Malware bytes pop up in Safari after uninstall

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Malwarebytes uninstall

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Malwarebytes does not remove itself cleanly, by design - it misses big parts of some malware, and then uses some of the same tricks as the malware to stop you from removing it. I had an infestation with weknow.ac - malwarebytes didn't clear it up, and actually left more problems that took a week to correct - leaving this here in the hope that somebody will see it and not download this software. Uninstalling malwarebytes DOES NOT uninstall these other components, which are designed to annoy you until you download malwarebytes again.

To remove it, click the background, then the Go menu, then hold the Alt key (between control and command) to show the Library folder. Then you are going to have to go through and manually delete each part - it infests lots of folders - check them all for items that start with Malwarebytes or com.malwarebytes - get rid of those.

HI I have the same issues but mine was not malware but instead its adobe flash player needs to be updated. then I after I updated installed and un installed what I downloaded annoying websites pop ups everyone and then. and I also can't go directly to the site I want to open. It will give me a notice that Safari can't open the page I'm trying to open. Can you help me on this 😟

fuowufuoooofoofa wrote:

Malwarebytes does not remove itself cleanly, by design - it misses big parts of some malware, and then uses some of the same tricks as the malware to stop you from removing it.

That is absolutely not true.

Uninstalling Malwarebytes is simple. Open Malwarebytes, then choose Uninstall from the Help menu. That's it.

If you tried to uninstall by dragging the app to the trash, that is absolutely, 100% always the wrong way to uninstall any app that uses an installer, and many that don't. Always look for the correct uninstall procedure provided by the developer of any software you want to remove.

As for missing parts of malware, be aware that Malwarebytes removes malware and adware, but it does not attempt to fix the changes that such software may have made to your browser settings.

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