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Hi, I accidentally installed mplayerx on my macbook, and even after uninstalling it, Google chrome now bugs and uses Bing...

... as well as Safari. I even uninstalled Chrome and installed it back, it doesn't change anything. What should I do ?

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Posted on May 6, 2014 8:44 PM

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May 6, 2014 9:43 PM in response to Apple955

MPlayerX is available from the App Store and should not be a malware issue but just in case > The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide


Reinstalling OS X does not erase the disk and remove malware. Only reformatting can do that.


Where did you download MPlayerX from?



And make sure GateKeeper is enabled.


Open System Preferences > Security & Privacy then select the General tab.

Select: Mac App Store and identified developers

If that area is grayed out, click the padlock icon to make changes. You may be prompted for your admin password before proceeding.

OS X: About Gatekeeper



Found this > http://gigaom.com/2012/08/19/mplayerx-sandboxing-app-store/

May 6, 2014 10:05 PM in response to Apple955

Apple955 wrote:


I don't have the exact website but from a downloading website, for streaming

That was almost certainly not a real streaming site, either. They set those up just so you will download some unnecessary or probably malicious software installer. If it offered to give you free movies, videos, sporting events, etc. then it wasn't what it seemed.

May 6, 2014 10:09 PM in response to Apple955

Apple955 wrote:


No! It said that some of the removals needed the computer to be restarted. I could run it again though and see!

OK, there are three different restart messages and two of them require a re-run. If you are sure it didn't say that then there is no need to re-run it.


Also, you didn't really install it, so if you ever have the problem again you will need to run it again as it does not protect you from re-infection.


I need to check on your Chrome issue and I'll get back to you.

Hi, I accidentally installed mplayerx on my macbook, and even after uninstalling it, Google chrome now bugs and uses Bing...

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