What is "MegaBackup"? How do I remove "MegaBackup" from a macbook air?

Ok - I did this and it seems to get rid of it. I just did a regular forced quit and not the key command, so I hope it holds.

@danielfromclarkston

1. MegaBackup is a paid cloud storage & data-syncing service from Tortola, British. Its Windows version of download (md5, 522b0159a5c7f6827a9c599a06957f0c) has been detected as riskware, according to this Virustotal.com file report. Then remove it in time for good, and look for other better alternatives@ http://www.cnet.com/news/cloud-based-storage-options-for-mac-os-x/#! . Its Mac version is risk-free so far. For more, you can read this article.

2. Apparently, your Mac had been infected adware and browser hijackware. To address your issues, try doing the following below:

• save your personal data like your bookmark in Safari and/or other Mac version of browser, restore 'em to their factory value. Clean all temporary files. Reboot yr Mac. Check it out later. More, you can move that unwanted website into blacklist.
• Clean undesired apps. Run Activity Monitor ( http://www.howtogeek.com/227240/how-to-monitor-your-macs-health-with-activity-mo nitor/ ) , find out those apps' install path info, then terminate associated processes that match the mentioned app, such as "Reset Search". Use a valid app remover in the market if you're new to making changes to Mac, or uninstalling app manually.
• Scan yr Mac using an up-to-date antivirus app in the market.

3. Below are proactive security measures:

• Always be cautious when surfing, this helps prevent your Mac from being infected with fakealerts even scareware, such as "Your disk/system is at risk".
• Always perform a virus check before running or opening downloaded items. This can secure your Mac against adware even malware.
• Always slow down your mouse when installing 3rd-party apps. This helps keep unwanted bundled apps at bay.

"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.

Hi,

Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? When I go to Activity Monitor - Utilities the only thing I can do is Quit the program. What does "kill it there mean? I thought it would mean delete. I tried right clicking but nothing happens. When I check, the program is still on my computer and it only quits for a few seconds. I have tried to move the program to the trash but that doesn't work. I am sure there is something simple that I'm not doing but what? I'm fairly new to Apple computers.

Thanks,

Laura

To make sure all the little hidden files associated with MegaBackup were also deleted, I did a search of my Mac HD for "megabackup" and found a list of about 7 items, all of which I moved to the trash. So far I haven't had this app repeat or nag me.

I posted this in the main area, but I thought I'd reply to you personally because you seem to be having the same problem I had. It seems that there are other files related to MegaBackup (in fact, all apps seems to have numerous files in different places).

To make sure all these little hidden files associated with MegaBackup were also deleted, I did a search of my Mac HD for "megabackup" and found a list of about 7 items, all of which I moved to the trash. So far I haven't had this app repeat or nag me.

Good luck!

Someone please tell me clear instructions please! I really need help . I was doing a project on my cousins computer and I guess MegaBackup downloaded and now shes extremley ****** me ! She has many things on her computer & really need help . Please reply ASAP with step by step ! I need this whole thing deleted as in everything !!!

This Malware is evolving. Nothing suggested above works, despite repeated attempts. I,ve tried it all, including the "Activity Monitor" approach. The "force Quit" is temporary, and it comes back. Dragging to Trash doesn't work. Arghhh!!! The **** thing won't die!!!!

Anyone with a new suggestion would be appreciated.

I had the exact same problem. I was able to delete both it and mackeeper from the finder window immediately after closing them from the activity monitor. It was so easy!!! and this was after I'd spent several hours trying to do everything that people had suggested on the forum. Hope that helps. 🙂

After a Force Quit on activity Monitor I have tried to delete/drag it from both Apps and Finder without success. it just pops back up in Activity Monitor, and I'm never even asked to type in my Admin PW!

I was able to get rid of it by going to activity monitor, click on megapaininthebutt and click on force quit, then you will be able to put it in the trash. Also clear all history and cookies because I started getting pop ups. I will never click on any app i don't know ever again lol.

So sorry to hear that. 😟 I know how frustrated I was by this ridiculously irritating software.

All I know is you have to be super quick!!!!, on account of how quickly it pops back to being active. I had the finder window already open with Megabackup in it and ready to delete. I closed it (make sure you get both items that show Megabackup in the name--there is one that pops back open and one that doesn't, don't remember which is which, but you will learn from trial and error if you haven't already--close the one that does not pop back open first, then the one that does) from the activity monitor, immediately switched from that to finder, by clicking on the dock icon, picked up Megabackup and dropped him in the trash. He didn't even know what hit him 😉 and I didn't even need to put in my admin password!!! 🙂 It worked the first time I did it this way, but I presume it is because of the fact I had it all set up and ready to go, and I wasted no time doing it. I cannot stress to you enough how quickly I went through these steps. After all the frustration, it almost felt too easy!!! But ahhhhh, the best part? No more annoying popups and my productivity has returned to well... productive.

If you do not have success with this, then I suggest a trip to the Geek Squad or some other repair facility...

Not only did I move it to the trash, I also emptied the trash, that seemed to help get rid of the process in the activity monitor after I tried directly deleting it from there (with the program already removed from "applications").

I have el Capitan. I had the same problem with Megabackup, Mackeeper and one other program. This is the only thing that worked for me:

How to manually remove MacKeeper from your Mac

May 19, 2015 by Topher Kessler

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One of the more controversial pieces of software available for OS X is a package called MacKeeper, which by fairly aggressive and widespread scare-tactic advertising has many Mac users convinced it is required software for keeping their systems safe, clean, and in proper working order. Any claims that this or similar software are requirements are false, but unfortunately many who have tried the software may find that even after removing it, they still have remnants of it on their systems that issue various notices about how their systems are critically unsafe, with recommendations to re-activate and re-install the software.

If you have installed this software on your Mac, then there is a way to remove it and all of its contents from your system, which will take a little digging around on your Mac, but which should be quite doable for most people.

1. Backup your Mac

First, be sure you back up your Mac by updating or creating a Time Machine backup or a system clone. Even though this backup will contain the MacKeeper files, it will ensure your system is restorable in case something goes wrong.

2. Turn off all MacKeeper security features

MacKeeper includes a numbers of security options, such as file encryption and safe browsing, so be sure to open MacKeeper and completely turn these features off. This will ensure your “secured” files are accessible once MacKeeper is removed. After doing this, close the program and again update your Time Machine backup to ensure all files are properly backed up.