Unwanted mysterious popup blocker

From the Safari menu bar, select

Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions

Turn all extensions OFF and test. If the problem is resolved, turn extensions back ON and then disable them one or a few at a time until you find the culprit.

I'm getting continuous popups and I cannot launch links within a gmail email message. I did what you suggested, and it did not work for me. I don't knownwhatnelse to try. There are no extwnsions listed.

This may be a malware issue ...

Try here ...

The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide

And here ...

The Safe Mac » Mac Malware Guide

I tried this but does not work i keep getting message

I also checked Gmail but can't find anything that causes this

As of today (28th) I have the same problem. Gmail works perfectly on Chrome but not in Safari. I have two gmail accounts and both are effected. I can not open any links and can no print anything.

I have tried resetting safari but this has not helped

After investigating the problem for most of the day, and some help from someone in another forum, I figured out that the problem was due to some malware that was installed on my Mac when I installed something else. I removed it and now everything works fine.

The website that I actually used to help me figure out whether there was any malware on my computer is http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg/

Specifically, I used this page (http://www.reedcorner.net/arg/) to track down the adware that was on my machine and then followed the instructions to remove it.

Hope this helps

Hey, wenkuo

Are you still with us? Have any of these replies helped you find your solution?

I couldn't use my Safari or Google Chrome without all of these ads popping up. It also infected my Gmail accounts. I couldn't open up any links within my emails in Gmail. I searched all over until I found your post today about this site: http://www.reedcorner.net/arg/ . Wonderful information and excellent adware removal tool! Thank you so much! You saved my Mac!

Thank you Anthony for the link you posted for Adware Removal Tool.I done the same as you, I did a video update and a malware was attached I been working on this issue for 2 days and worried sick about it. Used Adware Removal Tool and issue was fix in seconds.

Thanks Again

Willy

Thanks Carolyn and Anthony. This link will take you right to the download page: http://www.thesafemac.com/art/. But following your posts helped me get to the right page and it worked like a charm. Thanks Again!

THANK YOU.. THANK YOU!

Finally! found a solution for this problem.

Yes, just download the application here and it'll do the rest. easy peazy!

(http://www.reedcorner.net/art/)

Thanks for this Anthony, so easy to resolve the issue after pulling my hear out for the last two days 🙂

Thank you!!! After checking to be sure this was considered a safe download, I used it and problem solved!!

I had the same problem after stupidly installing MXPlayer. Besides not being able to open the websites and getting the message, I was also plagued with the unwanted ads for mac cleaner or something to that effect and others. I didn't know which apps were safe to download and didn't want to risk more problems.

I found a website that showed how to remove the offending/infecting files and paths (myself) that contain: vSearchProtect

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This site has the list of unwanted files. Once removed, restart and empty trash. No more problems!

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