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Babyvote notifications on my Macbook Pro.

Hi Guys!


I am receiving these weird Babyvote notifications on my Macbook Pro. I didn't remember downloading any .dmg or chrome plugin file from their website. Can anyone guess, what is causing it?

I used softwares like CleanMyMac 3 and Malwarebytes but nothing is removing it. :\

Someone posted pic of their baby along with this website's link, so all I did was to click that link, signed up with Facebook and vote that baby, that's all!

I also emailed the website about this but it all seems like a big scam as their email also turned out to be invalid.

Screenshots attached below:

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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), MD101HN/A - Mid 2012 - 13 inch

Posted on Aug 1, 2015 5:07 AM

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Aug 1, 2015 6:00 AM in response to aeon24

1. Force Quit .


Press command + option + esc keys together at the same time. Wait.

When Force Quit window appears, select Safari if not already.

Press Force Quit button at the bottom of the window. Wait.

Safari will quit.


2. Relaunch Safari holding the shift key down.


3. Turn off wifi and turn it back on.


Turn off Wifi. Click Wifi icon in the menu bar and select “Turn Wifi off”.

Visit another website.

You won’t have internet connection.

Turn on Wifi. Click Wifi icon in the menu bar and select “Turn Wifi on”.

Select your Network.



4. Safari > Preferences > Privacy

Cookies and website data:

Click “Details” button.

Remove the cookie related to this, if there is one.


5. Safari > Preferences > Extensions

Turn those off and relaunch Safari.

Turn those on one by one and test.


Remove CleanMyMac.

http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-3

Aug 1, 2015 6:07 AM in response to aeon24

A

It's a website notification. See this support article for instructions on how to deal with it.

B

"CleanMyMac" is a scam and a common cause of instability and poor performance. Depending on what version you have, the developer's instructions may not completely remove it. Follow those instructions, then do as below.

Back up all data before proceeding.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist

Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

Services Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)

from the contextual menu.* A folder may open with an item selected. If it does, move the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.

Repeat with this line:

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent

Restart the computer and empty the Trash.

You may also have to remove one or more of these items in the same way:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist

Never again install "CleanMyMac" or anything like it.

*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select

Go Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

C

You should never use any kind of "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" software on a Mac.

Babyvote notifications on my Macbook Pro.

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