nation advanced search on my IMac, which I think is a spyware. When I want wo go to google chrome it redirects me to this ominous nation search engeen. Has anybody got some information about it and how I can get rid of

I just caught a thing called nation advanced search on my iMac computer, which I think is a spyware. When I want wo go to google chrome it redirects me to this ominous nation search engeen. Has anybody got some information about it and how I can get rid of it? What does can it do to my data and is it really a spyware? I just found information in youtube, that it is a spyware, and that it has to be removed, but the information they give for the removal is just working for PCs not for Macs.

Please help!

iMac

Posted on Jul 10, 2013 3:49 AM

18 replies

thomas_r.

Level 7

32,031 points

Sep 9, 2013 10:11 AM in response to VK6XZ-1

Nation is just another variant of the ChatZum adware that some anti-virus programs are now recognizing as malware. (In Linc's defense, he was probably unaware that there was a connection there at the time he posted.)

Using the uninstaller is, indeed, insufficient. It leaves some components behind. You can see documentation of this here:

http://www.thesafemac.com/tag/chatzum/

Apr 7, 2014 11:13 PM in response to zweifler

non of this is working for me. I really hate nation search, is there ANY other way to destroy it??? Its really ******* me off!

thomas_r.

Level 7

32,031 points

Apr 8, 2014 3:10 AM in response to JojoAna2614

See the ChatZum removal instructions here:

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

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nation advanced search on my IMac, which I think is a spyware. When I want wo go to google chrome it redirects me to this ominous nation search engeen. Has anybody got some information about it and how I can get rid of