ChumSearch malware/How to get rid of it?

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ChumSearch malware/How to get rid of it?

So I accidentally downloaded or somehow ended up with something called ChumSearch, and it's my new default search engine/browser, and i tried just switching it and uninstalling the safari extension, but even after I uninstalled it it's still there. I followed the instructions on this post but they didn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated (the quickest the better, my parents will kill me if i do anything to my laptop). Thank you!

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)

Posted on Mar 22, 2016 7:58 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 13, 2017 6:05 AM in response to MysteriousStranger

In order to to remove Chumsearch from Google Chrome on the mac platform.

Just follow the few simple steps.

Open the Preferences of Google Chrome.

You will find below points under settings.

People

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Appearance

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Search Engine

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Default Browser

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On Startup

Underneath of Search Engine, Click on the Manage Search Engines

There will be two table.

1. Default Search Engine

2. Other Search Engine

In Default Search Engine, you will find the Chumsearch Engine listed at the top and also as Default search Engine, followed by other

search engine like Google.com, Bing.com etc.

Click on the 3 vertical dots beside Google.com to make it your Default search engine.

and then click on the Chumsearch.com engine 3dots to “remove from the list”.

Come back to the settings.

Then go to the On Startup tab,

Click on the, Open a specific page or set of pages.

Add, http://www.google.com

Thats it, your are done.

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Answer 2

Mar 22, 2016 8:00 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

Try malware

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Answer 3

Mar 22, 2016 8:03 PM in response to Allan Eckert

that would be the thread that i just linked to and said didn't help. i followed all their advice and it's still there!

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Answer 4

Mar 22, 2016 8:16 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

Okay, so I got my homepage/search engine back, now these are my problems:

everything is very very slow
mackeeper and magabackup were both also installed
the applications folder appears to be empty so i can't delete them
no search functions are working (spotlight search or the search bars in finder)

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Answer 5

TildeBee

Level 7

31,923 points

Mar 22, 2016 8:42 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

MS -

If you've got MacKeeper on there, you're in serious trouble.

And so, you're telling us that your downloaded MalwareBytes, ran it, and it didn't find or delete anything?

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Answer 6

Mar 22, 2016 8:55 PM in response to TildeBee

Yes. I did manage to find the contents of the applications folder and I deleted mackeeper and megabackup, though. I'm really not sure how these things work (slightly clueless, as I'm sure you've gathered), is getting rid of them enough? Did they do any lasting damage?

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Answer 7

TildeBee

Level 7

31,923 points

Mar 22, 2016 9:15 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

DId you download MalwareBytes, install it, and run it?

(I know this may be confusing, but we're trying our best to help you.)

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Answer 8

Mar 22, 2016 9:16 PM in response to TildeBee

yes.

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Answer 9

TildeBee

Level 7

31,923 points

Mar 22, 2016 9:25 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

If you just deleted MacKeeper, it's still on there.

It would help, at this point, if you downloaded Etresoft (another free very effective little app de

veloped by a helper here) and run it. Then copy the report, and post it here. It will save tons of time and back and forth posts.

http://www.etrecheck.com/#about

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Answer 10

Mar 22, 2016 9:35 PM in response to TildeBee

EtreCheck version: 2.9.10 (261)

Report generated 2016-03-23 00:33:27

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 5:37

Performance: Below Average

Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

Problem: Other problem

Description:

accidentally downloaded malware?

Hardware Information:ⓘ

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2

1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 706

Video Information:ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Color LCD 1280 x 800

System Software:ⓘ

OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F27) - Time since boot: about one hour

Disk Information:ⓘ

APPLE HDD HTS541075A9E662 disk0 : (750.16 GB) (Rotational)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 1.03 GB

Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 748.28 GB (583.35 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 748.65 GB Online

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N ()

USB Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Thunderbolt Information:ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

Gatekeeper:ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers

Kernel Extensions:ⓘ

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.movavi.driver.SoundGrabber (1.6.5 - SDK 10.9 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.nike.sportwatch (1.0.0 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.pentablet (5.3.0 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-03-22) [Support]

System Launch Agents:ⓘ

[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks

[loaded] 146 Apple tasks

[running] 61 Apple tasks

System Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks

[loaded] 136 Apple tasks

[running] 79 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

[running] com.nike.nikeplusconnect.plist (2013-05-08) [Support]

[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Support]

[running] com.wacom.pentablet.plist (2012-10-29) [Support]

Launch Daemons:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (2016-03-07) [Support]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-02) [Support]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.MBAMHelperTool.plist (2016-03-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents:ⓘ

[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist (2014-10-27) [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-03-08) [Support]

[loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (2015-10-15) [Support]

User Login Items:ⓘ

iTunesHelper Application Hidden (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)

BambooCore Application (/Library/Application Support/Wacom/BambooCore.app)

Other Apps:ⓘ

[running] com.google.GoogleTalkPluginD.81824.E528A622-33FF-4094-8B52-E4CA85315B47

[loaded] com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.service.clean

[running] com.wacom.BambooCore.63648

[running] com.wacom.Consumer_TouchDriver.15084

[running] com.wacom.TabletDriver.5144

[loaded] 369 Apple tasks

[running] 169 Apple tasks

Internet Plug-ins:ⓘ

o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 (2016-01-23) [Support]

WacomNetscape: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 (2012-10-29) [Support]

Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 4.3.1f1 - SDK 10.6 (2014-02-23) [Support]

Default Browser: 600 - SDK 10.10 (2015-07-16)

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: 12.3.4 (2012-10-15) [Support]

WacomTabletPlugin: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 (2012-10-29) [Support]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 (2014-12-09) [Support]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 21.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-10) [Support]

Silverlight: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 (2014-07-23) [Support]

Flash Player: 21.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 (2016-03-10) [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2015-09-16)

googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 - SDK 10.8 (2015-12-11) [Support]

AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 (2014-12-09) [Support]

DirectorShockwave: 11.6.6r636 (2012-08-09) [Support]

Safari Extensions:ⓘ

Tumblr Savior-1 (2012-08-21)

Reddit Enhancement Suite (2014-12-30)

3rd Party Preference Panes:ⓘ

Flash Player (2016-03-07) [Support]

Time Machine:ⓘ

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU:ⓘ

100% mds

10% WindowServer

8% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)

4% Safari

2% kernel_task

Top Processes by Memory:ⓘ

795 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)

733 MB kernel_task

246 MB Safari

197 MB spindump

180 MB Finder

Virtual Memory Information:ⓘ

2.13 GB Free RAM

5.87 GB Used RAM (1.92 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used

Diagnostics Information:ⓘ

Mar 22, 2016, 10:30:51 PM Self test - passed

Mar 22, 2016, 08:45:47 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-03-22-204547_ [redacted].crash

/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices /com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

Mar 21, 2016, 02:34:26 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WindowServer_2016-03-21-023426_[redacted].crash

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowSe rver

Mar 20, 2016, 12:51:25 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2016-03-20-125125_ [redacted].crash

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Answer 11

TildeBee

Level 7

31,923 points

Mar 22, 2016 9:38 PM in response to MysteriousStranger

MS --

MacKeeper is still on there.

Please run Malwarebytes again.

I will try to contact the developer for you.

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Answer 12

Mar 22, 2016 9:40 PM in response to TildeBee

I ran it again, it still says it found nothing.

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Answer 13

seventy one

Level 7

27,442 points

Mar 23, 2016 2:05 AM in response to MysteriousStranger

As `Bee says, you still have Mackeeper. Let's see what others say, but you may have to formally download it again then delete it as per their instructions. This should remove both the new and the old.

You should also get rid of valvasoftware.steamclean. It is of little benefit for you and has been involved in other slowdowns if my memory serves me correct.

The mds at 100% is likely most of your problem but the only resolution I have found includes terminal commands that I am always reluctant to pass on. It is so easy to mess up your machine unless you really know what you are doing. One thing that will have to be done is re-index spotlight.

Perhaps someone else can step in and help here ... particularly regarding terminal.

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