How do I remove fliporia from my mac?

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Flyfisher72 Author

Level 1

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How do I remove fliporia from my mac?

Fliporia has taken over my browser as a search engine. How do I remove it?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 4, 2015 8:01 AM

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Answer 1

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dominic23

Level 10

83,916 points

Jul 4, 2015 8:14 AM in response to Flyfisher72

1. Safari > Preferences > Extensions

Turn all extension off, relaunch Safari and test.

Turn those on one by one and test.

2. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :

Select your preferred search engine.

3. 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

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Answer 2

thomas_r.

Level 7

31,989 points

Jul 5, 2015 3:39 AM in response to Flyfisher72

I notice that you marked this as solved. Quick question: did you use AdwareMedic to remove the adware that was causing the problem? If so, what adware was found? I'm the author of AdwareMedic, and I've never heard of Fliporia before, so I'm curious which adware was responsible.

If you don't remember, go to AdwareMedic and choose Open Log File from the Scanner menu in the menu bar. In that log file, look for lines looking like this:

2015-07-01 13:56:14: ----- Scan Started ----- 2015-07-01 13:56:14: Scanning with signatures version 84 2015-07-01 13:56:16: ListenToYouTube : /Library/LaunchDaemons/7nmEoOZmFhg.plist 2015-07-01 13:56:16: ListenToYouTube : /Library/Application Support/ListenToYoutube 2015-07-01 13:56:16: ----- Scan Ended -----

The name of the adware detected in the above case was "ListenToYouTube." What name or names are found in your log file?

Thanks in advance for any response!

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Answer 3

Flyfisher72 Author

Level 1

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Jul 5, 2015 12:12 PM in response to thomas_r.

thomas_r

Here is the adware log:

2015-07-04 10:34:34: ----- Scan Started -----

2015-07-04 10:34:34: Scanning with signatures version 85

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/Safari/Extensions/

Omnibar.safariextz

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/Safari/Extensions/

Omnibar.safariextz

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/

com.genieo.completer.download.plist

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/

com.genieo.completer.update.plist

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/

com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/

com.genieo.completer.download.plist

/Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist

/Users/bob/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Applications/InstallMac

2015-07-04 10:34:35: Genieo : /Users/bob/Library/Application Support/

com.genieoinnovation.Installer

2015-07-04 10:34:35: ----- Scan Ended -----

2015-07-04 10:35:02: +++++ Attempting to remove adware +++++

2015-07-04 10:35:02: /Users/bob/Library/Safari/Extensions/

Omnibar.safariextz

2015-07-04 10:35:02: /Users/bob/Library/Safari/Extensions/

Omnibar.safariextz