Q: How do I remove "mouse click" adware pop ups?
I've been experiencing this problem for a while now and it's gotten worse. No matter which browser I'm using, be it Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, I have adware popping up in the form of toolbars, corner ads, and--the WORST form of all--mouse click spam. About every third or fourth click of my mouse a new tab opens up with some spam site AND a warning window that won't go away unless I ninja the Enter button and click the tab's X faster than the site can make the warning window reappear...
I've cleared my browsing history and deleted all cached cookies, removed any extensions in my browsers, and set privacy settings to not allow data from third party sites. It seemed to help a little, but the issue is still happening.
What's the next step?
Thanks in advance!
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on Jul 23, 2015 9:30 AM
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 this anti malware tool in order to scan and remove it: https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=social
Download, open dmg file , and run it by clicking “Scan for Adware” button to remove adware.
Once done, quit the application and restart your mac.
Install adblock for your browser: https://adblockplus.org/
Posted on Jul 23, 2015 9:31 AM