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Malwarebytes keeps popping up with messages to download. I do not have it, I do not want it but it stays. I have tried removing it to no avail.
It is Malware was far as I am concerned.
Any ideas on how to remove it permanently?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
You installed it at some point, but didn't properly remove it. In the future, note that everything that requires an installer will also need to be uninstalled properly. You can't just drag such applications to the trash.
In the case of Malwarebytes, if you have a version older than 3.1.1 (which you must, if you're getting update notifications), download the uninstaller from here:
You installed it at some point, but didn't properly remove it. In the future, note that everything that requires an installer will also need to be uninstalled properly. You can't just drag such applications to the trash.
In the case of Malwarebytes, if you have a version older than 3.1.1 (which you must, if you're getting update notifications), download the uninstaller from here:
infosee wrote:
It is so ridiculous that you have to download and run another Malwarebytes application to uninstall the original one. Why Malwarebytes can't allow customer to uninstall their app easily?
It already does, if you have the latest version.
See this method the name of plist could be slightly different( as you might be using older version of Malware bytes Anti - Malware for Mac but the location of plist will be in these folders .
For free version of Malwarebytes Anti -Malware for Mac .
Click on finder > Applications > right click on Malwarebytes Anti - Malware.app & move to trash , if it is in download folder , remove it from there also .
To enter in system library > click on Go > Go to folder & type /Library
Find folders : Launch Daemons > com.malwarebytes.Helpertool.plist
PrivilegedHelperTools > com.malwarebytes.Helper.Tools
To enter in user library > click on Go > Go to folder & type ~/Library
Find folders : Application support > Malwarebytes
Caches > com.malwarebytes.antimalware
com.malwarebytes.Malwarebytes-xpc- service
Preferences > com.malwarebytes.antimalware.plist
After update the new files that are found in system library .
LaunchAgents > com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist
LaunchDaemons > com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist
>com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist
PriviledgedHelperTools > a folder named com.malwarebytes.HelperTool
In user library .
Preferences > com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist
Right click on these items inside the folders and move to trash .
Restart the computer & empty the trash .
oldaussie wrote:
Thomas, I installed the program but I cannot find it to activate it to remove Malwarebytes?
Can you tell me where it went to so I can use it to remove Malwarebytes program?
I'm not sure I understand. If you ran the uninstaller, then it will have removed Malwarebytes for Mac.
Thomas, I installed the program but I cannot find it to activate it to remove Malwarebytes?
Can you tell me where it went to so I can use it to remove Malwarebytes program?
Thomas, did it automatically delete Malwarebytes was it has gone from notifications?
It is so ridiculous that you have to download and run another Malwarebytes application to uninstall the original one. Why Malwarebytes can't allow customer to uninstall their app easily?
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