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Commercial Virus in safari.

Getting high lighted words in textes and all over pages and new windows opens with comercials as mc Afee etc...


Reboot ?

SAFARI

Posted on Mar 2, 2015 5:53 AM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2015 6:00 AM

1. Use free AdwareMedic to remove 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.

Turn those on one by one and test.


3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :

Select your preferred search engine.

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Mar 2, 2015 6:00 AM in response to Jorgen Hellstrom

1. Use free AdwareMedic to remove 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.

Turn those on one by one and test.


3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :

Select your preferred search engine.

Commercial Virus in safari.

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