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chickashnaz Author

Level 1

36 points

ANNOYING MACKEEPER TABS AND POPUP ADS

Hi there,

I bought a new macbook air 2 weeks ago, all has been well and good (new to mac products, always for android, still am).

Safari has also been good, as well as chrome, but as of recently, this whole "MacKeeper", "Zeobit.com" **** is completely taking over my search engines etc, problems including:

- Clean up mac ads everywhere, as well as the typical "Get a new iPhone 5' rubbish

- When clicking on links, my top sites tab shows up as well as the typical "MacKeeper" download page in another. I can only open links by pressing command to open in new tabs, however my top sites tab opens as well as the Mackeeper download page, along with it's fling annoying ads

- Ads as well before relevant google search links, like "Pages related to...." With zeobit.com on every inch of my ******* screen

Note that:

- I HAVE NOT downloaded anything to do with mackeeper, so uninstalling programs etc is unnecessary information - purely mackeeper tab and popup annoyances

- I have TRIED to 'restart' safari and remove cache, nothing works

- I have done the whole system preferences, privacy, remove all website data (which this zeobit.com **** is listed), and I remove zeobit.com but it just goes back on the list when I go through this process again

- Yes I have 'block popup ads' ticked

Can someone give me a solution to removing these popups with anything to do with zeobit.com and fling mackeeper which doesn't require me to read a long page of information? I'm about to smash my screen in here.

Posted on Jul 10, 2014 4:48 AM

341 replies

Sep 22, 2014 2:47 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you!!! This worked perfectly. BIG thank youuuuuu 😉 I too created an account just to thank you. You're amazing.

av8chuck

Level 1

20 points

Sep 22, 2014 4:56 AM in response to Linc Davis

I too have to add my name to the growing list of people who you've helped and appreciate it greatly.

Not to seem ungrateful but any idea how to get rid of BING which is taking over my search function from my default choice of Google?

Thanks so much for your help.

~chuck

Sep 22, 2014 8:42 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you so much! you are the men

iMac_Mom

Level 1

0 points

Sep 25, 2014 8:31 AM in response to Linc Davis

@Linc - THANK YOU!!! 🙂 This is exactly what I needed to solve this uber annoying problem. I just did the clean up today (9/25/14) and it worked like a charm. Thanks also for making it so incredibly easy to do... wow - can't say enough good things about what you did here. Great work!

@chickashnaz - Thank you for asking the question!! Look how many people benefited from it!!!

Cheers!!

Oct 1, 2014 10:09 PM in response to Linc Davis

YOU ARE MY HERO, DEAR LINC DAVIS!

October 2nd 2014 and it worked PERFECTLY.

You saved me & my family members in Europe.

Thank YOU!

Oct 3, 2014 4:11 PM in response to chickashnaz

Steps worked for me on Oct. 3 2014 - A Big Thanks to Linc Davis!

Oct 8, 2014 6:32 AM in response to Linc Davis

THANK YOU LINC DAVIS!!! U ARE A MACBOOK GOD!!!

Oct 8, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Linc Davis

This solved my problem, used it on Oct 7, 2014. Thanks!

iJoni

Level 1

11 points

Oct 8, 2014 10:09 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you! It worked for me, I am on OS X Yosemite 10.10. This has been annoying me for months too.

DCView

Level 1

4 points

Oct 10, 2014 10:17 AM in response to Linc Davis

You're a f**n genius. Don't know how you figured this out, but count me in as a fan. Thanks!

NAP64

Level 1

0 points

Oct 11, 2014 3:38 AM in response to Linc Davis

worked perfectly this morning 11 october, thanks you so much for this Linc

JJ740

Level 1

0 points

Oct 11, 2014 10:13 AM in response to Linc Davis

Linc Davis, you are the MAN! whew i was nervous but seemed to work. 😀

I THREE created an account to thank you as well!

sam365

Level 1

1 points

Oct 12, 2014 2:43 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you so much for your advice. It worked a treat on 12 October 2014.

Is it normal to get a Slow Mac? advertisement on the same page when I open the google search page? I still seem to be getting this. Thanks in advance for your reply.

brownize

Level 1

8 points

Oct 13, 2014 1:54 PM in response to Linc Davis

Boy do I need help in getting rid of MacKeeper and other ads that pop up when a new tab opens!! I'm trying the method suggested however when I triple click the line "/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist" to highlight it and then 'right click' nothing happens except un-highlighting it. What aren't I doing correctly? I so want this to work for me!

Thanks!

thomas_r.

Level 7

32,001 points

Oct 13, 2014 3:46 PM in response to brownize

A "right click" is a click while holding down the control key. When you control-click on that text, while it is selected, you should get a pop-up menu.

However, if the directions posted here just aren't working for you, you can try my Adware Removal Guide. Or you could try running my AdwareMedic app to remove all adware. (The "VSearch," aka Downlite, adware is often seen installed alongside a number of other pieces of adware... my guide and app will help with these others as well.)

Please be sure to pay attention to all the documentation, and learn what you need to do to prevent getting infected again in the future:

http://www.thesafemac.com/mmg-defense/

(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my site and software, in the form of buttons allowing for donations. Donations are not required to use my site or software.)

ANNOYING MACKEEPER TABS AND POPUP ADS