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how do I remove MacVx from my computer, as of yesterday I am getting ads and pop ups. Please help
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
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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.
I think we have a good handle on this one now.
If you have more than one browser, be sure to check those as well, since it's been found in Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome.
TheSafeMac's Adware Removal Tool has been updated to include removal of all three.
I found a copy of the Macvx.dmg file in my downloads folder. Must have been downloaded with something else, but I don't know what. If you want a copy I can send it to you.
Roger
Go ahead and send it to thomas[at]thesafemac.com as I don't know for certain whether he has it or not. I'll let him know to watch for it.
File sent.
Thomas Reed's site Safe Mac and Thomas himself have been a huge help to me with this kind of problem. I just came to the forums to figure out what this exact ad- or mal- ware was, downloaded the new AdMedic app from TR's site, and it found it and got rid of it right away. Just deleting it from the extensions in Chrome didn't work (which is something TR has told me to watch out for with past problems).
I really appreciate that we have someone out there who is working on these issues for us!!
This just happened to me. I was able to get rid of the issue by looking in my web browsers' (Safari and Firefox) plug-ins/extensions directory and removing the culprit. My browser seems to be working fine now.
It was installed in:
Safari > Preferences > Extensions
Firefox > Tools > Add-ons Manager > Extensions
Just "remove".
diebler wrote:
This just happened to me. I was able to get rid of the issue by looking in my web browsers' (Safari and Firefox) plug-ins/extensions directory and removing the culprit.
There's probably more to be removed. Might be an app in /Applications/ which will re-inatall the extensions if you run it. Also could be a macvx.dmg in you download folder. For safest, easiest removal of most all currently known adware, use AdMedic and to understand how it came to be installed and avoiding it in the future, read John Galt's How to install adware.
Macvx is in your browser settings, under extensions.
On Chrome, choose History / Show Full History / Extensions /
from there you will see a list of your extensions, Macvx will be one of them. Remove it.
Also, Vidx is not in the Applications folder as stated in this thread, I found it in the System / Library / Extensions /
At the time of this report, the MacVX variant of VidX adware was not known, so the instructions could be a bit off.
There is now an AdwareMedic tool by the author of the Adware Removal Guide which will safely and efficiently locate all currently known adware and will optionally delete it for you.
+1 this worked for me!
Marcelo M wrote:
I had the same trouble in my Safari Browser, so, I checked on preferences and in the "Extensions" I saw an extension called "MacVx" and I selected it and clicked "uninstall" and i got it fixed and no more ads.
I hope it helps.
Marcelo M
There might be additional files associated with this. If you use Firefox or Chrome, they will almost certainly also have that extension. You might still have the installer used to add these. The fastest, most effective way to identify and optionally remove all currently known adware is by using AdwareMedic, developed by thomas_r. this Forum's malware guru, owner of TheSafeMac and a colleague of mine.
To understand why this happened and how to avoid such things in the future read John Galt's How to install adware.
How do you access the extensions in Firefox? It worked for Safari and chrome so thank you for that but is still in Firefox.
I downloaded the installer but don't know how to use it. Didn't see instructions.
Helen Page1 wrote:
I downloaded the installer but don't know how to use it. Didn't see instructions.
It's not an installer. You double-click the "AdwareMedic.dmg" file in your Downloads folder and you will see the instructions in the window that opens. After it's in your Applications Folder, you double-click "AdwareMedic" and go from there.
how do I remove MacVx from my macbook pro
