I have a player location check icon that I cannot remove. I believe it is for an online gambling app, which I do not use. It showed up after a system update. How do I remove it?
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Starting in Safe mode (hold Shift after the bong) worked for me – Safe mode starts your machine without non-Apple plugins, extensions, and apparently launch agents (and probably a lot more). It actually takes longer than a regular boot/start.
I found a couple launchagents in Macintosh HD > Library > LaunchAgents and a few in Macintosh HD > Library > LaunchDaemons, but nothing in the System folder.
There will also be a preference option (with a different logo) in Apple Icon>System Preferences that you can just right-click and delete (I did this in regular start mode).
Finally, I found a preference pane file in Macintosh HD > Library > PreferencePanes... called something like PlayerLocationCheck.prefPane. this can be deleted in regular start mode as well.
FWIW, the shortcut to see these invisible folders is Command-Shift-. (period) ... then hit Command-Shift-. again to hide them
I would empty the trash while you're in Safe mode too, just to be sure.
What a hassle... this isn't supposed to happen on a Mac, especially through a web browser.
Many thanks.
Got an update notification to go to Catalina this morning... Not sure I want to! But it looks like the 32-bit vs 64-bit is only issue to be aware of. We shall see!
Thanks for the instructions.
I've been a Mac user since the original Mac... I have a PICT file dating to November 10, 1984.
I mention this only to say that I think you should lag on system updates. Don't do it if everything is working okay. Only do it when necessary.
I am not sure I understand your reply. Is EtreCheck the same thing as Player Location Check that I now see at the top of my screen? This seems to have appeared after the install of Catalina.
Similar. pretty sure it is some sort of malware (Blue "G" in the window bar). I haven't had luck removing yet.
It definitely appeared with Catalina update.
I just made it disappear, but not sure what I did. Finally was able to unlock it and uninstall. Let me figure out what I did and I’ll update ugh!
Thanks. :)
Thank you so much!!! this finally worked.
Thanks for this. Seems to have worked perfectly. Good man Brendan!!!!!!
What do you do though if you cannot move player location check to the trash?
Thanks for your reply...I did try in safe mode... It still gave me message it could not move it to the trash as it was still open
I think that worked! Thanks so much for your help!
Worked for me too. Thanks
Great to hear! :)
I'm on Mojave, and it just popped up. Either espn.com or hulu.com is responsible... I think it's espn, since the plugin reportedly is used for gambling sites
Delete Player Location Check on your Mac
