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macbook infected with fast-ads.us popup virus

my macbook is infected with fast-ads.us pop us virus, have tried almost each and everything mentioned on this forum and net, run different malware programes, it detected cinema pro as malware, removed it, but still issue

than ran norton and avg anti virus, nothing detected, deleted each and every plugin but still having this pop up virus

virus detail, when a new site is opened in chrome or safari, it shows popup with different sites

i can even browse net coz of this malware, virus, some one help get out of this. im really frustrated.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 5, 2015 12:14 AM

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Feb 9, 2015 10:44 PM in response to Linc Davis

I clicked on system prefrences, than network, a window opened showing only my router name im connected with?

MadMacs0

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Feb 10, 2015 2:04 AM in response to fsmobilez

fsmobilez wrote:

I clicked on system prefrences, than network, a window opened showing only my router name im connected with?

Click the "Advanced..." button and then the "Proxie" tab.

What about the VPN questions Linc asked?

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Feb 10, 2015 10:52 AM in response to MadMacs0

in proxies window everything is unchecked except "use passive ftp mode(pasv)" and below this line" Bypass proxy setting for these host and domain" its mentioned

*.local, 169.254/16

and i have installed cyberghost in past but now have uninstalled it

Mar 16, 2015 10:33 PM in response to fsmobilez

Hello Zulqarnain!

I have the exact same problem. pop-ups from fast-ad.us bombarding on my MacBook on any browser and all of my android devices in chrome, and as Linc suggested most probably our problem lies in untrusted/pirated software. They only 4 softwares I installed out of app store are istat pro widget and a pirated copy of Office (Feeling ashamed right now), SQLiteBrowser and UnRarX. So the one of these that you also have installed is our culprit here. But I wonder how on heck does this infected out mobile devices?

Waiting to hear from others.

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Mar 16, 2015 11:23 PM in response to ahmadtahir

ahmadtahir wrote:

They only 4 softwares I installed out of app store are istat pro widget and a pirated copy of Office (Feeling ashamed right now), SQLiteBrowser and UnRarX. So the one of these that you also have installed is our culprit here.

UnRarX, has been implicated in the past, but any of them could be these days. Stay away from C|Net download.com, softonics and all BitTorrent sites, the latter being the most malicious.

I wonder how on heck does this infected out mobile devices?

There is no way that it can unless they are jailbroke or you agreed to install something from a site other than the iTunes Store. The only other known cause is using compromised DNS server or hacked router on your network if you are seeing the same thing on all the devices on your network. If you haven't done so already, see AdwareMedics What do to if your problem wasn't solved as thomas_r. recommended earlier.

macbook infected with fast-ads.us popup virus