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Hi there. I have a macboo Pro. I installed AVG (Paid version). Everytime I used Safari to search ( ie if I enter in the address bar, google), the below messages come up. sometimes 5 of them, today there were 7. When I run a virus scan, no virusses come up. Ho do I get rid of this? Is this site maybe imbeded or attached to a file?Btw, I am not very tech savvy!




MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 12:56 AM

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Posted on Nov 7, 2022 1:00 AM

"How do I get rid of this?"


Remove/Uninstall AVG and any other so-called "anti-virus" or "speed-up" or "clean-up" software you've installed to protect your Mac. You don't need them as they don't protect anything and justify their existence (and the money you wasted - sorry spent) by doing exactly what you're seeing.


Once you remove them things will improve quickly. Remember the only thing you need to protect your Mac is your own common sense. Everything else is already being protected by Apple as macOS has everything you need already built-in.

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Nov 7, 2022 1:00 AM in response to Uiterwyk

"How do I get rid of this?"


Remove/Uninstall AVG and any other so-called "anti-virus" or "speed-up" or "clean-up" software you've installed to protect your Mac. You don't need them as they don't protect anything and justify their existence (and the money you wasted - sorry spent) by doing exactly what you're seeing.


Once you remove them things will improve quickly. Remember the only thing you need to protect your Mac is your own common sense. Everything else is already being protected by Apple as macOS has everything you need already built-in.

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