Infopick redirects are suddenly appearing when I enter a url in my subject bar

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Infopick redirects are suddenly appearing when I enter a url in my subject bar

For the past three day I've suddenly contracted the Infopick.com virus that redirects url's entered into my Safari subject bar. I'm running Ublock and Adblocker Plus and until recently both were doing a great job.

I'm on a 2105 MacBook Pro Retina and am running High Safari 10.13.6. I've checked for suspicious Applications as well as cookies and have found none. Infopick also doesn't appear in my Library folder.

How to delete this bothersome virus?

Posted on Nov 1, 2020 11:40 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2020 2:20 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

I downloaded and ran etrecheck and it found something under Launch Daemons called: com.apadecoded.plist. I was advised to drag this to the trash and not drag anything else in the Launch Daemon folder, then restart the computer. I did so and will soon find out if this solved the problem. I appreciate your advice, JTF, and will post if this solved the problem.

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2020 5:04 PM in response to khalid1213

It did, initially, but it comes back from time to time. I run etrecheck when it reappears and it identifies several issues that I delete.

Give etrecheck a try. While it doesn't prevent infopick from appearing it seems to identify the problem that you can then delete.

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2020 2:45 PM in response to leicaman94044

if that didn't solve your issue, you could run etrecheck again and post your new report. it removes personal info, so there's no worry about spreading your info on the site. if it did solve it, you can either uninstall etrecheck. or if you are like me, you'll keep the free version and run it after installing any new software. :)

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Answer 4

Nov 1, 2020 1:27 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

Thank you JTF. My mistake on the virus misnomer.

Not sure I understand how Ublock or Adblock Plus could be the source as I've been using them for at least four years with no such issues. Not to dispute your claim... but why would either be the source of the problem if they weren't in the past 4+ years? I suspect it was something I downloaded, without being aware of the malware. I've read that infopick masquerades under different names so as to make it hard to find. I don't see anything abnormal in my aps or cookies so my post was about how to get rid of it? I'll try your suggestion on etrecheck and report back with the results.

I appreciate your quick answer as this is maddening.

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Answer 5

Nov 1, 2020 2:13 PM in response to leicaman94044

i'm not sure that those blockers are your problem. i'm not even sure that they could be a problem. i'm just going by advice i've been given over the years, and that is don't install junk. i personally would remove them, but if they are working for you without problems for that long, then they are probably fine.

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Answer 6

Nov 1, 2020 12:21 PM in response to leicaman94044

to be clear, there are no viruses on mac. redirects are usually caused by malware, which is user installed. as far as Ublock and Adblocker plus, i would remove the both of them. they are likely causing problems as well. you can save us time by downloading etrecheck, (app store or etrecheck.com) and running it. be sure to "allow full disk access" to etrecheck, then post the report here. it may expose why you are getting the redirects.

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Answer 7

Nov 20, 2020 3:31 PM in response to leicaman94044

I have the same problem and item in my LD, did it work to get rid of the apadecoded item?

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