Q: Uninstall Offers4U
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May 28, 2014 8:54 AMby matthew132,its not the plugin i am guessing but the other crap that the cnet installer installed is activated by it. the new installer is kinda shady. i just redownloaded flip4mac and there were all sorts of options to install 3rd party software. you can opt out but i maybe i missed it when i downloaded.
i possibly could be wrong about this but so far, no pop ups. let see if it comes back
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May 28, 2014 10:31 AMby thomas_r.,Ahh, yes, if you downloaded it from Download.com, it's probably wrapped in an adware installer. Flip4mac itself isn't bad, but CNET is giving you a tainted copy. You should never download from Download.com or Softonic, both of which are known to inject adware into some of their downloads.
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Jun 16, 2014 7:48 PMby hacchuum,To uninstall Extensions from Safari follow these steps.
- At the top of the Safari window, click on the Safari button.
- Select Preferences... from the drop down list.
- Click on the Extensions tab.
- Choose the Searchme extension if you want to uninstall.
- Click the Uninstall button.
- Choose the Amazon Shopping Assistant extension if you want to uninstall.
- Click the Uninstall button.
- Choose the Ebay Shopping Assistant extension if you want to uninstall.
- Click the Uninstall button.
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Aug 22, 2014 12:17 AMby Electroceltess,Thanks, hacchuum! I only noticed the pesky Offers4U malware last night and already it was annoying me so much I HAD to get rid of it. I searched online but some of the suggestions were plain rubbish or assumed prior knowledge of technical jargon. So glad I found your instructions. I simply went to Safari - Preferences - Extensions, and there is was, plain as day. UNINSTALLED! Gone! Thank you!!!
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Aug 31, 2014 7:51 AMby ihatekenburns,Here is the page source for the adware in Safari 7.0.6 (I opened it in a 'new tab')
Hoping that this will help get to the root of this unwanted sh1t ... but I cannot see where it is launching from. Anyone with coding skills able to see anything here?
Thanks in advance.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="strip_10000.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<!--[if IE 8 ]>
<style type='text/css'>
#flach #dealplySuspend input[type="radio"] + label span {
display:none;
}
#flach #dealplySuspend input[type="radio"] {
display:inline-block;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body id="flach">
<img id="getDealImage" src=""></img>
<div id="transpDiv"></div>
<div id="" class="dealply_container" style="display: block;">
<div id="dealplyWidgetControlPanel"></div>
<div id="longerTitle">
<div id="longerTitleStrips"></div>
</div>
<img id="logoBnr" />
<div id="sideControlsWrap">
<div id="goto999"></div>
<div id="dealplyCloseAndOpenTray" class="sideControls">
<div id="dealplyCloseButton"></div>
</div>
<a id="dealplyFaqLink" target="_blank" class="sideControls">
<div id="dealplyFaqButton"></div>
</a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" id="dealplySettings" class="sideControls">
<div id="dealplySettingButton"></div>
</a>
</div>
<div class="powered_by">
<div class="powered_by_txt_wrap">
<a class="legalLink" onclick="openLegal('strip_legal');">Legal</a><span class="powered_by_sep"> ::</span> <span class="powered_by_txt"><a target="_blank"
class="powered_by_link"></a></span>
</div>
<div class="powered_by_trngl">
<div class="powered_by_trngl_in"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div id="dealplySuspend">
<div id="dealplySuspendsElementsWrapper">
<div id="dealplySuspandForTextPanel">
<span></span>
</div>
<form class="select" id="suspend">
<div>
<input type="radio" id="suspendOp1" name="suspendOp" value="86400000" /><label for="suspendOp1"><span></span></label>
</div>
<div>
<input type="radio" id="suspendOp2" name="suspendOp" value="604800000" checked /><label for="suspendOp2"><span></span></label>
</div>
<div>
<input type="radio" id="suspendOp3" name="suspendOp" value="31536000000" /><label for="suspendOp3"><span></span></label>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<div id="closeSuspendWidget">
<span>×</span>
</div>
<div id="dealplySuspendButton"></div>
<div id="dpSuspendUninstall"></div>
<div id="dpInfoButton"></div>
</div>
<div id="" class="offers_wrapper">
<ul class="offers_ul">
<div id="dpDealBoxTmplt" style="display: none;">
<div class="offer_block">
<a class="cliackableArea" target="_blank"></a>
<!-- NOTE: barrel.js is dependent on this class name -->
<a class="cliackableArea wider" target="_blank"></a>
<a class="dealDiscount" target="_blank"></a>
<a class="featuredBan" target="_blank">Featured</a>
<div class="leftDiv">
<a target="_blank" href=""> <img class="prod_image" src="" alt="" class="prod_image" /></a>
</div>
<img class="feedImage" src="/resources/eden/green/GetPriceLogo.png"></img>
<div class="rightDiv">
<div class="offerHead">
<a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" href=""> <a class="dealDiscount"></a>
<div class="priceBefore"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div class="price"></div>
<div class="payments"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div class="getDealText"></div>
</a>
</div>
<div class="prod_desc">
<a target="_blank" href=""> </a>
</div>
<a target="_blank" href="" width="50" height="20"> <img class="logo" /> <span class="retailerTitle"></span>
</a>
</div>
<a class="offerMoreData" target="_blank"></a>
<div class="sideBorder"></div>
</div>
<div class="offerBlockShadow"></div>
</div>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<img id="rmSecondImg" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px; left: -10000px; width: 1px; height: 1px" width="1" height="1" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="opDom.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/resources/eden/green/lib/dQuery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="JSONscript.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="interopInnerAjax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="edenPersistencyHttpCookiesScript.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="base64.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="edenCommonAjax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="skin.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="newUtils.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="skinedStrip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var isToUseLinkedTo = true;
var hasOverLink = true;
DealPlySkinCls.prototype.startDealply = function() {
switch (dpVariables.dealsJson.length){
case 1: dpVariables.dealsJson = [dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[0]]; break;
case 2: dpVariables.dealsJson = [dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[1], dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[1]]; break;
case 3: dpVariables.dealsJson = [dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[1], dpVariables.dealsJson[2], dpVariables.dealsJson[0]]; break;
default: dpVariables.dealsJson = [dpVariables.dealsJson[0], dpVariables.dealsJson[1], dpVariables.dealsJson[2], dpVariables.dealsJson[3]]; break;
}
this.initDefaultSkin();
var skinObj = this;
if(dpVariables.jsFile !== ''){
dpQuery.getScript("skins/js/"+dpVariables.jsFile+".js",function(data2, textStatus2, jqxhr2) {
func_1();
func_2();
func_3();
func_4();
dpQuery.getScript(dpVariables.Affiliate.legalFileName);
});
}else{
func_1();
func_2();
func_3();
func_4();
dpQuery.getScript(dpVariables.Affiliate.legalFileName);
}
};
var dealPlySkinObj = new DealPlySkinCls();
//dealPlyUtils.initMouseOver();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Jan 14, 2015 4:10 PMby LIPhotoman,AAARGH!!!! A few hours ago I started getting 2 popups on every page I went to in CHrome, found this thread, but there is no such Extension when I look in my Chrome extensions - only two there - FB Purity & A Roku extension. Also, didn't see anything like it in the Activity Monitor.
But the offers4u keeps on coming!
What happened?
How do I rid myself of it? That makes the MAc almost unusable!
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Jan 16, 2015 3:07 AMby Elimo,I am sorry to hear, but sadly I think I can't help you. I have no idea how I got my computer infected. I don't want to brag, but I have very good knowledge about my little computer thingy, but I still cannot figure out how the extension got installed.
One advice I can give is that the male-ware extension that I had was actually a bit polite. In a very small font below the commercial rubbish there was a text displaying the name of the source for this inconvenience.
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Jan 19, 2015 6:16 PMby roxcnally,Thank you for sharing! I was having the issue on Chrome but using BitDefender worked. After moving the detected files to the trash I had to go to finder and "secure empty trash" because the files wouldn't delete normally as it said they were in use. But everything seems to be functioning normally now! No more annoying pop-ups or tabs opening out of nowhere.
