Hi, Lately, when I start up my machine and get onto wifi, i get a pop add from zipcloud asking me to sign up for a free acount. this only happend a few weeks ago, and doesnt depond on which wifi or internet carrier. how do i get rid of that?
Mac OS X (10.7.5)
I had the same problem. I renamed Zip Cloud app to "~ZipCloud". The app is still there, however, it does not pop up each time I power up. The app is still there if I ever want it. Hopefully there is no adverse effect to doing this. At least none I've seen so far.
Quit Safari.
Hold the shift key down and relaunch Safari.
Reset Safari.
Click Safari in the menu bar.
From the drop down select "Reset Safari".
Uncheck the boxes besid all items.
Just check ony the box beside 'Remove all website data".
Click "Reset".
Empty Caches
Safari > Preference > Advanced
Checkmark the box for "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.
Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.
Turn off Extensions if any, and launch Safari.
Safari > Preferences > Extensions
Please do let me know if you got rid of it? I delete into trash, switch off and it just pops back into my applications folder.
Sorry, didn't work for me. Zipcloud and MacKeeper keep showing up.
&*$#(* Getting rather frustrated.
I believe I got this Zip Cloud crap on my computer from one or two programs. DivX / OR DropBox which I also deleted off my machine for also changing up image sync-ing settings between my iPhone / Mac.
Search for "ZipCloud" in finder in "This Mac". When you find it, drag it to the trash and empty the trash.
P.S. It is a nuisance that comes with a DivX update but needs to be deleted/ uninstalled separately.
The regular finder will not find it. Use EasyFind , it will find it in the plist section and LaunchAgents. EasyFind ignores Apples hidden file protocol and searches everywhere
I also recommend the AdwareMedic app. It cleans out things like MacKeeper.
Can we perhaps get an actual answer to this issue? "tech_genie" is completely incorrect: the question is about a popup that has dug itself into the registry, not a program that's installed in Finder.
Don't reply, tech_genie. Really. Misleading replies are much worse than silence. It's a popup. Finder isn't going to find it.
In my case, ZipCloud was unintentionally installed with a DivX update that came with a default checkbox — typical in the pushy strategy that DivX has.
So, I had to go to the Applications folder and delete the ZipCloud app. With AppCleaner smartdelete on, after I deleted the app six other files were deleted from my system too, related to ZipCloud.
Actually I also had to tweet several times @DIVXLLC so they would tell me how to prevent the update notification from appearing in the screen all the time, which wasn't as easy as navigating their preferences, I had to open the preferences app in a DivX folder.
Yes, very pushy these guys. In this world we still have companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Viggle, Perk, DivX, etc., that want you to do what they want...
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