How do i get rid of a bot on my macbook

How do i get rid of a bot on my macbook?

I seriously doubt you have a bot; more than likely someone hacked into your Gmail account and got your password. Everybody always immediately blames the computer - and if you had a Windows machine or are running Windows, then, yes, possible. Having a Mac - not so much. You could have inadvertantly gotten some bad email attachment, but that can't harm your Mac.
So, first: are you running Windows? If yes, get some antivirus software and run it on the Windows partition.
Second, when you say your password "is being changed" - this is happening without you or Gmail doing anyting? Immediately open a different account with a very difficult to guess password and send an email to your contacts explaining why you have changed your email address - also tell them to ignore anything further with your old address. Inform Gmail (if possible - don't know how that outfit works) that you wish to close the "old" email account immediately.
Third, download ClamXav - free AV software for the Mac and run it to see if there is something.
Please do all three steps right away and post back with results.

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