Remove "Any Search Manager" from Mac

Hello,


I updated my Flash Player from a website three days ago and have what I believe is malware on my Mac now. When I open Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, the search that comes up is now anysearchmanager.com. For a couple of seconds while it is loading, I can see something else which is akamaihd.net. How can I remove this? I have downloaded Kaspersky security, Malwarebytes, and Etrecheck but nothing is working. Thank you for any help!

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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Nov 21, 2017 10:37 AM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2017 4:49 PM

This happened to me as well. You have to open safari then at the top click on preference in the drop down menu. Click on extensions and any search will be checked on the left. Over to the right click uninstall. Problem solved.

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Nov 22, 2017 4:16 PM in response to Eric Root

I am getting closer to fixing the problem. I have been all over the files of my Mac deleting things. Whatever I downloaded did attach extensions to all of the search engines I use. I think I have resolved that. I uninstalled Kapersky and tried to uninstall the Mac Cleaner. It said it was successful but I still see something on the Etrecheck so I'm not sure what to do now. Also, can someone tell me if the user internet plug ins listed are okay? I don't know what they are. Thank you so much for helping! Total rookie here.


EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2017-11-22 15:52:14

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Runtime: 3:15

Performance: Good


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Problem: Other problem


Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)

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

iMac - model: iMac12,2

1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-2500S) CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: not supported

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

iCloud Quota: 72.42 GB available


Video Information:

AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB

iMac 2560 x 1440


Disk Information:

WDC WD1001FALS-403AA0 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB

Macintosh HD (disk0s2 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (559.29 GB free)

(disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB


OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H ()


USB Information:

USB20Bus

hub_device

The Neat Company Neat ADF Scanner

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Internal Memory Card Reader

SD Card Reader disk1: (15.93 GB)

CAMERA SD (disk1s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) /Volumes/CAMERA SD : 15.93 GB (1.94 GB free)

USB20Bus

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

hub_device

Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B48) - Time since boot: about 2 hours


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/Elmedia Player.app

[not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.58 - SDK 10.4) [Lookup]


/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection (3.1 - SDK 10.12) [Lookup]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.14) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.bodymedia.codelessAB185.kext (1.0) [Lookup]


System Launch Agents:

[not loaded] 9 Apple tasks

[loaded] 182 Apple tasks

[running] 97 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[loaded] 188 Apple tasks

[running] 106 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitealerts.plist (? 21f61fa7 82d4604d - installed 2017-11-22) [Lookup]

[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitestatus.plist (? bb5f817b d13283dd - installed 2017-10-05) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.coupons.coupond.plist (? d6de63d4 3d692c4b - installed 2015-09-14) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-09-27) [Lookup]

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-11-20) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 1dead8be be93c7fb - installed 2017-05-08) [Lookup]


Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] com.apple.installer.cleanupinstaller.plist (? 1963bf56 0 - installed 2017-11-19)

[running] com.carbonite.launchd.carbonitedaemon.plist (? e953575f 61b5c707 - installed 2017-10-05) [Lookup]

[running] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.daemon.plist (? 5fc87722 817bdf - installed 2013-01-02) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2017-10-12) [Lookup]

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-11-20) [Lookup]

[running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-11-20) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-03-15) [Lookup]


User Launch Agents:

[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2017-08-10) [Lookup]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (Spotify - installed 2017-11-14) [Lookup]


User Login Items:

Dropbox Application

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)

Advanced Mac Cleaner Application

(~/.Trash/Advanced Mac Cleaner.app)

iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-11-01)

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

Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2015-03-20)

(/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)

J8RPQ294UB.com.skitch.SkitchHelper.url SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-01-08)

(/Applications/Skitch.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/J8RPQ294UB.com.skitch.Ski tchHelper.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

Silverlight: 5.1.10411.0 (installed 2012-06-28) [Lookup]

CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: 5.4.0 (installed 2015-09-14) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-10-25)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 131 build 11 (installed 2017-05-08) Check version


User internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-25) [Lookup]

npBcsMcTcIO: Unknown (installed 2013-09-11) [Lookup]

WebEx64: 1.0 (installed 2017-03-04) [Lookup]


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Carbonite (installed 2017-10-05) [Lookup]

Flash Player (installed 2017-10-25) [Lookup]

Java (installed 2017-05-08) [Lookup]


Time Machine:

Time Machine not configured!


Top Processes by CPU:

87% CarboniteDaemon

3% WindowServer

1% mdworker

1% mdworker

1% kernel_task


Top Processes by Memory:

1.09 GB kernel_task

281 MB CarboniteDaemon

236 MB mds_stores

155 MB EPSON_WF_3640_Series

145 MB Dropbox


Top Processes by Network Use:

Input Output Process name

698 KB 137 KB mDNSResponder

175 KB 113 KB Dropbox

7 KB 19 KB apsd

10 KB 4 KB netbiosd

4 KB 6 KB usbmuxd


Top Processes by Energy Use:

66.34 CarboniteDaemon

35.18 Finder

27.18 WindowServer

7.52 sandboxd

6.72 QuickLookSatellite


Virtual Memory Information:

12.16 GB Available RAM

9.43 GB Free RAM

3.84 GB Used RAM

2.73 GB Cached files

0 B Swap Used


Software installs (last 30 days):

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-10-25)

Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-11-14)

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (18.009.20044): (installed 2017-11-16)

Adobe Reader XI (11.0.23): (installed 2017-11-18)

Kaspersky Internet Security: (installed 2017-11-19)

Malwarebytes for Mac: (installed 2017-11-20)

Octagon: 3.2 (installed 2017-11-22)


Install information may not be complete.


Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):

2017-11-22 13:36:43 CarboniteDaemon.app High CPU use [Open] [Details]

2017-11-21 13:11:50 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app Hang [Open]


Files deleted by EtreCheck:

2017-11-21 09:24:01 - com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist - Unknown

2017-11-21 09:31:16 - ~/Library/Safari/Extensions/EBFB99CAB9D2405F9D2ECD8E00C3568E.safariextz - Unknown

2017-11-21 12:31:03 - /Library/LaunchAgents/com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist - Unknown

2017-11-21 12:31:03 - /Library/LaunchAgents/com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist - Unknown

2017-11-21 12:31:03 - /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.rim.BBDaemon.plist - Unknown

2017-11-22 11:14:45 - /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.fpsaud.plist - Unknown

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