Q: Malware/adware removal instructions needed
Os : 10.11.3
Symptoms : popup on chrome (wonderlandads)
I did search on google and found popups to wonderlandads is adware/malware.
I have scanned my system with Avast / avira and malware bytes . It did not find anything
I checked the extension and did not find any suspicious extension( only lastpass extenstion is there )
I reset the browser , cleared the history and cache, checked the default search and default page all seems to be correct.
The popup is getting very irritating.
How can i identify and remove this adware.
I assume there is some legitimate software that has the adware bundled but i dont know which one.
Please help
Vik
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Jan 30, 2016 1:53 AM
we are left with no option but to resort to "anti-virus and anti-malware" to get rid of the infection
That's what the "anti-malware" industry wants you to think, but it's not true, and as you've already found, the products of that industry don't protect you. They will never protect you. Windows and Android users, who are trained to believe that they must use anti-malware products, are infested with malware. I am an active Internet user, I've never used any anti-malware product, and I've never been infected with malware. That's because I rely on myself, not on others, for protection. Anyone can do the same, with the same results.
Please create a new Chrome user profile. Note that Chrome can sync your account settings between devices, so if you enable that feature, malicious profile data can spread from one to another in a virus-like way.
Posted on Feb 1, 2016 6:45 AM