Gamezooks adware

Yup, I saw that, but was asking for a system snapshot made with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac, not a screenshot. Sorry for the confusion!

If you didn't want to download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac, let me know, and I'll suggest some alternate manual things to do to gather the info.

[edit: forum glitch caused a double post.]

If you would care to post the screenshots I asked for in my first comment, this problem could be solved in about five minutes, and you would not have to trust unknown software that does something unknowable. The process is no more difficult than what you do with the computer every day, or indeed what you've already done in this discussion.

Linc Davis wrote: ...and you would not have to trust unknown software that does something unknowable.

Unknown and unknowable to whom? Obviously to you, since you have not tested it on your own system, and you continue to refuse to do that very simple thing, while at the same time attempting to find various faults with it--all of them completely unsubstantiated and without any direct evidence from actual usage by you.

It is not unknown or unknowable to me or the vast number of higher level contributors here who have used it, seen it at work for themselves, found that it works well, phones home with no data, privacy violating or otherwise, and causes absolutely no adverse effects.

Your refusal to test this on your own system is a violation of the Terms of Use here.

Hi Linc,

I've tried what you detailed and I still can't find it nor stop it (GameZook Ad). What do I need to do to get rid of these annoying ads?

Thanks.

I've tried what you detailed and I still can't find it

What did you find?

Nothing yet. No adware or anything.

So you tried to open those three folders, and either they didn't exist or they were empty. Also, you have no Safari, Firefox, or Chrome extensions. If all that is true, you have no adware and the problem is caused by something else, or perhaps there is no problem and you're merely seeing normal web content. To narrow down the possibilities further, you would have to provide more details. Are you seeing intrusive ads on websites where you haven't seen them before? If so, which sites?

Yes, I tried all these folders, the extensions on my browsers, and I still get the pop up as follows...

Nevermind, I looked at the wrong extensions file, I just removed an extension from Firefox. Thanks for the help! I really appreciated it.

are you sure - I had the same gamezooks issue and teh extension was right there in Safari prefences - where doe this **** come from?

Dear Mr. Linc Davis,

I am in Gamezook he!!....it won't stop happening and my small children are now being exposed to these ads. Can you please assist? I have pasted the screen shots you requested. There are no extensions in my Firefox preferences from what I can see. Thank you much

This is my post and am hoping that someone, anyone on this board can assist me? I tried to download Malwarebytes however it will not allow install unless I upgrade to Capitan. I am not an experienced Mac user however from what I have read my RAM is insufficient for the new OS upgrade. I cannot upgrade at this time.

May someone please point me towards a solution for removing this garbage [gamezooks] from our Mac. Thank you much

jason979 wrote:

I tried to download Malwarebytes however it will not allow install unless I upgrade to Capitan.

That's not actually correct. It will run on Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later. El Capitan is OS X 10.11. Further, if you have OS X 10.7, you can use an older version, available here:

https://data-cdn.mbamupdates.com/web/MBAM-Mac-1.0.2.8.dmg

If you're using OS X 10.6.8 or older, then Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac won't work for you without an upgrade, and I don't necessarily recommend doing an upgrade lightly. Upgrades are important, to get security fixes, but they can also cause you a lot of headaches if you don't prepare for them properly.

Thomas Reed

Director of Mac Offerings, Malwarebytes

(Fair disclosure: The link provided above promotes a Malwarebytes product, and I work for Malwarebytes.)