Want to highlight a helpful answer? Upvote!
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others! Learn more about when to upvote >
Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others! Learn more about when to upvote >
I keep getting admsmatte popup window which then directs that window to goo.gl.com. I not sure what this does, but this happens when I click on links and while filling the fields in some sites. Just not comfortable with this.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
I assume you have adware. Follow the instructions on this web page in order to manually remove adware from your mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
You may also find adware removal guide on this page http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/
If you do not want to remove adware manually use adware medic tool in order to scan and remove it: http://www.adwaremedic.com/
Download, open adwaremedic dmg file , and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button to remove adware.
Once done, quit AdwareMedic and restart your mac.
Install adblock for your browser: https://adblockplus.org/
Adsmatte is known to be caused by a network hardware hack. See:
I keep getting adsmatte pop ups even after blocking pop-ups in my preferences. Not sure if this is a virus and if this is dangerous. It starts when I click a link or fill a field.
