How do I uninstall Play Search Now ?

I've managed to find the files that were causing to activate the Play Search Now! I deleted them and my safari works fine now.

Can you share what they were? I have successfully gotten rid of it on Firefox and Chrome, but can't on Safari.

No - I have not been able to remove it.

If I learn anything, I'll post back.

I have same problem! :(

Here is my EtreCheck Report...

EtreCheck version: 4.3.4 (4D037)

Report generated: 2018-07-08 10:55:38

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Runtime: 11:27

Performance: Poor

Problem: Other problem

Description:

Play Search Now can not be removed using Malwarebytes and other solutions!

Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.

Time Machine backup out-of-date - The last Time Machine backup is over 10 days old.

Unsigned files - There are unsigned software installed that could be adware and should be reviewed.

Poor performance - EtreCheck report took over 10 minutes to run. This is very unusual.

Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.

Time Machine auto backup disabled - Time Machine auto backups are disabled.

Low disk space - This machine is running low on free hard drive space.

Upgradeable hard drive - This machine’s hard drive could be replaced with an SSD. This would dramatically improve your machine’s performance.

Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed.

Small backup drive - Time Machine backup drive is too small.

Vintage hardware - This machine may be considered vintage.

Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) - Vintage!

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro7,1

1 2,66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Duo) CPU: 2-core

4 RAM - Upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

BANK 1/DIMM0 - 2 GB DDR3 1067 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 391

Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB

Color LCD 1280 x 800

Drives:

disk0 - Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 320.07 GB (Mechanical)

Internal SATA 1.5 Gigabit Serial ATA

disk0s1 - EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD (Journaled HFS+) 298.48 GB

disk0s3 - Recovery HD (Journaled HFS+) [Recovery] 650 MB

disk0s4 - T******************s (Case-Sensitive Journaled HFS+) 20.59 GB

Mounted Volumes:

disk0s2 - Macintosh HD 298.48 GB (15.96 GB free)

Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /

disk0s4 - T******************s 20.59 GB (11.40 GB free)

Case-Sensitive Journaled HFS+

Mount point: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Network:

Interface en0: Ethernet

Interface en6: TomTom GO 510

Interface en1: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n

One IPv4 address

3 IPv6 addresses

Interface en2: iPhone

System Software:

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77)

Time since boot: Less than an hour

System Load: 5.57 (1 min ago) 4.89 (5 min ago) 3.48 (15 min ago)

Security:

System Status

Gatekeeper Mac App Store and identified developers

System Integrity Protection Enabled

Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh --start

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.foliaged.py.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/foliaged.py/foliaged.py.app/Contents/MacOS/foliaged.py

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/tapufind.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/Application Support/Agent/tapufind DistributerName=mcwnet ChannelId=004 DeviceId=00ebb36c-4954-5343-8075-6f402275f8be Country=BE BarcodeId=52413004 Date=2018-06-17

Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/ZTE/PPPMonitord

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.openvpn.client.plist

Executable: /Library/Frameworks/PrivateTunnel.framework/Versions/Current/bin/openvpn-servic e -no --pidfile /var/run/openvpn.pid

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac/CleanMyMacHelperTool

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.***.plist

Executable: /Applications/Adobe Reader 9/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.wandsman.ni.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/wandsman.ni/wandsman.ni.app/Contents/MacOS/wandsman.ni

Details: Domain name invalid - possibly adware

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac/CleanMyMacHelperTool -watchTrashSize

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/CleverFiles/BackService.app/Contents/MacOS/cfbackd

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Helper-Tool

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist

Executable: /Users/***/Library/Application Support/CleanMyMac/CleanMyMacHelperTool -cleanWinJunk -cleanTrashes -cleanMacOSJunk

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

Executable: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater -bgcheck

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.sony.WirelessAutoImportLauncher.agent.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/WirelessAutoImport/WirelessImporterDaemon

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK

Kernel Extensions:

/Library/Extensions

[Loaded] MB_MBAM_Protection.kext (3.3 - SDK 10.13)

[Not Loaded] SONYDeviceType04.kext (1.4.0.11070 - SDK 10.9)

/System/Library/Extensions

[Not Loaded] Soundflower.kext (1.6.6 - SDK 10.6)

[Not Loaded] ZTEUSBCDCACMData.kext (ZTEDriver_MacV1.3.33)

[Not Loaded] ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter.kext (ZTEDriver_MacV1.3.33)

[Not Loaded] cdc_ecm_qmi.kext (1.0.30)

[Not Loaded] cdc.kext (1.0.30)

Startup Items:

HWNetMgr Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr

HWPortDetect Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect

MobileBrServ Path: /Library/StartupItems/MobileBrServ

StartOuc Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc

System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 193 Apple tasks

[Running] 91 Apple tasks

[Other] One Apple task

System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 32 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 191 Apple tasks

[Running] 110 Apple tasks

[Other] 3 Apple tasks

Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.update.agent.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-01-28)

[Not Loaded] com.sony.SonyAutoLauncher.agent.plist (Sony Corporation - installed 2017-12-06)

[Not Loaded] com.sony.WirelessAutoImportLauncher.agent.plist (? c33fba7e - installed 2017-12-06)

[Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-02-04)

[Not Loaded] Swapper.plist (? 90dacb52 - installed 2011-02-24)

[Not Loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? 9fbb4a2e - installed 2017-12-20)

[Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2018-05-22)

[Not Loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-root.plist (? 58cdad93 - installed 2013-07-18)

[Not Loaded] cn.com.zte.usbswapper.plist (? c452b05b - installed 2009-09-07)

[Not Loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-for-user.plist (? 7158bbfa - installed 2013-07-18)

Launch Daemons:

[Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2018-05-22)

[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-01-28)

[Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple - installed 2018-05-30)

[Not Loaded] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist (? 65468217 - installed 2011-04-07)

[Running] com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2018-05-22)

[Not Loaded] PPPMonitord.plist (? a94c92f4 - installed 2011-02-24)

[Not Loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-06-02)

[Not Loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (? e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-12-20)

[Not Loaded] cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist (? 23e42f9c - installed 2009-10-31)

[Not Loaded] com.vmware.launchd.vmware.plist (? 40d1be26 - installed 2010-12-01)

[Not Loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-03-07)

[Not Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2017-10-10)

[Not Loaded] com.splashtop.streamer-daemon.plist (? ef6ff0c6 - installed 2013-07-18)

[Not Loaded] net.openvpn.client.plist (? 3320f3cd - installed 2012-10-12)

User Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist (? 0 - installed 2012-10-19)

[Not Loaded] com.wandsman.ni.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-06-17)

[Not Loaded] com.facebook.videochat.semsettinkarasu.plist (Apple - installed 2017-11-13)

[Not Loaded] com.foliaged.py.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-06-19)

[Not Loaded] com.adobe.ARM.925793fb327152fd34795896fa1fb9ffa268b2a852256fe56609efa3.plist (? 0 - installed 2016-06-21)

[Not Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist (? 0 - installed 2012-10-19)

[Not Loaded] com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist (? 0 - installed 2017-07-20)

[Not Loaded] tapufind.plist (? 0 - installed 2018-06-17)

[Not Loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist (? 0 - installed 2012-10-19)

Internet Plug-ins:

o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-17)

Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.0 (installed 2013-02-27)

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 2.4.4.2 (installed 2013-05-12)

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 10.1.4 (installed 2013-01-05)

FlashPlayer-10.6: 30.0.0.113 (installed 2018-06-10)

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2017-10-13)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-06-17)

Flash Player: 30.0.0.113 (installed 2018-06-10)

googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-11)

iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (installed 2013-07-08)

AdobePDFViewer: 9.5.5 (installed 2016-06-21)

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 161 build 12 (installed 2018-04-13)

User Internet Plug-ins:

fbplugin_1_0_3: (installed 2010-10-09)

Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 2.6.1f3 (installed 2011-03-11)

Safari Extensions:

Translate.safariextz - SideTree.com - Apps for Mac - http://SideTree.com/extensions.html#Translate (installed 2018-07-08)

3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-06-02)

Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2012-05-16)

Java (installed 2018-04-13)

Time Machine:

Skip System Files: Yes

Mobile backups: No

Auto backup: No

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 298.48 GB - Disk used: 282.52 GB

Destinations:

T******************s [Local] (Last used)

Total size: 20.59 GB

Total number of backups: 65

Oldest backup: 2013-07-08 21:29:13

Last backup: 2015-05-29 19:36:16

Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count) Source % of CPU Location

WindowServer Apple 8

AddressBookSourceSync Apple 6

sandboxd Apple 2

kernel_task Apple 1

accountsd Apple 0

Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count) Source RAM usage Location

kernel_task Apple 358 MB

Safari Apple 126 MB

RTProtectionDaemon Malwarebytes Corporation 84 MB

media-indexer Apple 52 MB

Finder Apple 52 MB

Top Processes by Network Use:

Process Source Input Output Location

mDNSResponder Apple 79 KB 62 KB

netbiosd Apple 8 KB 4 KB

apsd Apple 4 KB 3 KB

kernel_task Apple 263 B 283 B

natpmpd Apple 0 B 252 B

Top Processes by Energy Use:

Process (count) Source Energy (0-100) Location

WindowServer Apple 4

AddressBookSourceSync (2) Apple 2

launchd Apple 1

RTProtectionDaemon Malwarebytes Corporation 0

trustd (3) Apple 0

Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM 1.69 GB

Free RAM 154 MB

Used RAM 2.31 GB

Cached files 1.54 GB

Swap Used 0 B

Software Installs (past 30 days):

Name Version Install Date

Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.113 2018-06-10

The Unarchiver 4.0.0 2018-06-16

Memory Clean 2 1.7 2018-06-16

MacKeeper 1.0 2018-07-08

Malwarebytes for Mac 1.0 2018-07-08

Clean up:

~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist

/Volumes/S***e/S*******p/C******s/L*****y/L************s/c********************** *********e/C******s/M***S/c************************t

Executable not found

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2018-07-08 10:02:06 MacKeeper.app Crash

/Applications/MacKeeper.app

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSNull length]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fffa5cc7e30'

terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

abort() called

2018-07-08 10:01:26 VMware Fusion Helper.app Crash

/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/VMware Fusion Helper.app

*** multi-threaded process forked ***

crashed on child side of fork pre-exec

2018-07-06 20:00:53 VLC.app CPU

/Applications/VLC.app

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