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User profile for user: keelha
keelha Author
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how to remove search genius

Unable to remove search genius and use other search engines.

Cinema Tools, Windows 7

Posted on Nov 2, 2015 4:04 PM

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User profile for user: Linc Davis
Linc Davis
User level: Level 10
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Posted on Nov 2, 2015 8:33 PM

You may have installed ad-injection malware ("adware").

Don't use any kind of "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" product on a Mac. There is never a need for it, and relying on it for protection makes you more vulnerable to attack, not less.

Some of the most common types of adware can be removed by following Apple's instructions. If those instructions don't work for you, or if you have trouble following them, see below.

This easy procedure will detect any kind of adware that I know of. Deactivating it is a separate, and even easier, procedure that doesn't involve downloading anything.

Some legitimate software is ad-supported and may display ads in its own windows or in a web browser while it's running. That's not malware and it may not show up. Also, some websites carry intrusive popup ads that may be mistaken for adware.

If none of your web browsers is working well enough to carry out these instructions, restart the computer in safe mode. That will disable the malware temporarily.

Step 1

Please triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

~/Library/LaunchAgents

In the Finder, select

Go ▹ Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. Press return. Either a folder named "LaunchAgents" will open, or you'll get a notice that the folder can't be found. If the folder isn't found, go to the next step.

If the folder does open, press the key combination command-2 to select list view, if it's not already selected. Please don't skip this step.

There should be a column in the Finder window headed Date Modified. Click that heading twice to sort the contents by date with the newest at the top. If necessary, enlarge the window so that all of the contents are showing.

Follow the instructions in this support article under the heading "Take a screenshot of a window." An image file with a name beginning in "Screen Shot" should be saved to the Desktop. Open the screenshot and make sure it's readable. If not, capture a smaller part of the screen showing only what needs to be shown.

Start a reply to this message. Drag the image file into the editing window to upload it. You can also include text in the reply.

Leave the folder open for now.

Step 2

Do as in Step 1 with this line:

/Library/LaunchAgents

The folder that may open will have the same name, but is not the same, as the one in Step 1. As in that step, the folder may not exist.

Step 3

Repeat with this line:

/Library/LaunchDaemons

This time the folder will be named "LaunchDaemons."

Step 4

Open the Safari preferences window and select the Extensions tab. If any extensions are listed, post a screenshot. If there are no extensions, or if you can't launch Safari, skip this step.

Step 5

If you use the Firefox or Chrome browser, open its extension list and do as in Step 4.

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User profile for user: mustakoira2
mustakoira2
User level: Level 1
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Dec 14, 2015 5:12 PM in response to thomas_r.

Hi,

In Safari I have deleted the extensions, turned extensions off, have set google as my search engine. Have deleted the mediahm folder in the library under launch agents. Search genius still comes up on opening and uses bing as search engine. No browser setting changes work. Plus I am getting pop ups to random sites when using firefox, that never happened before.

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User profile for user: thomas_r.
thomas_r.
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Dec 14, 2015 6:44 PM in response to mustakoira2

Can you post a system snapshot taken with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac? To do so, open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac and choose Take System Snapshot from the Scanner menu. Then, in the window that opens, select all the text (Edit → Select All), copy it and paste into a reply to this message.


Thomas Reed

Director of Mac Offerings, Malwarebytes

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User profile for user: mustakoira2
mustakoira2
User level: Level 1
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Dec 14, 2015 9:24 PM in response to thomas_r.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.1.3.72 system report - 15 December 2015 1:22:32 pm AWST

Mac OS X version Version 10.10.3 (Build 14D136)

System uptime: 0d 00:13:01


Safari extensions

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(

)


Chrome extensions

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(

)


Firefox extensions

---------------

(

"Name: Adobe Contribute Toolbar",

"Modified: 2015-10-23 09:04:43 +0000",

"/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{01A8CA0A-4C9 6-465b-A49B-65C46FAD54F9}"

)


Login items

---------------

(

iTunesHelper

)


System startup items

---------------

(

)


User launch agents

---------------

(

"/Users/erichynynen/Library/LaunchAgents/.DS_Store"

)


System launch agents

---------------

(

)


System launch daemons

---------------

(

"/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist"

)


Kernel extensions

---------------

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"/System/Library/Extensions/acfs.kext",

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"/System/Library/Extensions/AppleStorageDrivers.kext/Contents/PlugIns/MKE-LF-D2 11A.kext",

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"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSCSIParallelFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBIrDA.k ext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleWWANSuppo rt.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleWWANSuppo rt1.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleWWANSuppo rt2.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSMBusFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOStorageFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOStreamFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOStreamFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOStreamUserCl ient.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOSurface.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOThunderboltFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOTimeSyncFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOTimeSyncFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IO8021ASPlug in.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBAttachedSCSI.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDC.kext" ,

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCACMCon trol.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCACMDat a.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCDMM.ke xt",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCECMCon trol.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCECMDat a.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCEEM.ke xt",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBCDCWCM.ke xt",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBEHCI.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBFTDI.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBHub.kext" ,

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBMergeNub. kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBOHCI.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBOpticalMo use.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBUHCI.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupp ort.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBXHCI.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBCompositeDri ver.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBHIDDriver.ke xt",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBHIDDriverPM. kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBHIDDriverSaf eBoot.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBUserClient.k ext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOUserEthernet.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOVideoFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/IOVideoFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOVideoDeviceUs erClient.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/iPodDriver.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/iPodDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns/iPodSBCDriver.kext ",

"/System/Library/Extensions/L2TP.ppp/Contents/PlugIns/L2TP.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/Libm.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/mcxalr.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/msdosfs.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/ntfs.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAGF100Hal.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAGK100Hal.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDANV50HalTesla.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResmanTesla.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartup.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVSMU.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/OSvKernDSPLib.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/PPP.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/PPPoE.ppp/Contents/PlugIns/PPPoE.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/PPTP.ppp/Contents/PlugIns/PPTP.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/pthread.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/Quarantine.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/Sandbox.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/smbfs.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/SMCMotionSensor.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/AppleNMI.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/ApplePlatformFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/BSDKernel.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/IOKit.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/IONVRAMFamily.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/IOSystemManagement.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/Libkern.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/MACFramework.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/Mach.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/Private.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/Unsupported.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/Terminus.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/TMSafetyNet.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/triggers.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/udf.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/vecLib.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/webcontentfilter.kext",

"/System/Library/Extensions/webdav_fs.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/ACS6x.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/ArcMSR.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/ATTOCelerityFC8.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/CalDigitHDProDrv.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/HighPointIOP.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/HighPointRR.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/LittleSnitch.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/PromiseSTEX.kext",

"/Library/Extensions/SoftRAID.kext"

)


launchd.conf contents

---------------



Hosts file

---------------

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com

127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com


# Block Adobe Activation

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com



Scan log

---------------

2015-12-14 15:43:34 :

2015-12-14 15:43:34 : ----- Scan Started -----

2015-12-14 15:43:34 : Scanning with signatures version 38 (2015-12-07)

2015-12-14 15:43:44 : *** scan time: 0d 00:00:10 ***

2015-12-14 15:43:44 : ------ Scan Ended ------

2015-12-14 15:50:10 :

2015-12-14 15:50:10 : ----- Scan Started -----

2015-12-14 15:50:10 : Scanning with signatures version 38 (2015-12-07)

2015-12-14 15:50:18 : *** scan time: 0d 00:00:08 ***

2015-12-14 15:50:18 : ------ Scan Ended ------

2015-12-14 17:25:09 :

2015-12-14 17:25:09 : ----- Scan Started -----

2015-12-14 17:25:09 : Scanning with signatures version 38 (2015-12-07)

2015-12-14 17:25:19 : *** scan time: 0d 00:00:09 ***

2015-12-14 17:25:19 : ------ Scan Ended ------

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User profile for user: thomas_r.
thomas_r.
User level: Level 7
31,989 points

Dec 15, 2015 3:44 AM in response to mustakoira2

You have nothing installed that could cause this behavior in Safari. If you're still being redirected away from Google at this point, it's probably a network issue. See:


https://support.malwarebytes.org/customer/portal/articles/2049286-?b_id=9511


https://support.malwarebytes.org/customer/portal/articles/2049288-?b_id=9511


(The links I have provided above go to pages I have written that are hosted on my employer's website. I do not receive any kind of compensation for posting them, beyond that fact.)


Also, I notice that you've been using a pirated copy of some Adobe product. This is usually the result of downloading and installing either a stolen copy of the app itself, or running a "cracker" app to make a normal copy of an Adobe app act as if it were registered. Installing these kinds of things runs the risk of installing new malware that may not be detected - or worse, making undetectable changes to your system's configuration, turning it against you without actually installing malware. This is unlikely, but nonetheless possible. If this were my wife's computer or my kid's computer, I'd erase the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch. Whether you choose to take that route is up to you, but it's what I would do.


Thomas Reed

Director of Mac Offerings, Malwarebytes

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