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Q: ANNOYING MACKEEPER TABS AND POPUP ADS

Hi there,

 

I bought a new macbook air 2 weeks ago, all has been well and good (new to mac products, always for android, still am).

 

Safari has also been good, as well as chrome, but as of recently, this whole "MacKeeper", "Zeobit.com" **** is completely taking over my search engines etc, problems including:

 

- Clean up mac ads everywhere, as well as the typical "Get a new iPhone 5' rubbish

- When clicking on links, my top sites tab shows up as well as the typical "MacKeeper" download page in another. I can only open links by pressing command to open in new tabs, however my top sites tab opens as well as the Mackeeper download page, along with it's fling annoying ads

- Ads as well before relevant google search links, like "Pages related to...." With zeobit.com on every inch of my ******* screen

 

Note that:

 

- I HAVE NOT downloaded anything to do with mackeeper, so uninstalling programs etc is unnecessary information - purely mackeeper tab and popup annoyances

- I have TRIED to 'restart' safari and remove cache, nothing works

- I have done the whole system preferences, privacy, remove all website data (which this zeobit.com **** is listed), and I remove zeobit.com but it just goes back on the list when I go through this process again

- Yes I have 'block popup ads' ticked

 

Can someone give me a solution to removing these popups with anything to do with zeobit.com and fling mackeeper which doesn't require me to read a long page of information? I'm about to smash my screen in here.

Posted on Jul 10, 2014 4:48 AM

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  • by JJ740,

    JJ740 JJ740 Oct 11, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 11, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Linc Davis, you are the MAN! whew i was nervous but seemed to work.

    I THREE created an account to thank you as well! 

  • by sam365,

    sam365 sam365 Oct 12, 2014 2:43 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 12, 2014 2:43 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thank you so much for your advice.  It worked a treat on 12 October 2014. 

    Is it normal to get a Slow Mac? advertisement on the same page when I open the google search page?  I still seem to be getting this.  Thanks in advance for your reply.

  • by brownize,

    brownize brownize Oct 13, 2014 1:54 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 13, 2014 1:54 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Boy do I need help in getting rid of MacKeeper and other ads that pop up when a new tab opens!! I'm trying the method suggested however when I triple click the line "/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist" to highlight it and then 'right click' nothing happens except un-highlighting it. What aren't I doing correctly? I so want this to work for me!

    Thanks!

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Oct 13, 2014 3:46 PM in response to brownize
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    Oct 13, 2014 3:46 PM in response to brownize

    A "right click" is a click while holding down the control key. When you control-click on that text, while it is selected, you should get a pop-up menu.

     

    However, if the directions posted here just aren't working for you, you can try my Adware Removal Guide. Or you could try running my AdwareMedic app to remove all adware. (The "VSearch," aka Downlite, adware is often seen installed alongside a number of other pieces of adware... my guide and app will help with these others as well.)

     

    Please be sure to pay attention to all the documentation, and learn what you need to do to prevent getting infected again in the future:

     

    http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg-defense/

     

    (Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my site and software, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)

  • by brownize,

    brownize brownize Oct 14, 2014 10:04 AM in response to thomas_r.
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    Oct 14, 2014 10:04 AM in response to thomas_r.

    Thanks Thomas for the reply. I have a right click function on my mouse but that didn't work - it did work by clicking on "control"! That being said, my problem of pop-up ads hasn't gone away. I'm now on Firefox since I was on Chrome with the problem and when I hit reply to your post I was brought to a pop up that said I had to register first to get unlimited movies (like with many of the pop ups they come when I click on anything!). When I closed that box it then brought me back to be able to reply. The pop-ups are taking over! Never had this before on my mac .

    I will try your Adware Removal Guide back on Chrome since that's the browser I use most and let you know if it worked!

    Thanks again,

    Gale

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Oct 14, 2014 12:12 PM in response to brownize
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    Oct 14, 2014 12:12 PM in response to brownize

    brownize wrote:

     

    That being said, my problem of pop-up ads hasn't gone away.

     

    That's probably because you have something other than Downlite, which is what Linc's instructions were for. Downlite is a common piece of adware these days, but there are many others covered by my guide and app. Hopefully, you'll have some success there. If not, not everything like this is caused by adware... could be a hacked wireless router, legit software that uses an ad-supported model or something else along these lines.

  • by rlt151,

    rlt151 rlt151 Oct 14, 2014 2:29 PM in response to chickashnaz
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    Oct 14, 2014 2:29 PM in response to chickashnaz

    Thank you LincDavis!!!!  I just followed the instructions he posted on July 10 and it worked beautifully!  A few of the links didn't find folders for me but the pop-ups are all gone!  What a relief.  I too created an account just to post a big THANK YOU!  THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Truely appreciate your help!

  • by vonsteinen,

    vonsteinen vonsteinen Oct 14, 2014 5:54 PM in response to chickashnaz
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    Oct 14, 2014 5:54 PM in response to chickashnaz

    It looks like there are several people who have taken this route and successfully repaired their issue. I am wondering if there a real threat while doing this of losing music and/or photos? I do not have space on the cloud currently and don't honestly think there will be an issue with losing music or photos, but I wanted to check first.

    Thank you for your time.

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Oct 14, 2014 6:22 PM in response to vonsteinen
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    Oct 14, 2014 6:22 PM in response to vonsteinen

    vonsteinen wrote:

     

    I am wondering if there a real threat while doing this of losing music and/or photos? I do not have space on the cloud currently and don't honestly think there will be an issue with losing music or photos, but I wanted to check first.

     

    If you don't currently have any backups of your data, you should shut down your computer and should not use it again until you're ready to create backups. Your hard drive could die at any time, or there could be some other event that causes catastrophic data loss.

     

    Further, note that "the cloud" is not an adequate backup. Syncing files to "the cloud" means that files that are lost also get removed from the cloud. That's not a backup. You need to get yourself at least one hard drive that is at least three times larger than the data you have to back up, then use Time Machine to back up to that drive. Then, you really should have a minimum of one other supplemental backup (or a "backup" backup, so to speak). This could be another hard drive, using something else for backups (such as Carbon Copy Cloner), or could be an online backup service (such as Carbonite or CrashPlan), or something along those lines.

     

    If you don't go to the trouble and expense of getting a good backup system set up, it's only a matter of time before your data is all lost.

  • by homegirl07,

    homegirl07 homegirl07 Oct 18, 2014 1:23 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 18, 2014 1:23 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thank you so much! This fixed all of my mackeeper/ tuneup my mac, etc.  Thank you, Thank you!

  • by DrReinerd,

    DrReinerd DrReinerd Oct 18, 2014 9:55 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 18, 2014 9:55 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thank you sir. You're a genius.

  • by e3nines,

    e3nines e3nines Oct 20, 2014 1:55 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 20, 2014 1:55 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Anyone tried this with Yosemite? Had issues before on IOS 8 and had no clue how to be rid of it. I figured if I updated to the new operating system it might help but it did not. I tried using Linc Davis's directions however once I find the file I cant not drag it to trash without "duplicating the original files." Am I just doing it wrong or had it been revised directions for the new operating system?

  • by iJoni,

    iJoni iJoni Oct 20, 2014 4:53 PM in response to e3nines
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    Oct 20, 2014 4:53 PM in response to e3nines

    It worked for me.

  • by michaelshaheed,

    michaelshaheed michaelshaheed Oct 22, 2014 8:33 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 22, 2014 8:33 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Thank you Linc Davis. It's now late October and your advice still works. I couldn't take that mackeeper pop up any longer.

  • by michaelshaheed,

    michaelshaheed michaelshaheed Oct 22, 2014 8:42 AM in response to e3nines
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    Oct 22, 2014 8:42 AM in response to e3nines

    I just updated to Yosemite yesterday. Right afterwards, I had this incessant mackeeper pop up. I'm not sure if the two instances are related, but following Linc Davis' advice, I was able to get rid of the annoying pop up. Also, I was able to drag those files into the trash without duplicating them. I'm assuming that you are doing it wrong or that there is something else wreaking havoc on your computer. I wish I could give you technical advice, but I'm not code savvy nor am I a computer programmer.

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