Level 1

4 points

Anybody have a possible virus due to MPlayer X?

I downloaded something called MPlayer X that was supposed to help me gain access to the game Pinkadelic Pursuit (Pink Panther game for my son (-; ). Now it keeps popping up, even though it's in the trash (and, of course, it didn't help me view the game /-: ).

Has anybody else experienced this problem? If not, does anyone know how to check to see if you have a virus (then how do you go about removing it)?

Thanks for any help! I know that I was an idiot to download it (what you won't do for your kids (-; ) !

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 23, 2014 6:16 PM

30 replies

opcg

Level 1

14 points

Sep 13, 2014 9:36 PM in response to miliaz

Hi all,

My Mac was affected by this malware too when I inadvertently clicked on a fake link to download MPlayer X while looking for videos! Before finding this post, I've tried eliminate the malware by using Sophos (http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118117.aspx). On one hand, it has detected part of the daemons and launches mentioned in the link posted by sammajane - which I could check after reading it - and I could deleted them. On the other hand, the frameworks weren't captured by Sophos. Although all the threats were supposedly detected and eliminated, the unwanted ads and pop-ups messing up Safari's pages still stayed there. So, fortunately, with the complete list in that post I could remove the other "thieves". Now everything is working fine again.

Long life to the community!

Thank you !

Sep 16, 2014 5:48 AM in response to opcg

I too inherited this problem using Firefox on my Mac. The Safe Mac instructions worked however I can not remove the icon and the app from my laundpad. It does not show up in my applications or any of my library files. Can any one provide insight as to how to remove this?

Thank you!

cthomasv

Level 1

8 points

Sep 17, 2014 3:52 PM in response to miliaz

This information was VERY helpful! Thank you for posting a solution.

Oct 17, 2014 2:02 PM in response to miliaz

Thank you guys sooooo much!!!! I was sweating to death freaking out.

megt8992

Level 1

0 points

Oct 20, 2014 3:51 PM in response to miliaz

I THINK THIS JUST FIXED IT! You are a late saver, seriously. I have never had a virus on my apple products and I just wanted to cry when things wouldn't stop popping up. Thank you so much!

Carz930

Level 1

0 points

Oct 23, 2014 6:02 AM in response to miliaz

Thanks God!! i have the same problem too as i just want to watch Live video by clicking the link provided to watch in HD format. The ads was killing me which keep pop up whatever i click on any word or page.

This link really help me to solve the problem now!!! No ads on Apple page or in Youtube now~~ Thank you so much!

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

Dec 17, 2014 6:48 AM in response to miliaz

I just used this today and I'm thrilled that months later this still works. Thank you so much for sharing!

Dec 29, 2014 5:58 PM in response to miliaz

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO 😟 im so annoyed cus i just got this laptop for xmas and the first thing i do is that download MPlayer x and somehow i managed to empty it out of my trash can but i still get pops and all that. and i called the apple store and did the who like file folder thing and none of them matched which i didnt understand what was happening. but im so annoyed with these pop ups.

Allan Jones

Level 9

77,972 points

Dec 29, 2014 6:40 PM in response to homegirlvalentina

homegirlvalentina

The third post in this thread has the answer you need. Use the paging arrows at the bottom right of this web page to go to the first page of posts.

Dec 29, 2014 6:41 PM in response to Allan Jones

yeah i clicked on that and didnt understand how to do that.

Dec 29, 2014 6:43 PM in response to Allan Jones

i use chrome not safari, i was able to press the block pop ups always option and i didnt even check to see if they stopped on safari but it didnt stop on chrome like i just got a new opened window with a clean my mac pop up ad thing

thomas_r.

Level 7

32,031 points

Dec 30, 2014 5:31 AM in response to homegirlvalentina

Try my AdwareMedic app, if manual removal is not something you're comfortable with:

http://www.adwaremedic.com

(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)

g bruce

Level 1

4 points

May 29, 2015 5:27 AM in response to miliaz

I was opening a MP4 file it recommended opening with mplayx and using MacKeeper and these did a whole bunch of weird things. I have and these did a whole bunch of weird things. I have Apple care and they walked me through the process of deleting and changes that were required to remove it.

Jun 25, 2015 2:39 PM in response to miliaz

OK so what I did was move the MPlayerX into my trash can, opened the trash folder, looked at the left toolbar and selected the MPlayerX launcher. After doing so you can eject the player and remove the MPlayerX from your trash

Nov 2, 2015 9:25 AM in response to miliaz

CBS All Access has this, and a fake "Adobe Flash Update" pop-up as well! 😠 The Flash update's fake because the first time I saw the pop-up there, I went straight to Adobe's site and downloaded the update from them, which is what you're supposed to do - and I kept getting it anyway.

I tried writing CBS to let them know they were pushing malware with their ad network - and never got an answer back, and no change to the constant "Download this NOW!" So - no more CBS All Access.

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Anybody have a possible virus due to MPlayer X?