HunterRedmond
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Ads everywhere in safari, I need help
Hello, I've just started noticing all of these random words that are highlighted green and double underlined, and as soon as the mouse scrolls over the green words a car ad or something pops up like in the image below, as well as the scroller bar ad for similar products, as well as a pop up ad in the lower right hand corner (also pictured.) Is this some kind of virus or trojan/malware? If so how do I get rid of it, or make it stop the constant spamming on every site that i visit? All help/input is appreciated, thanks!
Hunter.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Purchased new a week ago
Kappy
Level 10
(271,860 points)
The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection
OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
OS X Mavericks- Protect your Mac from malware
If you require anti-virus protection Thomas Reed recommends using ClamXAV. (Thank you to Thomas Reed for this recommendation.)
From user Joe Bailey comes this equally useful advice:
The facts are:
1. There is no anti-malware software that can detect 100% of the malware out there.
2. There is no anti-malware that can detect anything targeting the Mac because there
is no Mac malware in the wild, and therefore, no "signatures" to detect.
3. The very best way to prevent the most attacks is for you as the user to be aware that
the most successful malware attacks rely on very sophisticated social engineering
techniques preying on human avarice, ****, and fear.
4. Internet popups saying the FBI, NSA, Microsoft, your ISP has detected malware on
your computer is intended to entice you to install their malware thinking it is a
protection against malware.
5. Some of the anti-malware products on the market are worse than the malware
from which they purport to protect you.
6. Be cautious where you go on the internet.
7. Only download anything from sites you know are safe.
8. Avoid links you receive in email, always be suspicious even if you get something
you think is from a friend, but you were not expecting.
9. If there is any question in your mind, then assume it is malware.
