439-9BA5-1B31232B6CE1-1243-0000004FA1CF7311
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 17 19:08 a_06AEA1F5-2958-4AAB-A9FE-741837F4FCA9-1206-0000004E458C7071
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 1 23:56 a_0880EF4F-ADF4-4DF5-A0F7-C5689828D5DC-9985-0000041F7999B6FA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 16 18:15 a_0898EB66-62FE-4D6A-8D60-E4EC2A2489E4-1178-000000541561A81E
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 8 17:32 a_0ABD7D94-04C0-40FC-A637-01DB09630972-1233-0000004D07EB2930
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 5 12:22 a_0D32C0E7-A993-47B1-A7C6-4D41C2B691E1-1160-0000005194510DAA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 183456 Dec 25 00:10 a_0D3F7A43-9BB0-4D09-9811-6953AD28AE4D-1295-00000051353554A9
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 29 21:33 a_0D5D220A-C3C0-49B7-A64B-49C64E3DD865-6976-000000680ED5309B
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 10 23:11 a_1288DB46-490B-49D4-840F-3E725AF6F4AE-1243-0000006C70925320
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 11 23:08 a_132D252F-B372-468B-A748-D084AEE5E355-1275-0000006BA6ED0EBA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 17 19:50 a_141E730D-6CE1-470B-86B9-8CABEF1F4A4C-1895-0000009B37EC280A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 25 23:53 a_1817CEF5-03C3-4968-8CA9-03F5D24540BF-1330-0000006C576DC205


My question is, aside from the 6 recognized folders, is it safe to delete those things? As they take up quite a lot of space, and recently, I found a malicious file named SystemExtr residing inside one of the folders, and deleted it, but somehow it returned.






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    Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

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  • Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

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  • Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

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  • Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

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  • Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

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Recently I've noticed that a lot of mysterious .tar.gz and executable files have spawned inside my Shared folder, and by a lot I mean 466 total.



/Users/Shared $ ls | wc -l
 466


I'm the only user on my Macbook Pro and out of the 466, I only recognized 6 of them being folders with an installed application name (CleanMyMac, Renewed Vision Media, etc) so those are not the problem. As for the rest, they look horrific:



 ls -l /Users/Shared
total 824456
drwxrwxr-x 5 root wheel 160 Feb 12 14:38 Adobe
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 64 Aug 10 2018 AdobeInstalledCodecs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 12 10:02 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 10:32 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 31 20:29 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 28 16:51 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 12:44 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 11:10 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 23 15:53 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 12 21:02 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 21 15:40 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 16 14:36 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 23:07 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 31 14:57 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 19:50 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 25 00:10 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 7 15:44 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Feb 2 18:25 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 21 19:17 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 26 12:39 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 23:39 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0.tar.gz


Here is the ls -l results for some of the directories



-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 13 20:41 a_0058AB63-F619-42E5-BBA5-86532551CFA3-1193-00000054FCB20168
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 23 15:51 a_0153215B-DE1E-47B0-B4DF-961804DB2CB2-1216-00000057AE7086FB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 17 13:00 a_01BDBE1A-5EDC-413E-BE41-33A611EF871F-1134-000000754A4E692A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Jan 2 11:33 a_01F076CE-B02D-4C1F-8058-A4A832333CE7-1291-0000004D445928B5
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 19 14:09 a_02B73853-967A-4723-98BA-D81553A2D7FE-1189-0000004EACDB9D9C
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 11 15:30 a_036B3671-AF44-4439-9BA5-1B31232B6CE1-1243-0000004FA1CF7311
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 17 19:08 a_06AEA1F5-2958-4AAB-A9FE-741837F4FCA9-1206-0000004E458C7071
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 1 23:56 a_0880EF4F-ADF4-4DF5-A0F7-C5689828D5DC-9985-0000041F7999B6FA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 16 18:15 a_0898EB66-62FE-4D6A-8D60-E4EC2A2489E4-1178-000000541561A81E
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 8 17:32 a_0ABD7D94-04C0-40FC-A637-01DB09630972-1233-0000004D07EB2930
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 5 12:22 a_0D32C0E7-A993-47B1-A7C6-4D41C2B691E1-1160-0000005194510DAA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 183456 Dec 25 00:10 a_0D3F7A43-9BB0-4D09-9811-6953AD28AE4D-1295-00000051353554A9
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 29 21:33 a_0D5D220A-C3C0-49B7-A64B-49C64E3DD865-6976-000000680ED5309B
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 10 23:11 a_1288DB46-490B-49D4-840F-3E725AF6F4AE-1243-0000006C70925320
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 11 23:08 a_132D252F-B372-468B-A748-D084AEE5E355-1275-0000006BA6ED0EBA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 17 19:50 a_141E730D-6CE1-470B-86B9-8CABEF1F4A4C-1895-0000009B37EC280A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 25 23:53 a_1817CEF5-03C3-4968-8CA9-03F5D24540BF-1330-0000006C576DC205


My question is, aside from the 6 recognized folders, is it safe to delete those things? As they take up quite a lot of space, and recently, I found a malicious file named SystemExtr residing inside one of the folders, and deleted it, but somehow it returned.






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    Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

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  • Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

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  • Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

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  • Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

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  • Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

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Recently I've noticed that a lot of mysterious .tar.gz and executable files have spawned inside my Shared folder, and by a lot I mean 466 total.



/Users/Shared $ ls | wc -l
 466


I'm the only user on my Macbook Pro and out of the 466, I only recognized 6 of them being folders with an installed application name (CleanMyMac, Renewed Vision Media, etc) so those are not the problem. As for the rest, they look horrific:



 ls -l /Users/Shared
total 824456
drwxrwxr-x 5 root wheel 160 Feb 12 14:38 Adobe
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 64 Aug 10 2018 AdobeInstalledCodecs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 12 10:02 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 10:32 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 31 20:29 App_02966A96-E2BC-48F1-A082-387BFD2559A6-1246-0000005E71CF0D2B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 2 00:44 App_041C25CA-E276-4BBD-87FF-1AAF42FB62CF-1199-0000004DE163A3E6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 28 16:51 App_05BDF17A-375B-45DA-B054-D77F0BBA7061-1166-000000502FEEE31D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 12:44 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 11:10 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 23 15:53 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 12 21:02 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 21 15:40 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 16 14:36 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 23:07 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 31 14:57 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 19:50 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 25 00:10 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 7 15:44 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Feb 2 18:25 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 21 19:17 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 26 12:39 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 23:39 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0.tar.gz


Here is the ls -l results for some of the directories



-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 13 20:41 a_0058AB63-F619-42E5-BBA5-86532551CFA3-1193-00000054FCB20168
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 23 15:51 a_0153215B-DE1E-47B0-B4DF-961804DB2CB2-1216-00000057AE7086FB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 17 13:00 a_01BDBE1A-5EDC-413E-BE41-33A611EF871F-1134-000000754A4E692A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Jan 2 11:33 a_01F076CE-B02D-4C1F-8058-A4A832333CE7-1291-0000004D445928B5
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 19 14:09 a_02B73853-967A-4723-98BA-D81553A2D7FE-1189-0000004EACDB9D9C
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 11 15:30 a_036B3671-AF44-4439-9BA5-1B31232B6CE1-1243-0000004FA1CF7311
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 17 19:08 a_06AEA1F5-2958-4AAB-A9FE-741837F4FCA9-1206-0000004E458C7071
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 1 23:56 a_0880EF4F-ADF4-4DF5-A0F7-C5689828D5DC-9985-0000041F7999B6FA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 16 18:15 a_0898EB66-62FE-4D6A-8D60-E4EC2A2489E4-1178-000000541561A81E
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 8 17:32 a_0ABD7D94-04C0-40FC-A637-01DB09630972-1233-0000004D07EB2930
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 5 12:22 a_0D32C0E7-A993-47B1-A7C6-4D41C2B691E1-1160-0000005194510DAA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 183456 Dec 25 00:10 a_0D3F7A43-9BB0-4D09-9811-6953AD28AE4D-1295-00000051353554A9
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 29 21:33 a_0D5D220A-C3C0-49B7-A64B-49C64E3DD865-6976-000000680ED5309B
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 10 23:11 a_1288DB46-490B-49D4-840F-3E725AF6F4AE-1243-0000006C70925320
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 11 23:08 a_132D252F-B372-468B-A748-D084AEE5E355-1275-0000006BA6ED0EBA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 17 19:50 a_141E730D-6CE1-470B-86B9-8CABEF1F4A4C-1895-0000009B37EC280A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 25 23:53 a_1817CEF5-03C3-4968-8CA9-03F5D24540BF-1330-0000006C576DC205


My question is, aside from the 6 recognized folders, is it safe to delete those things? As they take up quite a lot of space, and recently, I found a malicious file named SystemExtr residing inside one of the folders, and deleted it, but somehow it returned.






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Recently I've noticed that a lot of mysterious .tar.gz and executable files have spawned inside my Shared folder, and by a lot I mean 466 total.



/Users/Shared $ ls | wc -l
 466


I'm the only user on my Macbook Pro and out of the 466, I only recognized 6 of them being folders with an installed application name (CleanMyMac, Renewed Vision Media, etc) so those are not the problem. As for the rest, they look horrific:



 ls -l /Users/Shared
total 824456
drwxrwxr-x 5 root wheel 160 Feb 12 14:38 Adobe
drwxrwxrwx 2 root wheel 64 Aug 10 2018 AdobeInstalledCodecs
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 12 10:02 App_01D422FE-C147-4010-9A44-D4358E33D212-1210-0000006734D5E80A
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drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 26 13:54 App_070BFBA2-26D0-448F-9123-DADD3A2ECB49-1218-0000007FCF9E349B
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drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 12:44 App_0977FD4D-5953-4F70-BE63-FD750A3BF6DC-1231-0000005027783E91.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 11:10 App_0A03682C-6DB4-4908-B386-A6BB644D3C74-1276-0000005B2AD5C511.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 23 15:53 App_0A8D9DBD-BAA7-444B-9E85-87972AF665EF-1216-0000005A3907D09A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 9 19:22 App_0ABFFC9E-731F-46BD-B117-17A76FBCA084-1236-0000004ED1B99385.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 12 21:02 App_0C6FC480-EF97-4009-BF39-96F58799E7ED-1192-0000005E9FC8FC9F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 15 00:01 App_0DAD0990-45B0-4F11-A37A-DC9F8784C3C9-1185-000000610AEAD23D.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 30 21:13 App_0F3DAB99-B214-4DBF-BBE4-A51C779F6987-1153-0000006B23FCBCB3.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 08:53 App_126A36AB-A0C5-4D4C-A23A-113EA6E7C970-1806-0000009535B1B6CB.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 21 15:40 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 16 14:36 App_12E3E8A1-9788-4ABF-915A-F199A0C6143C-1221-000000541C12C17A.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 11 23:07 App_12EBEA64-5051-4122-89DF-9FB8DADAA41B-1275-00000063D967AF8B.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 19 15:51 App_149EDAB5-6A58-40F6-9FC8-B3E4F3279538-1218-0000006CC5FF38F4.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 31 14:57 App_16277D4A-ACA9-4730-8929-892500D29B19-1132-000000503FDB731F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 8 20:18 App_16A18583-FD97-4644-BF06-137B0FFD35E1-1204-0000006A2372C7CA.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 17 19:50 App_175B9F9E-2372-4165-AA2B-F0123E12ABEB-1895-00000095CD045C8F.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_17D25F31-21C7-4C55-97B4-278F3EF29F8B-1295-0000004E3FCB237E
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-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Nov 21 18:27 App_18987876-EDA5-44F8-839D-9D0ED9E85C10-1225-00000058DFD63585.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:01 App_18CFA5BA-85C7-4EC0-930C-73A0847EA055-1197-00000056895B3D96.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 7 15:44 App_18E54EEA-52A5-4EE5-BC99-1D112C18A214-1352-00000051E2111EC0.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:29 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Feb 2 18:25 App_1AB67930-C1CE-46E9-AB02-B6E24E0385B7-1223-00000051EB8F1D18.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Dec 21 19:17 App_1AC8F899-D2AA-4AB9-9BF1-35BE98ED1EDE-16157-000006E2D274F110.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Feb 6 15:28 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 4660684 Jan 26 12:39 App_1F263B6A-077E-482C-94FF-3C3D6892F2B9-1324-0000005F3A9C6E56.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 3 jonathanfilbert wheel 96 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 5 19:34 App_221EA77C-0E38-421F-9BF6-D5465E75EE63-2756-000000D9B2A9FFF6.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 2 jonathanfilbert wheel 64 Mar 23 16:59 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 331578 Dec 17 23:39 App_22BBCFA5-1384-4B28-9688-C5463795FD48-1143-0000006521EDAAE0.tar.gz


Here is the ls -l results for some of the directories



-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 13 20:41 a_0058AB63-F619-42E5-BBA5-86532551CFA3-1193-00000054FCB20168
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 23 15:51 a_0153215B-DE1E-47B0-B4DF-961804DB2CB2-1216-00000057AE7086FB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 17 13:00 a_01BDBE1A-5EDC-413E-BE41-33A611EF871F-1134-000000754A4E692A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Jan 2 11:33 a_01F076CE-B02D-4C1F-8058-A4A832333CE7-1291-0000004D445928B5
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 19 14:09 a_02B73853-967A-4723-98BA-D81553A2D7FE-1189-0000004EACDB9D9C
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 11 15:30 a_036B3671-AF44-4439-9BA5-1B31232B6CE1-1243-0000004FA1CF7311
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 17 19:08 a_06AEA1F5-2958-4AAB-A9FE-741837F4FCA9-1206-0000004E458C7071
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 1 23:56 a_0880EF4F-ADF4-4DF5-A0F7-C5689828D5DC-9985-0000041F7999B6FA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 16 18:15 a_0898EB66-62FE-4D6A-8D60-E4EC2A2489E4-1178-000000541561A81E
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 8 17:32 a_0ABD7D94-04C0-40FC-A637-01DB09630972-1233-0000004D07EB2930
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Dec 5 12:22 a_0D32C0E7-A993-47B1-A7C6-4D41C2B691E1-1160-0000005194510DAA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 183456 Dec 25 00:10 a_0D3F7A43-9BB0-4D09-9811-6953AD28AE4D-1295-00000051353554A9
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 29 21:33 a_0D5D220A-C3C0-49B7-A64B-49C64E3DD865-6976-000000680ED5309B
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 10 23:11 a_1288DB46-490B-49D4-840F-3E725AF6F4AE-1243-0000006C70925320
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 11 23:08 a_132D252F-B372-468B-A748-D084AEE5E355-1275-0000006BA6ED0EBA
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 244928 Jan 17 19:50 a_141E730D-6CE1-470B-86B9-8CABEF1F4A4C-1895-0000009B37EC280A
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jonathanfilbert wheel 210848 Nov 25 23:53 a_1817CEF5-03C3-4968-8CA9-03F5D24540BF-1330-0000006C576DC205


My question is, aside from the 6 recognized folders, is it safe to delete those things? As they take up quite a lot of space, and recently, I found a malicious file named SystemExtr residing inside one of the folders, and deleted it, but somehow it returned.






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    Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

    – nohillside♦
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  • Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

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  • Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

    – Pete Cooper
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  • Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

    – Jonathan Filbert
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  • Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

    – nohillside♦
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  • 3





    Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

    – nohillside♦
    Mar 23 at 10:32











  • Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 10:47











  • Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

    – Pete Cooper
    Mar 23 at 11:17











  • Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 14:38











  • Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

    – nohillside♦
    Mar 23 at 14:41







3




3





Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

– nohillside♦
Mar 23 at 10:32





Please don't post screenshots of Terminal output, copy/paste the text instead and apply code formatting (the in the editor menu). While editing, can you please replace the Finder screenshot with the result of ls -l /Users/Shared (not all lines, just 10-20 so we can see the full names, the dates, the permissions etc).

– nohillside♦
Mar 23 at 10:32













Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 10:47





Hey @nohillside thanks for the reply, I've edited the question and replaced the images with code formatted Terminal output. Thanks!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 10:47













Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

– Pete Cooper
Mar 23 at 11:17





Each executable has an associated directory - can you post the ls -l results from one or more of those, please?

– Pete Cooper
Mar 23 at 11:17













Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 14:38





Hey @PeteCooper I've modified the question and included what you asked. Thanks in advance!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 14:38













Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

– nohillside♦
Mar 23 at 14:41





Can you run file on some of these files? Having said that I'm quite sure that you can just delete the whole mess, at least that's what I would do. But this doesn't solve the underlying problem of whether your Mac has some malware of course.

– nohillside♦
Mar 23 at 14:41










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Note: this doesn't answer your question directly but is advice and some further steps to troubleshoot.



If your computer has been reported as being affected my malware, you are likely better off long-term to back up your personal data (i.e user directory etc), note the apps you have installed, and start over with a nuke & repave. A few hours spent doing this is better than rescuing a system with unquantified levels of malware -- it could be just 'SystemExtr' or it could be a whole heap of other things -- and the nature of some malware means it can't be 100% removed.



In the meantime:



  • use a reputable macOS malware scanner like Malwarebytes or Sophos to see if they pick anything up;

  • upload one of the executables to VirusTotal to see if it find anything;

And for ongoing homework: learn a bit about hard drive space management and reduce reliance on the whizzy apps (especially the free ones) that do all this for you. Some are reputable, some are junk. Using a disk viewer like Grand Perspective will give you better visibility into what's going on inside your hard drive, and give you more control overall.






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1 Answer
1






active

oldest

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active

oldest

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active

oldest

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4














Note: this doesn't answer your question directly but is advice and some further steps to troubleshoot.



If your computer has been reported as being affected my malware, you are likely better off long-term to back up your personal data (i.e user directory etc), note the apps you have installed, and start over with a nuke & repave. A few hours spent doing this is better than rescuing a system with unquantified levels of malware -- it could be just 'SystemExtr' or it could be a whole heap of other things -- and the nature of some malware means it can't be 100% removed.



In the meantime:



  • use a reputable macOS malware scanner like Malwarebytes or Sophos to see if they pick anything up;

  • upload one of the executables to VirusTotal to see if it find anything;

And for ongoing homework: learn a bit about hard drive space management and reduce reliance on the whizzy apps (especially the free ones) that do all this for you. Some are reputable, some are junk. Using a disk viewer like Grand Perspective will give you better visibility into what's going on inside your hard drive, and give you more control overall.






share|improve this answer























  • Thanks for the advice!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 16:06















4














Note: this doesn't answer your question directly but is advice and some further steps to troubleshoot.



If your computer has been reported as being affected my malware, you are likely better off long-term to back up your personal data (i.e user directory etc), note the apps you have installed, and start over with a nuke & repave. A few hours spent doing this is better than rescuing a system with unquantified levels of malware -- it could be just 'SystemExtr' or it could be a whole heap of other things -- and the nature of some malware means it can't be 100% removed.



In the meantime:



  • use a reputable macOS malware scanner like Malwarebytes or Sophos to see if they pick anything up;

  • upload one of the executables to VirusTotal to see if it find anything;

And for ongoing homework: learn a bit about hard drive space management and reduce reliance on the whizzy apps (especially the free ones) that do all this for you. Some are reputable, some are junk. Using a disk viewer like Grand Perspective will give you better visibility into what's going on inside your hard drive, and give you more control overall.






share|improve this answer























  • Thanks for the advice!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 16:06













4












4








4







Note: this doesn't answer your question directly but is advice and some further steps to troubleshoot.



If your computer has been reported as being affected my malware, you are likely better off long-term to back up your personal data (i.e user directory etc), note the apps you have installed, and start over with a nuke & repave. A few hours spent doing this is better than rescuing a system with unquantified levels of malware -- it could be just 'SystemExtr' or it could be a whole heap of other things -- and the nature of some malware means it can't be 100% removed.



In the meantime:



  • use a reputable macOS malware scanner like Malwarebytes or Sophos to see if they pick anything up;

  • upload one of the executables to VirusTotal to see if it find anything;

And for ongoing homework: learn a bit about hard drive space management and reduce reliance on the whizzy apps (especially the free ones) that do all this for you. Some are reputable, some are junk. Using a disk viewer like Grand Perspective will give you better visibility into what's going on inside your hard drive, and give you more control overall.






share|improve this answer













Note: this doesn't answer your question directly but is advice and some further steps to troubleshoot.



If your computer has been reported as being affected my malware, you are likely better off long-term to back up your personal data (i.e user directory etc), note the apps you have installed, and start over with a nuke & repave. A few hours spent doing this is better than rescuing a system with unquantified levels of malware -- it could be just 'SystemExtr' or it could be a whole heap of other things -- and the nature of some malware means it can't be 100% removed.



In the meantime:



  • use a reputable macOS malware scanner like Malwarebytes or Sophos to see if they pick anything up;

  • upload one of the executables to VirusTotal to see if it find anything;

And for ongoing homework: learn a bit about hard drive space management and reduce reliance on the whizzy apps (especially the free ones) that do all this for you. Some are reputable, some are junk. Using a disk viewer like Grand Perspective will give you better visibility into what's going on inside your hard drive, and give you more control overall.







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  • Thanks for the advice!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 16:06

















  • Thanks for the advice!

    – Jonathan Filbert
    Mar 23 at 16:06
















Thanks for the advice!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 16:06





Thanks for the advice!

– Jonathan Filbert
Mar 23 at 16:06



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Tradisjonelle folkedrakter frå Aust-Telemark, truleg frå 1880-åra. Drakter som dette er grunnlaget for moderne bunadar. Foto: Axel Lindahl Bunad frå Eggedal i Buskerud fotografert i 1906. Bunad (frå kledebunad , der norrønt «búnaðr» har same rot som (føre)bu) er ei samnemning brukt om klesdrakter i tradisjonell nordisk stil — ofte utvikla frå folkedrakter, men likevel i ein eigen tradisjon. Ein bunad er typisk ei forseggjort og kostbar drakt, med mykje broderi, og med handsmidde smykke i gull eller sølv, særleg dei særeigne søljene, som obligatorisk prynad i tillegg. Bunad og bunadbruk er eit debattemne med mange ulike oppfatningar, til dømes om kva som er ein bunad, og om ein kan endra på utforminga av draktene eller ikkje. Den norske bunadrørsla går tilbake til folkedansrørsla og føregangsfolk som Hulda Garborg og Klara Semb. I dag blir bunad brukt som nasjonaldrakt. Festbunad er likestilt med galla-antrekk, og ofte nytta ved særskilde høve, som konfirmasjonar eller d
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