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Hello everyone .. I would like to ask if the adwaremedic program is the safest way to remove adware from the mac. Lately I m having some pop up advertisements from a specific site called mac keeper. I have no idea how this ad came up since I am not downloading torrents nor visiting any suspicious site .
So is this the only way to permanently remove the adware? Is it safe , since this is a third party program? Thanks in advance everyone
JustinInfantry wrote:
I'm lost and any help would be appreciated.
Since you're posting on a topic about AdwareMedic, is it safe to assume you already tried AdwareMedic and found that it also didn't solve the problem? If so, see:
http://www.adwaremedic.com/kb/unsolved.php
If you have not done so, be aware that Apple's support document on removing adware is not all that complete. Try either AdwareMedic or the manual removal instructions found in my Adware Removal Guide.
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.)
I don't think you mean that you have installed MacKeeper, but that you have those annoying pop-ups and pop-unders. This can happen even after use of AdwareMedic, because you visit sites that are "hacked" by MacKeeper to display such a "invitation". These are sites that you should not visit, but who knows in advance? Sometimes it helps to install the Adblock extension in your browser, do not use Glimmerblocker (proxy) nor use AdblockPlus (see thesafemac.com , the site of professor Thomas Reed, thanks Thomas).
Regular use of AdwareMedic is advised by me.
If you earlier have installed MacKeeper and uninstalled it already, look at the uninstall by hand method as explained on thesafemac.com
Very often there are leftovers that may disturb your system. I hope that I said it correctly (Thomas?).
Lex
"MacKeeper" is very heavily promoted on the Web with intrusive ads. The fact that you sometimes see those ads doesn't necessarily mean that you're infected with adware. It may only mean that you're visiting trashy sites, or sites that have been hacked, or that you should consider using an ad blocker such as "GlimmerBlocker." But if you're seeing ads on well-known sites where you didn't see them before, and where you don't see them now when you browse on other devices, that is an indication of adware.
Just want to thank you for developing and sharing Adwaremedic, as it just really helped me out of a serious jam! I am definitely going back and donating! THANK YOU!
Can Adware Medic be run from a USB key or does it require being installed in the Applications folder. I was hoping I could just keep it installed on my USB key instead but I'm assuming this means it will only try to scan the USB key?
Thanks!
-Josh
It can be run from anywhere, but it only will scan the currently running system and current user's home folder.
Sorry Thomas, by currently running system do you mean for example if you had partitions with multiple OS's it is only scanning the current one being run, or am I misunderstanding.
If for example I install to a USB key instead of the applications folder, and my Mac only has the one OS installed, as long as I run this program in all user accounts on the Mac that should be all that's required?
JoshCash wrote:
Sorry Thomas, by currently running system do you mean for example if you had partitions with multiple OS's it is only scanning the current one being run
Yes, that's correct.
If for example I install to a USB key instead of the applications folder, and my Mac only has the one OS installed, as long as I run this program in all user accounts on the Mac that should be all that's required?
Yup.
Thank you so much for your helpful and quick replies!
JoshCash wrote:
Thank you so much for your helpful and quick replies!
No problem, glad I could help!
I have run Adware Medic, it didn't find anything, got another pop-up today. It pops up in the background in it's own window so I only notice it once I start closing out the Safari window. I try not to visit any trashy sites. Mostly just sites I know, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix. I've checked and have no browser extensions showing in the extension list and pop-up blocker checked in the Safari security settings.
Some internet sites are hacked by Mackeeper guys, some are just wrong. You go to the wrong sites on the internet.
Use DuckDuckGo browser.
Lex
Now that I think of it, I only get the pop-up after I've visited a non-mainstream media website from Facebook. Non-mainstream media is heavily sponsored through advertisement. Would you think that these news outlets could be the culprit and it's not an adware infection?
Yes, read my answer again.
DuckDuckGo has a browser? Or do you mean to use the search engine as default over Google?
Adwaremedic is it safe ?
