How to I get rid of virus's on my mac book pro?

is there any way to get rid of virus's on my macbook pro without making an appointment with apple?

  Can you run EtreCheck and post the report here please?
  EtreCheck:  https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6173

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