How to get rid of adware on safari

Hello, i recently downloaded something while browsing, which turned out to be an adware. I keep getting pop-ups, which is pretty annoying. How do i get rid of it please?


I read an article that was posted in 2014 here LINK TO POST, followed the steps and i am creating a new discussion for it, as that article has been there for a couple of years and also, it has been marked SOLVED.


After following the steps in the article, i got this:


Boot Mode: Normal



Model: MacBookAir7,1



Battery cycles: 797



System load advisory



combined level = Bad

- user level = OK

- battery level = Bad

- thermal level = Great



System diagnostics



2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-03-17 sudo crash

2017-04-04 mds_stores crash

2017-04-04 mds_stores crash

2017-04-12 node crash

2017-04-13 Microsoft PowerPoint hang



User diagnostics



2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash

2017-04-14 node crash



Total CPU usage: user %, system %



CPU usage by process "osascript" with UID 0: 14.3%



Extrinsic daemons



me.hide.osxhelper

net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.tunnelblickd

com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon

/Library/BALBtbRR/BALBtbRR.app/Contents/MacOS/BALBtbRR

com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard

/Library/Hopi/KKIwrBUA/RivNGJZj/loathful-volage

com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper

Adobe_Genuine_Software_Integrity_Service

/Library/jqsxychajhnr/jqsxychajhnr

/Library/coguzpaurftu/coguzpaurftu

com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper

/Library/haptophorous/haptophorous

com.adobe.SwitchBoard

/Library/vqfcahpvcpsf/vqfcahpvcpsf

com.adobe.fpsaud

com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun



Extrinsic agents



com.shazam.mac.ShazamHelper

com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.3236.UUID

com.sourcekp.protect.user.update

com.pcv.hlpramcn

com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud

com.bittorrent.uTorrent

com.openssh.ssh-agent

com.techyutils.ummhlpr

com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager

com.adscleaner.hlpradc

net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin

com.google.keystone.user.agent

com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara

com.spigot.ApplicationManager



launchd items



/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

(com.adobe.AAM.Startup-1.0)

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist

(com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud)

/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist

(com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon.plist

(com.adobe.adobeupdatedaemon)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.agsservice.plist

(Adobe_Genuine_Software_Integrity_Service)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

(com.adobe.fpsaud)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist

(com.adobe.SwitchBoard)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.builing.plist

(com.apple.builing)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.cereng.plist

(com.apple.cereng)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.schiwarkin.plist

(com.apple.schiwarkin)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist

(com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist

(com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard.plist

(com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeard)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/me.hide.osxhelper.plist

(me.hide.osxhelper)

/Library/LaunchDaemons/net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.tunnelblickd.plist

(net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.tunnelblickd)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

(com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.adscleaner.hlpradc.plist

(com.adscleaner.hlpradc)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist

(com.bittorrent.uTorrent)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist

(com.google.keystone.user.agent)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.pcv.hlpramcn.plist

(com.pcv.hlpramcn)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.sourcekp.protect.update.plist

(com.sourcekp.protect.user.update)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.spigot.ApplicationManager.plist

(com.spigot.ApplicationManager)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.techyutils.ummhlpr.plist

(com.techyutils.ummhlpr)

Library/LaunchAgents/com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara.plist

(com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara)

Library/LaunchAgents/net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin.plist

(net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin)



Extrinsic loadable bundles



/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin

(com.macromedia.Flash Player.plugin)

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

(com.apple.java.JavaAppletPlugin)

/Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane

(com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences)

/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax

(No bundle ID)

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABCaller.bundle

(com.skype.SkypeABCaller)

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABChatter.bundle

(com.skype.SkypeABChatter)

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle

(com.skype.SkypeABDialer)

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle

(com.skype.SkypeABSMS)

Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Folx3Plugin.plugin

(com.eltima.Folx3.plugin)



Netmask: 255.255.255.240



hosts



95.211.101.203 free-nl.hide.me



hosts format: ASCII text



Application check



com.google.GoogleDrive



User login items



hide.me VPN

iTunesHelper

uTorrent

Google Drive

WDDriveUtilityHelper

WDSecurityHelper

Spotflux

Advanced Mac Cleaner

Mac Ads Cleaner

Unpollute My Mac



Restricted user files: 125



Desktop file count: 40



Keychains file count: 12



Elapsed time (s): 85

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Apr 13, 2017 6:25 PM

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5 replies

Apr 13, 2017 7:00 PM in response to muadeen

Hi,


"which is pretty annoying"

I'm sure it is but you have a ton of third party software installed that is problematic.



First download and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac


It's free and only takes a minute or two.


That should take care of the adware / malware.



On the other hand ... you need to remove the bit torrent, the ads cleaner, the tunneler, sourcekp.plrot, spigot, unpollute my Mac, then restart your Mac to test.


com.shazam.mac.ShazamHelper

com.adobe.acc.AdobeDesktopService.3236.UUID

com.sourcekp.protect.user.update

com.pcv.hlpramcn

com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud

com.bittorrent.uTorrent

com.openssh.ssh-agent

com.techyutils.ummhlpr

com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager

com.adscleaner.hlpradc

net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.LaunchAtLogin

com.google.keystone.user.agent

com.tunnelbear.mac.tbeara


User login items



hide.me VPN

iTunesHelper

uTorrent

Google Drive

WDDriveUtilityHelper

WDSecurityHelper

Spotflux

Advanced Mac Cleaner

Mac Ads Cleaner

Unpollute My Mac

com.spigot.ApplicationManager

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