I keep getting mackeeper popups and I have tried blocking popups and clearing cookies. How do I stop it or get rid of it?
How do i stop mackeeper pop ups from happening?
How do i stop mackeeper pop ups from happening?
Here is one of many user tips on the forum dealing with MacKeeper. The bottom line is that you should immediately and thoroughly remove MacKeeper from your system.
You probably will not rid yourself of all of them but try this. It may help with some of them:
http://www.thesafemac.com/art/
Ciao.
You may have installed the "DownLite" trojan, perhaps under a different name. Remove it as follows.
Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "VSearch" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/Jack.plist
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/Jack
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that the DownLite developer has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing, has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight is inexcusable and has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Thank you. That took care of the problem.
Thank you....I did not even realized I clicked on this, clearly had no intention. Your instructions were very helpful. Thanks for taking time to post for the not so techies!!!
Thank you Linc!!! This saved me.
Hi,
I am having the above issue. I have tried your instructions but my MacBook wasn't able to find any of the files you say to delete.
Have you got any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Guys
I had this problem for few months now I have tried everything desperatly...Until I was advised to install Glimmerblocker....I installed it and cleaned up History and cookies....so far it seems to work...I didn't even have to turn off Pop ups under preferences.
Give it a try it s free
I keep getting mackeeper popups and I have tried blocking popups and clearing cookies. How do I stop it or get rid of it?