HT202225: How to avoid or remove Mac Defender malware in Mac OS X v10.6 or earlier

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thomasfrombristol

Q: stopping pop-ups

I'm runningYosemite and Safari 8.0.2.  Recently additional webpages have been opening when I go to new site (especially Facebook, Apple, etc). I've installed McAfee Viral software and checked for all the other programs in the other discussion answers (none on my computer). I've cleaned out all histories, passwords, website data. Help

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Dec 28, 2014 12:45 AM

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  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Dec 28, 2014 1:04 AM in response to thomasfrombristol
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    Dec 28, 2014 1:04 AM in response to thomasfrombristol

    Adware is installed.  Removing it will help.

     

     

    1. Use  free  AdwareMedic by clicking “Download ” from here

     

        http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

     

        Install , open,  and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button   to remove adware.

     

        Once done, quit AdwareMedic by clicking AdwareMedic in the menu bar and selecting

        “Quit AdwareMedic”.

     

     

                   or

     

        Remove the adware  manually  by following the “HowTo” from Apple.

     

        http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987

     

     

    2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions

         Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .

         Turn those on one by one and test.

     

    Best.