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Mar 10, 2015 9:43 AM in response to thomas_r.by JoshCash,Thank you so much for your helpful and quick replies!
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Mar 10, 2015 9:51 AM in response to JoshCashby thomas_r.,JoshCash wrote:
Thank you so much for your helpful and quick replies!
No problem, glad I could help!
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Mar 10, 2015 12:35 PM in response to thomas_r.by JustinInfantry,I have run Adware Medic, it didn't find anything, got another pop-up today. It pops up in the background in it's own window so I only notice it once I start closing out the Safari window. I try not to visit any trashy sites. Mostly just sites I know, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix. I've checked and have no browser extensions showing in the extension list and pop-up blocker checked in the Safari security settings.
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Mar 10, 2015 12:41 PM in response to JustinInfantryby Lexiepex,Some internet sites are hacked by Mackeeper guys, some are just wrong. You go to the wrong sites on the internet.
Use DuckDuckGo browser.
Lex
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Mar 10, 2015 12:53 PM in response to Lexiepexby JustinInfantry,Now that I think of it, I only get the pop-up after I've visited a non-mainstream media website from Facebook. Non-mainstream media is heavily sponsored through advertisement. Would you think that these news outlets could be the culprit and it's not an adware infection?
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Mar 10, 2015 1:03 PM in response to Lexiepexby JustinInfantry,DuckDuckGo has a browser? Or do you mean to use the search engine as default over Google?
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Mar 10, 2015 1:35 PM in response to JustinInfantryby Lexiepex,No, but install it in Safari and let it do all searching and do not uncheck any function it has and you have a DDG browser.
I realise that a DDG browsing experience may be a bit too much of all the good .
Lex
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Mar 10, 2015 1:39 PM in response to Lexiepexby JustinInfantry,Thanks Lex, I set it as default. Made a few searches. I'm loving that it brings up only relevant websites to the search criteria! lol
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Mar 18, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Linc Davisby zaglool12,Start time: 00:43:41 03/19/15
Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,1
System Version: OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.1.0
Time since boot: 10:27
Diagnostic reports
2015-03-11 mdworker crash x3
2015-03-18 PhotoStreamAgent crash
2015-03-18 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent crash
Log
Mar 18 10:48:54 [[0xffffff8035de1000] OpCode 0x0C01 (Set Event Mask) from: kernel_task (0) Synchronous status: 0x00 (kIOReturnSuccess) state: 2 (BUSY) timeout: 5000] Bluetooth warning: An HCI Req timeout occurred.
Mar 18 13:39:10 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 13:39:10 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 13:48:13 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 13:48:13 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 14:15:26 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:15:32 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:19:13 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:19:14 com.apple.cfnetwork.cfnetworkagent: Service exited with abnormal code: 15
Mar 18 14:22:44 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 15:29:08 process firefox[480] caught causing excessive wakeups. EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
Mar 18 15:53:26 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 15:53:26 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 16:04:23 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 16:04:23 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 18:04:34 process com.apple.WebKit[723] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 165; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 109715
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:13:16 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:13:16 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:19:04 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:19:17 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Daemons
com.adobe.fpsaud
Agents
com.apple.photostream-agent
com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent
Bundles
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
- N/A
/Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
- com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
Restricted files: 5
Elapsed time (s): 199
Start time: 00:43:41 03/19/15
Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,1
System Version: OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.1.0
Time since boot: 10:27
Diagnostic reports
2015-03-11 mdworker crash x3
2015-03-18 PhotoStreamAgent crash
2015-03-18 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent crash
Log
Mar 18 10:48:54 [[0xffffff8035de1000] OpCode 0x0C01 (Set Event Mask) from: kernel_task (0) Synchronous status: 0x00 (kIOReturnSuccess) state: 2 (BUSY) timeout: 5000] Bluetooth warning: An HCI Req timeout occurred.
Mar 18 13:39:10 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 13:39:10 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 13:48:13 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 13:48:13 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 14:15:26 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:15:32 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:19:13 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 14:19:14 com.apple.cfnetwork.cfnetworkagent: Service exited with abnormal code: 15
Mar 18 14:22:44 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 15:29:08 process firefox[480] caught causing excessive wakeups. EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
Mar 18 15:53:26 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 15:53:26 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 16:04:23 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - createSerialStream failed
Mar 18 16:04:23 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed
Mar 18 18:04:34 process com.apple.WebKit[723] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 165; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 109715
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 18 19:50:08 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:13:16 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:13:16 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:19:04 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Mar 19 00:19:17 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Daemons
com.adobe.fpsaud
Agents
com.apple.photostream-agent
com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent
Bundles
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
- N/A
/Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
- com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
Restricted files: 5
Elapsed time (s): 199
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Mar 19, 2015 3:23 AM in response to zaglool12by thomas_r.,You have a pretty clean system. There's no adware there. Your problem is caused by something else. See:
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/unsolved.php
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.)
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Mar 19, 2015 6:31 AM in response to zaglool12by Linc Davis,Your problem, whatever it is, is not related to the one that was being discussed here. The right way to get help on this site is not to post a comment in a discussion started by someone else months ago. Nor should you post a diagnostic test that no one asked for, without a description of the problem. That particular test should never be used unless requested by me.
Search the site for answered questions similar to yours, and if you don't find a solution that way, start your own discussion with a full description of the problem and whatever you've already done to try to solve it. You'll have as much chance as anyone else of getting a useful response.
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Mar 19, 2015 8:24 AM in response to zaglool12by ~Bee,zagool
You may ignore this comment:
That particular test should never be used unless requested by me.
No one has the right to instruct posters not to use a test unless asked for by Mr. Davis.
That is ridiculous.
And AdwareMedic is a great tool, developed by Thomas R. Reed.
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Mar 19, 2015 11:05 AM in response to Linc Davisby Linc Davis,I should add that the reason why you should not run that test (which, of course, I wrote myself, for my own use) unless I ask for it is that you may get comments from people who don't know what it does or what to do with the results. No one has the right to instruct posters to ignore what I say about my own test.
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Mar 19, 2015 11:24 AM in response to Linc Davisby zaglool12,OK, I did run that test because ,I thought ,from reading the thread, I have similar problem.I had a 1 week old macbook air and did opened a link from FB posted by a friend and kept getting pop-ups and a messages from my mac about being infected by adware/malware and have to call this number urgently .(I have tried adawremedic before in a similar problem and the adware seems to overcome it,have to take it to apple store and the supervisor,chief tech spend 1 hour to remove that,in a different laptop ).
Did not open a knew post because of time factor(heading in few hours overseas where I have no access to apple stuff( a country in africa that is sanctioned by US and have to use VPN to access apple store/I tunes,etc), beside I felt If I have the same issues why duplicating posts.
I did not knew that the test is a personal property,is it?.I thought this a common form where common people can get help and share knowledge.
Anyway, I I have few hours left and will try adwaremedic now or through VPN.