How can I remove lps.adwingate.com pop-up ads Virus from my Mac?

I had exactly the same problem. The instructions above (in the first post) have solved my problem.

Thanks!!

LInc, thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!! Your easy to follow instructions solved my adware issue. Plus now I know how I got infected in the first place. I'll never do that again. If you don't mind, from this point forward I will refer to you as St. Linc!! ~Jim

Almost 3 months since this posted but it still helped. Thank you!

This worked for me too. Thanks so much !

Thank you. was easy to use and solved the problem in a sec

PLEASE NOTE....

I WAS HAVING THE VERY SAME ANNOYING PROBLEM on SEPT112014 as listed below AND TOOK A LOOK HERE FOR SOME SUGGESTIONS, its quite tricky as there doesn't actually appear to be a name for it , just only symptoms. Which were annoying 'random' pages that popped up every time you searched at google or when you were opening a further page on the correct chosen site. The sites you are often dragged to are betting sites or just annoying 3rd party sites, usually totally unrelated to what you have typed into your Google search.

I READ THROUGH ALL THE SUGGESTIONS HERE BUT THIS ONE SEEMED MOST SIMILAR, I FOLLOWED THE LINK BELOW....IT WAS ALL VERY EASY TO FOLLOW (FOLLOW EXACTLY) AND WORKED FOR ME.... THANK YOU thomas_r PROBLEM SOLVED.

thomas_r.Apr 17, 2014 12:18 PM Re: How can I remove lps.adwingate.com pop-up ads Virus from my Mac?
Re: How can I remove lps.adwingate.com pop-up ads Virus from my Mac?in response to mvcbc

You are infected with the VSearch, aka DownLite, adware. Removal instructions are here:

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

Note that Dr. Web has not located all the components of this adware, according to your screenshot above.

(Fair disclosure: The Safe Mac is my site, and contains a Donate button, so I may receive COMPENSATION for providing links to The Safe Mac. Donations are not required.)

Awesome. Worked a treat. Thanks! It was simple. D 🙂

AdwareMedic just saved my *** - thanks a mill!! Rocking.

Thanks Thomas R! Your Adware Removal guide really helped!!!

Worked for me. It was a little complicated at first but once I systematically followed the steps and once I got the first one the rest was easy.

Thanks so much my Mac is back to running fast and smoothly without those annoying popups

I'm try to clear my trash can and it say i have WebSocketServerApp still in use. I can find this app to close it. Could you help? the file kind is Unix Executable File

StephensGirl wrote:

I'm try to clear my trash can and it say i have WebSocketServerApp still in use. I can find this app to close it. Could you help? the file kind is Unix Executable File

How did that file get there? Were you following my manual removal instructions for removing Downlite (aka VSearch)?

What is in your trash? Open the Terminal (found in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder) and paste in the following command:

ls -al ~/.Trash

Then, still in the Terminal, choose Edit -> Select All, then Edit -> Copy and then paste that into a new message here.

here you go.

I used the Adware Medic and it found a lot. I was emptying out the Trash and this is the only "file" that will not delete

ls -al ~/.TrashLast login: Wed Dec 10 13:37:58 on ttys000

Stephen-Lewiss-MacBook-Pro:~ stephenlewis$ ls -al ~/.Trash

total 416

drwx------ 3 stephenlewis staff 102 10 Dec 13:40 .

drwxr-xr-x+ 43 stephenlewis staff 1462 10 Dec 11:23 ..

-rwxr-xr-x 1 stephenlewis staff 212800 3 Dec 06:05 WebSocketServerApp

Stephen-Lewiss-MacBook-Pro:~ stephenlewis$

That is not something that AdwareMedic put there. Everything that AdwareMedic removes gets put into a folder in the trash called "AdwareMedic Removals". I don't know how it got there, or what that is.

That executable file is still running, which is why you can't empty the trash. Restart your computer and that should take care of that problem, allowing you to empty the trash.

ok will do.Thank you!