My Mac has a Virus!

I have the same problem.Above links did not work for me to. Your wireless router might be infected (compromised). Number of LinkSys routers has been infected. After I reset my router to original state I did not have any more problems . Your Static DNS 1,2 and 3 should be empty

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Firefox seems to be doing okay, but whenever I open Safari and Chrome they always end up opening up a separate tab, and they are sites like mackeeper, or some other annoying pop-up scam. I've tried uninstalling chrome, resetting it, and clearing all the browser history. While with Safari I tried to follow the instructions on the apple support site, of locating the activity monitor, quitting the activity, but I can't find anything that says "mackeeper" or any sort of variation of that. I don't want to just go download something and make it worse, so I'm wondering what I can do to get rid of the adware, malware, whatever it is. Thanks!

dixiedog7781 wrote:

I don't want to just go download something and make it worse, so I'm wondering what I can do to get rid of the adware, malware, whatever it is. Thanks!

That's a wise precaution to take. You can try the manual removal instructions in my Adware Removal Guide. That does not require downloading anything, although the instructions for some adware may be difficult to follow. If you find that you have Genieo installed, in particular, I strongly recommend using my AdwareMedic app instead, since Genieo removal gone wrong has the potential to make your computer crash and become unable to start up again.

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TOday I just download Avast and scan virus or scan some infection. It's clean all infection. My safari is better, no have ads or malware.

I am having the same problem but the Safari Reset button isn't appearing?

Look under the Safari menu.

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very happy to see you reply, will you please tell me how to reset safari. ther is website called mac keeper hacked my browser. also, my right click of mouse is not working.

hey I saw many of your posts b4 and all good advice. I seem to have contacted a virus or a very determined h@ck root acess has been achieved. I've done a laundry list to block. It to the point where I can't be on my MacBook pro for long until it crashes or overheats. Blocked remote, sharing, firewall etc but no joy. Seems to be coming from my LAN. Running some commands in sing use mde I saw what other other root files or funct were being ran. It's to the point where I cant delete it perm off HD even with partition secure erase,Random,zero, or del of core storage. There always 3 files and 2 folders after or the other way around. Also chroot reviels my old /. Witch I cannot delete without sys crash even from bootable drive USB. Seems when I plug in the drive it merges to the USB perm. Same story with the USB stick now. I found /dev/fd0 which is a flopy drive but I seem to have 5 or 6 that can't be deleted. Aka /dev/fd1,2,3,4,5...also corestorage remote services have been modified and cannot be repaired. Which I've deleted with no success. Upon install form recovery install logs show many errors like nsurlcache been modified unvalidated. Uknown ser from opendirectory or ??? Is always the cause of error or sening unvaladed intall requests. Any help would be appreciated. I'm the one usually just reading these posts so this is my first. I'm runnin outa options

Hi, There is no such thing as a virus on a mac. There may be an application or a chrome extension showing ads. What was the last application you installed before that? That may have it. It should stop that. Adware is close to a virus. Find an application to remove it. Thanks🙂.

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