I'm having a ton of ads on my new macbook and I don't know how to get rid of them?

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly!

I did this and it's working! Thanks!

Thanks Linc Davis. Worked perfectly.

I only now started getting this problem. It didn't happen until this morning, when I turned on my laptop, and Safari became really slow and unresponsive. I don't know how many times I had to force quit the bloody thing. And to my great frustration, there were ads out the wazoo by MacVx. I'm glad this topic was up, or I would've driven myself insane eventually. Problem is I don't remember installing a plugin with this particular name, or anything similar. But there it was, clear as day in Preferences. Keep an eye out for MacVeXe, which is the name that infernal plugin had in my case. Once I got rid of it, the ads disappeared, and things are running much more smoothly now. In Firefox, it's MacVx. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to add that I tried Firefox earlier, and had a similar problem. Got rid of that bloody thing, so if I use Firefox again, I hope I won't have to deal with this mess again. I don't know how many other names the infernal thing may have, but those were the ones that I caught, after reading this thread.

EDIT: I guess the auto censor bleeps even mild invectives. Eh, no matter.

I've done all of this and am still having this problem. Do you have any other suggestions?

I've done all of this and am still having this problem.

No, you have a different problem. Please describe it.

Jackieswoosh wrote:

I've done all of this and am still having this problem. Do you have any other suggestions?

Those instructions are badly outdated at this point. A lot has changed since July of last year. Try my Adware Removal Guide instead. It is kept up-to-date, which is not something that is possible for information in a post on these forums.

(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.)

Had the same problem on my Macbookpro in safari and firefox , I just run Adwaremedic ( free download) and this program removed all extensions that caused the ads.

Only took a few minutes to fix it.

rgds

Also look for MacFest.

I have just experienced similar symptoms, only the plug-ins and extensions I found were named MacFest. Removal has resolved my browser issues and I am no longer receiving "Ads by MacVx".

For a reference point of infection, I received this through a "free font download" opportunity that seemed incredibly legit. Once again learning the lesson there is no free lunch, pay your foundry. ;-)

https ://youtu.be/G8z4eCHRsoY

you saved me from this terror. Thank you so much. Youre a true bro

you are the best !!! thanks a lot !!! this got rid of " Ad by Macvx" Thank youuuuuu !!!

Thank You!!!!! I tried going through my applications and doing everything else but nothing worked. Your antimalware worked perfectly!

Koloss19 wrote:

Thank You!!!!! I tried going through my applications and doing everything else but nothing worked. Your antimalware worked perfectly!

Glad to hear it! I take it you got the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac that was just released today? (It replaced AdwareMedic.)