i have about.blank virus in my browser

I was trying to too complete a project when I was prompted that my Adobe Flash needed upgrading

I went to download, but never completed when it requested I check mark the box to use mac keeper

I just left the page did not follow through

I was off my mac osx for maybe about a week

Today my browser has about.blank

I went into my downloads and deleted all adobe and another suspicious looking downloads

I moved to my trash and emptied

I still don't know how to get this malware from the mac off

Please help as I don't know how much time I have left before it completely takes over and I am unable to perform anything more to get rid of it


Thanks for your help.




senderella21

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jan 9, 2015 8:47 PM

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Jan 10, 2015 11:37 AM in response to senderella21

1. Download and use free AdwareMedic to remove the adware


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


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

Once done, 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.

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