Javier23gol

Q: What is Genieo and why did it appeared misteriosouly on my MacBook Pro?

Today I was using my MacBook and misteriosouly I saw something on my dock. There was an icon saying install Genieo. I ask my brother if he downloaded something and he told me that he haven't use my computer. Fortunetely I have a passcode so nobody can istall a program without the code.... I feel scared because this morning I saw a message on my Mac saying that somebody on my network was using my computer IP Adress. I deleted that installer but I feel scared for all the Mac users. Somebody please replie.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 10, 2012 6:19 PM

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Q: What is Genieo and why did it appeared misteriosouly on my MacBook Pro?

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  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Feb 18, 2014 2:08 PM in response to isaacbarrow1
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    Feb 18, 2014 2:08 PM in response to isaacbarrow1

    My opinion is that if you upgrade (for free) to OSX  Mavericks, then it can't affect you!

     

    That's not correct. The version of Genieo you had was so old that it was not compatible with Mavericks, which probably means it's been installed on your machine for quite some time. There are many, many variants of Genieo that will work just fine in Mavericks. For that matter, some components of the variant of Genieo you had may not have been incompatible, and may still be doing their thing in the background.

     

    See the removal instructions here:

     

    http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/

  • by dadsnomad,

    dadsnomad dadsnomad Feb 18, 2014 2:42 PM in response to thomas_r.
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    Feb 18, 2014 2:42 PM in response to thomas_r.

    Can we get a post or a re-post of the the best way to get rid of Genieo from a Mac since just deleting Genieo in the Application Folder (which I did by Applications>Utilities>Activiy Monitor >(stop Genieo and then delete it in the Applications Folder) is insufficient?

  • by andyBall_uk,

    andyBall_uk andyBall_uk Feb 18, 2014 2:45 PM in response to dadsnomad
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    Feb 18, 2014 2:45 PM in response to dadsnomad
  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Feb 18, 2014 3:49 PM in response to dadsnomad
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    Feb 18, 2014 3:49 PM in response to dadsnomad

    Can we get a post or a re-post of the the best way to get rid of Genieo from a Mac

     

    I'm not sure I understand this request, since you have posted it as a response to a post in which I provided a link to removal instructions. Is your question in regard to those instructions, or something else?

  • by Rose G,

    Rose G Rose G Feb 21, 2014 7:09 PM in response to Javier23gol
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    Feb 21, 2014 7:09 PM in response to Javier23gol

    I have been doing some research on sites created using Muse. While doing this search I came across many websites that offered free fonts, website templates, brushes, etc and all of them had the Genieo link and huge "download" button. Before going forward I did a search on Genieo and ended up here. Glad that I searched and found that it's a scam. Wish there was a way to warn others. Or, Apple set up a way to not download anything from that site.

  • by Corin See,

    Corin See Corin See Feb 27, 2014 1:36 PM in response to Rose G
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    Feb 27, 2014 1:36 PM in response to Rose G

    Yes I just had a client install this because it was offered with a huge green download button in an ad directly below the legit small blue download link. It was annoying to remove (terminal was smoothest method for me, followng the instructions at http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/).

     

    The ad on this particular site was served by Google Adwords. I don't know if there's a way to get Google to block or at least complain about this adware advertiser.

  • by patrice1212,

    patrice1212 patrice1212 Feb 28, 2014 12:19 PM in response to Javier23gol
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    Feb 28, 2014 12:19 PM in response to Javier23gol

    the only thing you need to do is go in to advanced settings and delite everything

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 28, 2014 12:45 PM in response to patrice1212
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    Feb 28, 2014 12:45 PM in response to patrice1212

    Why delite them?

  • by thomas_r.,

    thomas_r. thomas_r. Feb 28, 2014 12:45 PM in response to patrice1212
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    Feb 28, 2014 12:45 PM in response to patrice1212

    patrice1212 wrote:

     

    the only thing you need to do is go in to advanced settings and delite everything

     

    Removing Genieo has absolutely nothing to do with the Advanced settings pane in Safari.

  • by dyen12,

    dyen12 dyen12 Mar 20, 2014 1:05 AM in response to Javier23gol
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    Mar 20, 2014 1:05 AM in response to Javier23gol

    We got this deceptive annoying item also.  It was hacked into our computer and we feel this was done by my child playing Mine Craft.

     

    I have done a lot of reading and found that a lot of people tell you NOT to use the "remove genieo app" as this only hides it on your computer.

     

    I reset my computer by returning it to its factory settings.  It was fully removed, after we checked we re downloaded mind craft and it reappeared.

     

     

    I have also found that the people who obviously made this annoying application go on these help questions and make people think that it's safe and it is not!

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Mar 20, 2014 1:31 AM in response to dyen12
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    Mar 20, 2014 1:31 AM in response to dyen12

    dyen12 wrote:

     

    We got this deceptive annoying item also.  It was hacked into our computer and we feel this was done by my child playing Mine Craft.

    Anything is possible, but the only proven way to get it is by using an installer that clearly says "GenieoInstaller" or is included with an installer for some other product. Softonic is probably the primary source of such combined installers, so I just downloaded their Installer for MineCraft 1.7.5 and found that it will install Genieo. In any case it clearly displays a dialog requiring user approval to install Genieo. Many users overlook this dialog, thinking it's just part of whatever it is they intended to install, but we have not run across any that do not have this warning. If you find any other source for this please let us know where you obtained it from or make it available by other means so that others can be informed.

     

    Also note that this conversation was started sixteen months ago and many things have changed since then, so it would be best to ignore what you have read here. For up-to-date information see thomas_r.'s Adware Removal Guide : Genieo or Linc Davis' update instructions here.

  • by Corin See,

    Corin See Corin See Mar 20, 2014 1:35 AM in response to MadMacs0
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    Mar 20, 2014 1:35 AM in response to MadMacs0

    Note that you can also be tricked into downloading it by clicking on "download" buttons in banner ads that appear just above, below, or otherwise near the legit download link on some software sites. Really the software hosting site should BAN deceptive appearing advertisements, but I'm sure these adware companies buy lots of banner ad space.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 20, 2014 3:31 AM in response to Corin See
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    Mar 20, 2014 3:31 AM in response to Corin See

    Corin See wrote:

     

    Note that you can also be tricked into downloading it by clicking on "download" buttons in banner ads that appear just above, below, or otherwise near the legit download link on some software sites.

     

    Please provide a link to one of these sites, thank you.

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Mar 20, 2014 10:17 AM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 20, 2014 10:17 AM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    Please provide a link to one of these sites, thank you.

    You can see them on Macworld, for instance, but note that you will need to disable any adware blocking extensions you use and the ads rotate, so you will need to keep reloading the page in order to see this:

    Screen Shot 2014-03-20 at 10.08.48 AM.png

    Note carefully that it says on the left:

    Version: Latest

    OS: Mac OSX

    Price: Free

     

    But leaves it to your imagination as to what it is you are downloading for free. Is it DiskWarrior? Is it OS X?

     

    If you read the fine print to the right it tells you:

    This advertisement will lead you

    to our website where you can

    download Genieo

     

    Clicking the big green button take you to

    Screen Shot 2014-03-20 at 10.15.51 AM.png

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 21, 2014 4:22 AM in response to MadMacs0
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    Mar 21, 2014 4:22 AM in response to MadMacs0

    Thanks.

     

    I see that it could mislead some visitiors. All the more reason to stay away from it.

     

    Download from vendor sites, not Macworld, or CNET, Softonic etc.

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