I think I got infected when downloading a torrent ap--now deleted, but the problem persists. Basically every time I click on anything (even on reputable sites, I get ridiculous popups and ads that should not be there. The internet tells me that my MacBook pro has been infected with malware.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012)
Using Google chrome and need to disable these "Pop-Ups" ads.Â
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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.5
my friend has a mac and she said i should download google chrome and i did but i think there is a virus possibly.there are plenty of pop ups of something called "safe finder" when i first open google chrome and i want to get rid of the pop ups but i don't know how to get rid of them?
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MacBook Air
I don't know if anyone can help me with this, but for the past week or so, I've been getting weird popups when going to sites like nytimes.com, macrumors.com, cnet.com, google.com, and other perfectly safe sites that say something along the lines of "This site may harm your computer." And then when I click "Ignore" I get another popup that says are you sure, and I can't get out of the popup, and then I have to quit Safari.
I'm wondering if I have some kind of trojan or something like that. I'll get a screenshot next time it happens.
Lately, every time I open Safari the computer heats up and the fan blows continuously. This doesn't happen for Chrome, so I've had to use Chrome exclusively lately.Â
In Activity Monitor, Safari Networking has an energy impact of 100 and Average Energy Impact of 77, which Safari has an Average Energy Impact of 162. Chrome is at 11.
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Macbook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I'm having trouble with Browsers. I rotate between Safari, Aurora, and Chrome. But all three of them eventually choke of resources and hog the cpu. Sometimes quitting the broswer works but most of the time, I reboot of OS X is needed to clean up the resource logjam.My practice of using a lot of windows and tabs is at least part of it. But if varys on different days.  Thist week began a new bothersome and worrisome behavior that has malware fingerprints. Sometimes when I click on a link on a window that is "normal" size (say 60% height and 60% width of screen), a full screen pops up over everything and something I didn't ask for shows up. There are several cases of what shows up.Â
1. Some times it is a window that advises me to clean up my Mac offering a tool to do that (I've seen this offer all the time but I cannot recall which one it is but it is very common--I think the thing that was offered was Mac Keeper about which I have heard bad things so I avoid it. It appears to have a foot hold on my system). clock the red close button on the window (or Cmd-W) and it disappears and the window it came from reappears and is functional. I can no click the same link I had used before and now it works. Sometimes,but not always, later windows as I navigate do the same thing.Â
2. Today, when I went to URL.../support and clicked on discussions, a full scren window popped up with the URL.....or some other thing - I've only captured the two URLs. If I close that popped up window
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 27-inch Mid 2011 2.7 Ghz Intel Core
Why do I recieve mackeeper popups when I have pop ups blocked already? Is Mac-keeper really malware?
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MacBook
I have a macbook air that I just bought last year and I think I have malware. I have popups whenever I click on ANYTHING in any browser that I have tried. The most common popup is this mackeeper page. I've tried to follow to uninstall instructions but I can't even find that I have ever installed it in my applications or downloads or anywhere. I have tried to delete almost everything on my laptop and everything I have ever downloaded.
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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
I seem to have a bit of an issue on my MacBook Pro with pop-ups. I use Google Chrome and I thought this was a Chrome issue. I uninstalled the program and re-installed it, but when I used Safari to re-install, I had pop-ups come up on Safari, so it isn't a Chrome issue.Â
I am unsure if this is a Java plug-in issue or what, but I'm getting pop-ups everywhere and I do work quite a lot on my MacBook. I keep getting pop-ups such as MacKeeper, Purifier, EuroMillionaire, etc. I noticed I had MacKeeper and removed it. I will admit, I was working rapidly on Friday afternoon and I think I may have disabled Java or something. I am not sure how to go to the settings and adjust this. Â
How I can erase this. I've had this MacBook since late 2008 and haven't had this issue. I am on OS X 10.9.5 if that matters.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I have a mac book pro, and Mackeeper was downloaded on it somehow. Now every time I open Safari, or a new tab in it, there is a pop-up (even though I've blocked pop-ups). Im pretty sure I've deleted the program, although why am I still getting these pop-ups??
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
my macbook air keeps getting popups like mac keeper and a few other random popups and every time i click on something in safari it pops up ? what do i do ? how do i stop this my pop up blocker is on ?
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Basically I just want to be able to use safari without so many interruptions that aren't necessary.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
There are so many pop ups showing up on safari. Do I have a virus?
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
I have owned and worked on Apple computers for many years and never had any issues with any type of viruses or pop-ups and now I do. I cannot think of anything I did but now anytime I open a new Tab or do something on a web page new tabs immediately open.URL....Also, when I open other sites like Snapfish I get these pop-ups on the top and bottom of the website.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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MacBook Pro
whenever i am connected to the net,many unwanted pop ups keep on popping,is there anyways to get rid of them?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
My cursor is poping up with inappropriate dialog boxes containing things like Facebook, Groupon, Apple computer, Google and other company names, even some in chinese characters. Behaves the same as other popups when you linger over over an active point on a page - eg. 'insert table' and dissappears after a few seconds. Doesn't seem malicious but is extremely annoying and perplexing.
Thought I had a virus and installed Norton which found and removed a Trojon.Sasfis virus which I thought had fixed the problem but it has returned.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have turned off third party extensions. I have made sure I had the correct version of adobe flash player. I have blocked popup windows
But no matter what I do bizarre pop ups continue. I have safari 6.16 and Max OS X 10.7.5. What to do to clean off these virus or malware?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
So I have my safari settings to block pop ups but something must have messed with my computer because i get pop ups now more than ever?
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
in safari and now chrome I will click on a link and it will open up random spam window with games, mackeeper or inappropriate content.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 7.1.1, Safari and Chrome
Well I think the title just about covers my problems! Didn't think I'd have so much trouble having forked out for a Mac!
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MacBook Air, iOS 7.1.2, 3 months old.
I have recently discovered that on safari, on certain websites such as bbc.co.uk, there are words that are highlighted in green and underlined. Everytime i click on a 'green word' it takes me to some kind of pop-up style website that looks pretty dodgy. Also it happens on google chrome. My computer is running a tad slower, but nothing out of the ordinary. I fear something may have downloaded by accident via the internet.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2.5 years old.
When I plug an externally powered device (printer, external HD etc.) into my MBP via USB, there are small sparks around the plug and the plugged in speaker makes sounds. I think that this also caused my external HD to die.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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