When doing a search I clicked on a image and had several pop ups changing my browser preference and opening up ads to purchase home furniture and such. I corrected all my preferences as well as deleting the cookies and relevant history. But two items showed up on my launchpad. "MegaBackup", "Reset Search" and "MacKeeper" How do I get rid of them?
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Thank you!
SAME HERE. Even when i force quit then try to drag it to trash, it won't work. I have several other "applications" that appeared at the same time as this incredibly annoying MEGA BACKUP. No sure what to do next. I can't even see my screen for all the pop-ups.
HELP!
Same situation with those who cannot get rid of it following the suggested steps. Any other solutions?
Thanks!!!!
Thanks, that worked for me!
****. Finally worked. Pretty **** annoying. THANK you for your post. Could not figure out how to close the app. Phew!!!
mister Mike
i have a problem with megabackup application.i tried many thing to erase ,but i could not do it.please help me!
I tried this and it finally quit but still won't allow me to move to trash.
Same here, very frustrating. Apple help us out!
Thanks! This worked for me as well. Make sure you immediately go to applications after you have followed the force quit instructions. I was able to delete it after following the instructions twice. I think I clicked elsewhere the first time.
I had the same problem, got rid of it with advice on this forum. Thanks
"Open Activity Monitor, find the MegABackup provess and kill it there." Thanks, Mike. This was really super frustrating to have this uninvited, unwanted crap on my Macbook. I don't know how the heck it got there and I just could figure out how to remove it. Until I read your suggestion, I was not even aware of "Activity Monitor". Found it, did a force quit of the program and was then able to uninstall it.
I was finally able to remove MegaBackup from my Mac by following those instructions. It was so annoying constantly getting all those pop-up reminders to back up my unprotected files and also didn't know how it got on my computer. Thanks so much for everyone's help.
Everything worked for me up until this point. I opened activity monitor, and there were two "Megabackup" items - 1) Megabackup & 2) Megabackup Agent. I've quit and force quit'ed for both, the only one that seems to completely quit is Megabackup, megabackup agent refuses to quit or anything from Activity Monitor. Help!
over7441 -- I have the same problem. I tried force quiting the "parent process" in addition to megabackupagent. Not sure yet if it worked...
What is "MegaBackup"? How do I remove "MegaBackup" from a macbook air?
