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onclickads - malware or virus?

As of this morning, when I click on a link within a page, a new page opens to onclickads and then reloads with some advertisement.


I've searched all of the usual folders in my Library, cleared caches etc, but cannot find out how to get rid of it. Norton found nothing.


I've not visited any unreputable sites and the only thing I can think of that I recently installed was a Flash update - though I can't vouch now for its authenticity.


I'm worried about it spreading to my other devices so I've turned off Safari in iCloud, hoping it's not already too late.


How do I get rid of this pest?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 28, 2014 7:45 AM

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May 4, 2014 10:30 AM in response to n8huntsman

Hello everyone, apparantly, this issue is caused by a worm that affects Linksys routers.


The worm is called TheMoon. It bypasses router usernames and passwords and changes the DNS settings to:

199.182.166.168

199.182.166.169

In order to redirect browser clicks to ads. It infects Linksys routers that have "enable remote admin" turned on. The way to get rid of it is to reset your router to factory and ensure that remote admin is disabled.


I suspect the fake Flash download is a way for the worm to get onto the router. So JIC, uninstalling flash and re-downloading is likely a good idea as well...

Apr 24, 2016 9:30 PM in response to Allan Jones

I was recently looking for a movie online and I got into a website that supposedly stream it. Since I have my adblocker on, there was a message that says the video wont play without disabling it first. Being the dummy that I am, I disabled my adblocker for that site and the chaos started. Suddenly my screen went all white and the esc button wasn't functioning. I used my 3 fingers to swipe over the screen and luckily it worked. However, whenever I open my safari, the all white background returns again. I pressed the shift button when trying to open the safari (to avoid automatically reopening prior task), and somehow the "virus" seemed to be gone now. I tried looking for any malware using the procedures on the other discussions and removed those that ends with .helper.plst under the LaunchAgent file.

tl;dr

I dont know if there are still something left, so could anyone please check it for me? Here's the result of my etrecheck. Thank you so much!!!

EtreCheck version: 2.9.11 (264)

Report generated 2016-04-25 00:02:30

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Runtime 3:13

Performance: Good


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Problem: No problem - just checking


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

4 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 548


Video Information:

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800


System Software:

OS X Yosemite 10.10 (14A389) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information:

APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Media (disk0s4) /Volumes/Media : 160.00 GB (152.46 GB free)

Macintosh HD 2 (disk0s5) /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2 : 114.62 GB (114.40 GB free)

Macintosh HD 3 (disk0s6) /Volumes/Macintosh HD 3 : 114.22 GB (16.80 GB free)

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 109.63 GB (34.57 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 110.00 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8 disk2 : (196.8 MB) ()


USB Information:

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store


Kernel Extensions:

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.18 - SDK 10.6 - 2016-03-22) [Support]


/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.18 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-01-27) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.18 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-01-27) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.18 - SDK 10.5 - 2014-01-27) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.18 - SDK 10.6 - 2014-01-27) [Support]


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks

[loaded] 142 Apple tasks

[running] 56 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 45 Apple tasks

[loaded] 137 Apple tasks

[running] 80 Apple tasks


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist (2012-08-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-04-05) [Support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist (2016-04-11) [Support]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-09-20) [Support]


User Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist

[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist (2014-08-13) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-04-24) [Support]


User Login Items:

iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

Android File Transfer Agent Application (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

Spotify Application Hidden (/Applications/Spotify.app)


Other Apps:

[running] com.google.Chrome.5996

[running] com.google.android.mtpagent.98864

[running] com.spotify.client.49448

[loaded] 357 Apple tasks

[running] 163 Apple tasks


Internet Plug-ins:

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.213 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-08) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2014-11-06)

Flash Player: 21.0.0.213 - SDK 10.6 (2016-04-08) Outdated! Update

EPPEX Plugin: 4.1.0.0 (2011-07-26) [Support]

Default Browser: 600 - SDK 10.10 (2014-11-06)

SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.3.4 - SDK 10.6 (2013-05-19) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 (2014-05-20) [Support]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 65 build 17 (2015-11-09) Check version


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (2016-04-05) [Support]

Java (2015-11-09) [Support]


Time Machine:

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 109.63 GB Disk used: 75.06 GB

Destinations:

Macintosh HD 3 [Local]

Total size: 114.22 GB

Total number of backups: 60

Oldest backup: 7/1/15, 4:44 PM

Last backup: 4/24/16, 6:40 PM

Size of backup disk: Too small

Backup size 114.22 GB < (Disk used 75.06 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU:

5% mdworker(9)

3% kernel_task

3% Google Chrome

2% Google Chrome Helper(6)

2% fontd


Top Processes by Memory:

766 MB Google Chrome Helper(6)

447 MB kernel_task

209 MB Google Chrome

147 MB mdworker(9)

119 MB imagent


Virtual Memory Information:

320 MB Free RAM

3.69 GB Used RAM (1.02 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information:

Apr 24, 2016, 11:19:51 PM Self test - passed

Apr 24, 2016, 07:05:27 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/storedownloadd_2016-04-24-190527_[redacted].cpu _resource.diag [Details]

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/st oredownloadd

Apr 23, 2016, 11:14:57 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VTDecoderXPCService_2016-04-23-231457_[redacte d].crash

/System/Library/Frameworks/VideoToolbox.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/VTDeco derXPCService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/VTDecoderXPCService

onclickads - malware or virus?

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