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I entered my macOS admin details (root password) into an application I think was malicious. Suspicious, I checked the keychain and my tokens had modified passwords.

What else could have this software done? Where would I look? More importantly what can I do to check / protect myself?

I deleted all keychain entries and changed all passwords...

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  • What was the app? Why was it asking for admin authentication? Commented Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30
  • Welcome on Stack Exchange. Could you add in your original question: - the version of MacOS you are running, - if the application which asked your password is still installed on your Mac. Commented Jul 1, 2020 at 8:04
  • @benwiggy : even the highest quality application don’t explain us why they are asking our password. This is a pretty old abuse of trust which is easily mimicked by malware. Commented Jul 1, 2020 at 8:10

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You can get and run Malwarebytes. This supposedly finds any malware on your Mac. If that finds nothing I'd look for a virus checker with a free trial period and run it as a secondary test. Here is a link to a review of Mac virus checkers. Malwarebytes can be found at this link.

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