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Jan 6, 2015 1:20 PM in response to Helen Page1by MadMacs0,Helen Page1 wrote:
I downloaded the installer but don't know how to use it. Didn't see instructions.
It's not an installer. You double-click the "AdwareMedic.dmg" file in your Downloads folder and you will see the instructions in the window that opens. After it's in your Applications Folder, you double-click "AdwareMedic" and go from there.
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Jan 11, 2015 7:21 PM in response to MadMacs0by lwangg,If you guys still need help, I just deleted/uninstalled it. You got to Safari-->preferences-->Extensions: (uninstall MacVx). Hope this helps
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Jan 11, 2015 7:26 PM in response to lwanggby Helen Page1,Many thanks. I figured that out and got rid of it on Safari and Chrome but it is still on Firefox. My version doesn't have the button that lets me get into preferences. But I don't use FF anyway. Nasty bug tho.
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Jan 11, 2015 7:32 PM in response to lwanggby MadMacs0,lwangg wrote:
If you guys still need help, I just deleted/uninstalled it. You got to Safari-->preferences-->Extensions: (uninstall MacVx).
I'm sure after almost six months they have all solved the problem, but you have only found one of the files installed. You can either find out how to check for the rest at Adware Removal Guide : Vidx or use the authors AdwareMedic to find and optionally remove all currently known adware.
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Jan 11, 2015 7:37 PM in response to Helen Page1by MadMacs0,Helen Page1 wrote:
...it is still on Firefox. My version doesn't have the button that lets me get into preferences. But I don't use FF anyway.
The link I gave to lwangg for the Adware Removal Guide tells you how to eliminate it from Firefox.
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Jan 12, 2015 1:29 PM in response to HiteshMLby MadMacs0,There might be additional files associated with this. If you use Firefox or Chrome, they will almost certainly also have that extension. You might still have the installer used to add these. The fastest, most effective way to identify and optionally remove all currently known adware is by using AdwareMedic, developed by thomas_r. this Forum's malware guru, owner of TheSafeMac and a colleague of mine.
To understand why this happened and how to avoid such things in the future read John Galt's How to install adware.
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Feb 20, 2015 11:59 AM in response to MadMacs0by DDRinChitown,My lab got hit with this when a student used Listentoyoutube.com. (A puter was left in Admin :-/ )
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Apr 6, 2015 6:53 PM in response to angela2453by dragonmaster74,its easy just install adblock from the chrome webstore and in any ad click report ad and then click on extentions page and delete all the macfest or macvx stuff you see
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Apr 6, 2015 6:56 PM in response to lwanggby dragonmaster74,i actually uninstalled it by accident lol not one peice of reaserch I am truly an apple genious
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