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Mac Defender victim

I have the Mac Defender virus, got it late last night on an image search. I trashed as much as I could, but unpleasant unwanted sites keeps popping up,on Firefox. HELP!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on May 3, 2011 9:10 AM

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MacJoseph

Level 3

598 points

Posted on May 3, 2011 12:36 PM

Too young

MacDefender is not a virus per say, there are no viruses for MacOSX. It is a type of malware. If MacDefender is running, and you wil probably see an icon for ir in your menubar. Try this go to your actiivity monitor and look for the MAcDefender process, double click on it and force quit the application. Go to your applications folder and drag MacDefender to the trash. Also go to system preferences, go to accounts, go to login items. If MacDefender is there highlight and click the minus sign to remove it. Then open finder and type in a serch for Macdefender remove anything related to MacDefender. You can also search Spotlight. Type MacDefender in the Spotlight search box. Remove anything wiht MacDefender. Then restart your computer and empty the trash. This should remove everything related to MacDefender. Hope this helps.

Joseph

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ayilatan

Level 1

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May 22, 2011 3:31 PM in response to tooyoungtoretire

wow, i got it on my mac few mins ago and almost bought it, after it was telling me that my laptop has some serious viruses!! scary! lol... but then i decided to goggle the 'MacDefender/Security/Protector' and got into this forum right away. thanks, guys! especially Joseph. i followed the steps and my mac is clean now :]

really appreciate your help!!!!!!!

nataliya

puva

Level 1

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May 24, 2011 7:06 PM in response to tooyoungtoretire

5/24/11, finally: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4650,

How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware

May 31, 2011 1:06 PM in response to MacJoseph

Joseph...

you legend! Just got the malware thing on my mac! Luckily I searched it in Google and found this discussion, everything that you said has worked so thanks...a lot!

Jun 19, 2011 12:42 PM in response to tooyoungtoretire

hey Joseph;do you know if Mac Scan Store +DNS changer /removal is part of their (MacDefender spam/scan?)..

Is that Glimmer blocker/clambake program fairly necessary? I have cookies+pop-ups blocked;but still get a few pop-ups;mostly on Yahoo +Juno.

thank you

Mac Defender victim