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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

jMacNec

Level 1

0 points

Oct 26, 2014 4:01 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you very much Linc Davis. You have solved a problem that has been on going for a very long time! Completely removed all pop ups and tab-opening issues. Very grateful!!!!!!!!

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Oct 26, 2014 4:14 AM in response to shuybrecht

Use the AdwareMedic from Thomas Reed, which does much more than the complicated Linc Davis solution.

Fitgrl

Level 1

4 points

Oct 26, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Linc Davis

worked like a charm today Oct 26th 2014....many many thanks!

Oct 26, 2014 11:41 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you Linc Davis!

It had been so annoying for the last weeks and your response has finally helped me!

It works perfectly on October 26th 2014.

Thank you!

Oct 26, 2014 12:04 PM in response to Capigon

I'm in the same boat. While the instructions may be clear, they are not clear to me, as I don't understand the Reveal in Finder either.

HELP.

Oct 30, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you so much- It worked. You sir, are officially DA MAN!!

Nov 3, 2014 9:15 AM in response to Lexiepex

Great Lex, AdwareMedic works ! No Mackeeper tabs and unwanted pages are generated in Chrome anymore

AdwareMedic found and removed completely other files as mentioned by Linc Davis.

The files mentioned by him were not present on my iMAC, but I still had the problem.

AdwareMedic completely solved the problem !

2014-11-03 17:48:04: +++++ Attempting to remove adware +++++

2014-11-03 17:48:04: /Users/Marcel/Library/Safari/Extensions/searchExt.safariextz

2014-11-03 17:48:04: /Users/Marcel/Conduit

2014-11-03 17:48:04: /Users/Marcel/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin

2014-11-03 17:48:04: /Users/Marcel/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/c7mx9lpy.default/takeOverNewTab.txt

2014-11-03 17:48:04: /Users/Marcel/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/c7mx9lpy.default/abstraction.js

2014-11-03 17:48:04: +++++ Adware removal complete +++++

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Nov 3, 2014 9:26 AM in response to MHJGroenen

Zeer goed Marcel !

Read the site regularly: thesafemac.com !

Happy computing,

Lex

Nov 3, 2014 9:46 AM in response to Lexiepex

Hoi Lex,

Bad news:-(( After 15 minutes of browsing, the unwanted tabs still appear ! Not the mackeeper page, but lottery stuff.

Any further suggestions ? I will try to reboot, see if it helps

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Nov 3, 2014 10:22 AM in response to MHJGroenen

What extensions do you have in Safari?

Uninstall them all, except Adblock. Restart Safari.

The issue should be gone.

Give me the list of the Safari extensions you have (or had) and I will advise which are innocent.

Nov 3, 2014 10:56 AM in response to Lexiepex

Lex, good news again; an iMAC restart solved the problem. I am browsing and searching intensively for half an hour and the ad tabs do not appear anymore. Apparently there was still something running in RAM. I am using Chrome and had no extensions enabled in Safari

Thanks for your reply

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Nov 3, 2014 10:59 AM in response to MHJGroenen

Mchartis

Level 1

0 points

Nov 5, 2014 1:46 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you so much Linc Davis!! used 11/5/14 and worked perfectly

jarulevi

Level 1

0 points

Nov 9, 2014 1:17 AM in response to Linc Davis

I owe my first born child to Linc Davis! 11/9 and his post is still accurate and cleaned up the annoying mackeeper/pop ups in a jiff! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm incredibly computer illiterate, and I was able to follow these instructions and my life was saved.

Nov 9, 2014 11:21 PM in response to jarulevi

I had trouble following his directions, ie, some of hte folders didn't appear on my computer. I downloaded AdWare medic and it fixed everything. I donated $10 but truthfully the value is worth way more. DO it.

ANNOYING MACKEEPER TABS AND POPUP ADS