Safari is full of ads

Recently I installed a Safari extension which block ads on the web. It worked, but after some minutes on the web pages appeared a lot of links into the normal text that showed little windows with ads when I moved the mouse over it. So I tried to stop it by clicking on a little "?" on the bottom of this little windows, which redirected to an ads option page, where I selected an option to disable these ad links. It worked, however I uninstalled the extension.

But there are many problems now in my browser: in every website appears about 2 or 3 ads and, when I click on a link, sometimes an ad page opens. Has the extension installed some plug-ins or others which cause this "ad invasion"? There's a way to fix it?


The extension's name is AdBlock.


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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Aug 6, 2014 4:04 PM

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Aug 6, 2014 4:07 PM in response to XFred26

I use AdBlocker in Safari and see nothing like what you have reported. It does the job of blocking ads - nothing more or less.

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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

About file quarantine in OS X


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.

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