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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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how to get rid of pop ups flash mall pop up
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
You may have installed the "Crossrider" trojan. Take the steps below to disable it.
Back up all data before continuing.
1. Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
~/Library/LaunchAgents
In the Finder, select
Go â–¹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder named "LaunchAgents" will open.
2. Inside the folder you just opened, there may be files with any of the following names:
com.crossrider.wss*.agent.plist
flashmall_updater.plist
flashmall_updater.sh
com.webhelper.plist
com.webtools.update.agent.plist
WebSocketServerApp
Here * stands for a variable six-digit number. Some of these files may be absent. Move any that you have to the Trash and close the Finder window. Log out or restart the computer. The trojan will now be inactive, but there are a few more components of it that should be cleaned up.
3. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
~/Library/Application Support
A folder named "Application Support" will open. Inside it there may be a subfolder with this name:
webHelperApp
If so, move that subfolder—not the "Application Support" folder—to the Trash.
4. Finally, open this folder in the same way as above:
~/Library
Look for a subfolder with this name:
WebTools
and move it to the Trash, if present. Finally, empty the Trash.
THANK YOU! This helped and my computer is free (for now) of FlashMall
Excellent, thank you so much, it was very helpful. AA
I am using iMac 10.6.8 with OSX Snow Leopard. When I use Finder and Go to Folder, it tells me the folder is not found. Can you help?
You don't know me. But it's 1 a.m. and I've been trying to remove those annoying ads all night. And your instructions worked perfectly. So, thanks. Really appreciate it.
The Qamails items are from a variant of Genieo, and also should be deleted.
THANK YOU!
You'll find step-by-step instructions here:
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-bundlore/
(Fair disclosure: I am affiliated with Malwarebytes, whose site I am linking to above.)
Hi Guys,
My Mac has this problem and I've tried all of these stuff but no luck!! Do you know any other way to do it?
Thank you
Hi Linc,
Please find link to my report, can you please help me as I cannot find anything similar to what you report? I'm desperate with these issue...
Hi Thomas,
email sent.
Thank you
😉 you have RUN MalwareBytes... (AdwareMedic) like any other App - it does not run in the background - it is a Scanning and Removal Tool - not a prevention 😉
ChitlinsCC, what I want to say is that I've checked the info from the AdwareMedic to find any of the extensions and couldn't find it. 😉
Cheers
You are in the best of hands with thomas, he created AdwareMedic (if you were not aware) - good luck
Thanks mate!
Thomas_r,
2 big thumbs up for your help to remove this from my computer. Your support and availability was fantastic.
Cheers
Marco
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