How To: Remove Malware On Macs

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Have you ever experienced an issue with Malware on your Apple computer? Malware can be a frustrating problem but it is easily fixed! Watch the video to learn more about how you can remove malware from your computer and prevent it from coming back.
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  • @joaquinalexander9
    @joaquinalexander92 жыл бұрын

    Just worked on my Macbook: macsoftdownload 100 year old BING Redirect malware. Can't believe I rook'd and got it. Tried to kill it with Malwarebytes, nope didn't find it...this video helped track down the evil files. Into the trash they went, rebooted and DONE. THANK YOU.

  • @angelafilms
    @angelafilms7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I did everything you said, step by step and got rid of the malware. I can't thank you enough.

  • @madisonwang8197
    @madisonwang81975 жыл бұрын

    I can't not thank you because I had the bing redirect virus on chrome, and I tried to get rid of it for like 5 hours. Your video IS A LIFE SAVER!!! Also to all you guys saying it's a waste of time, try being patient because all the information he gives is beneficial, and if he's going too fast, PAUSE IT. Thanks again!!!!!!

  • @madisonwang8197

    @madisonwang8197

    5 жыл бұрын

    and yes I know this was four years ago

  • @juliobroca6014

    @juliobroca6014

    5 ай бұрын

    "Also to all you guys saying it's a waste of time, try being patient because all the information he gives is beneficial"... Agree

  • @devsun86
    @devsun863 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video...real life saver as my mac had really slowed down and kept getting pop up site opening..was trying to be patient for months but finally found your video and it's like I have a new laptop all over again..superb video..keep up the great work...cant thank you enough for your help 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

  • @alanc4687
    @alanc46876 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soooooo soooo much, you just save me from buying a new MacBook Pro. You helped me fixed my MacBook Pro. Thank you. I appreciate it a lot. I subbed turned on notifications and liked the video.

  • @angelictigerette
    @angelictigerette6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! I had an issue with the Advanced mac Cleaner. I had tech support remove it from my computer when I discovered it was a virus. I followed your instructions just for the heck of it, but discovered the tech missed a few things. I found more remnants of the program. I removed it and deleted my trash. Gosh, things were really hidden. Especially that secret menu where you have to hold down option. Thanks again!

  • @leomalinda2467
    @leomalinda24676 жыл бұрын

    hey bra. thank you so very much...i had a crazy malware that wouldn't go away. the repetitive force quit did the trick. watched many videos that didn't help. your explanation was simple and practical. continue the good work bro....kudos

  • @deechr1602
    @deechr16027 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Best video to help malware on Macs.....Excellent....the best!

  • @TruuReligionn
    @TruuReligionn7 жыл бұрын

    very helpful... i revert back to this video whenever I download some malware and the value you give works everytime. Thanks!!

  • @hayleypaigereviews6744
    @hayleypaigereviews67446 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh thank you thank you thank you! I was stuck on a recycling thing and it wouldn't go away! Your the only one that helped! I was stuck in chrome!

  • @viewer3361
    @viewer33616 жыл бұрын

    Thank You so Much! I had a extension that I got so annoyed from and the extension part of the video helped me. Thanks.

  • @angelictigerette
    @angelictigerette6 жыл бұрын

    I love it when people help each other! There is already so much evil in the world. I love it when people take a few moments out of day and share advice, etc. We have much more in common than we don't. Thanks to the publisher and to everyone sharing tips and advice with one another.

  • @ashleywilliams8517
    @ashleywilliams85176 жыл бұрын

    This video has like 8 minutes of fluff, but you're THE BEST! literally had been racking my brain for two days about how to remove the redirect and stupid coupon pop ups on my browser and this worked. Bless you!!

  • @samfernandez6105
    @samfernandez61054 жыл бұрын

    I’m gonna spend the next years of my life learning to hack. And give people that are making theses viruses, viruses and make a legit free antivirus software

  • @samfernandez6105

    @samfernandez6105

    4 жыл бұрын

    But I can barely use my Mac so we’ll see how this goes

  • @keberlex8364

    @keberlex8364

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol gl and if it happens send me the link lol

  • @rosecakes8013

    @rosecakes8013

    3 жыл бұрын

    please do

  • @gergemall

    @gergemall

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m with you

  • @tomaszmichalkiewicz9822
    @tomaszmichalkiewicz98224 жыл бұрын

    Well done . Thx for your help ,very good video . Yes i've found 2 malware's in my mac plus i've add malwarebytes just in case thank you .

  • @jocelyn7845
    @jocelyn78455 жыл бұрын

    Omg this helped me so much thank you man this is the best video on Mac to watch and help you fix you Mac 🥳🥳🥳🥳

  • @brendandespard5879
    @brendandespard58796 жыл бұрын

    I found your instructions very helpful towards removing advanced mac cleaner from my mac. Thank you!

  • @amandamoore4091
    @amandamoore40916 жыл бұрын

    This was extremely helpful!!!!!! I have spent the last hour trying to delete what messed up my computer found your video and you solved my issue in 10 minutes !!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @alikamran4189
    @alikamran41895 жыл бұрын

    I was able to remove adware with last step of removing libraries. Thank you for this great tutorial

  • @Alex-gl9iy
    @Alex-gl9iy7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. You just earned yourself a subscriber 💯

  • @aishaafrah9856
    @aishaafrah98566 жыл бұрын

    Thank u so much for the help. New subby here! Keep it up!

  • 7 жыл бұрын

    this is the only one of the many that I have tried that helped me completely get rid of Mackeeper. . thanks a lot

  • @lokeshkumarcreative
    @lokeshkumarcreative6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, share all these pieces of information​

  • @djfingersflores
    @djfingersflores7 жыл бұрын

    great video man... you saved the day guy

  • @soranhasan5482
    @soranhasan54826 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ,it was so helpful

  • @mattwright652
    @mattwright6525 жыл бұрын

    thank u so much, finally! found a video that actually helps

  • @nobuoohsato1851
    @nobuoohsato18515 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Learned how to check files in Launch folders.

  • @sharonschannel6345
    @sharonschannel63453 жыл бұрын

    Great! It really helped me solve the problem "pop-up"s. Thank you.

  • @binhminh417
    @binhminh4173 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I need! Thank you.

  • @NicholsonStudios
    @NicholsonStudios4 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this. Luckily the last things worked out for my problem. Thanks!

  • @grandslam47
    @grandslam476 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Just solved my Safari re-direction problems by removing programs from extensions. Thanks

  • @XavierSenior
    @XavierSenior4 жыл бұрын

    perfect!! 5 star tutorial ..thank you!

  • @Desifamilytravels
    @Desifamilytravels6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for your video advise.

  • @carolinaroblascastilla7244
    @carolinaroblascastilla72445 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sou much! the safari-preferences method worked with yourtemplatefinder

  • @chadp211
    @chadp2116 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soooooo much for this - It was easy.

  • @lawycrafting6325
    @lawycrafting63256 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot indeed for your information about MAC security.

  • @sandramoore407
    @sandramoore4075 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all the tip, they were very helpful! :)

  • @abtelectronics

    @abtelectronics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Sandra Moore, Happy to help. Thanks for watching!

  • @katherinestinson2386
    @katherinestinson23865 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you.

  • @billyarmstrong3884
    @billyarmstrong38845 жыл бұрын

    Nice..learned a lot here and cleaned up unwanted items..now subscriber..cheers bud

  • @G.Nic1
    @G.Nic16 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very useful information very much appreciated

  • @Teluric2

    @Teluric2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Simple? So you think people buy software to clean if it would be so simple?.there are tons of malware that dont need user intervention no password

  • @user-qs5nz7rf4f
    @user-qs5nz7rf4f7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Joshua, My safari was infected. I followed your simple instructions of: Go into the Apple Logo, and press force quit. I had to do it twice and it got rid of the infected Malware. Thank you so much!

  • @josueewald9664
    @josueewald96645 жыл бұрын

    Very very very helpful!!! Thank you

  • @KierValentine
    @KierValentine7 жыл бұрын

    Dude you are a life saver!!!!!! removed all the damn viruses with this thing

  • @bruceberry5331
    @bruceberry53314 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! It helped! Could you help me with this error: "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." I downloaded a virus app which helped me find and delete PersonalSearch malware finally! But it get's part way through its scan and stops with this pop up.

  • @cathridge
    @cathridge6 жыл бұрын

    Got it. Video was a bit long but it helped me discover that the recent Flash Player program I thought I was updating was malware. Had the legit logo and everything. How can I tell when it's bogus before I download?

  • @annaadair5297
    @annaadair52975 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. Found the program and eliminated it as I followed your video>

  • @EduardoFlores-sb2wz
    @EduardoFlores-sb2wz6 жыл бұрын

    I had an ADC folder when i opened it there it was the hlpradc. The cause of all my problems. I force stop first with the activity monitor and then i deleted the file. We will see in the upcoming days if that was it. Hope I did it right. In the mean time Thank you very much. I learned something new today.

  • @MrAdnap23
    @MrAdnap236 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant demo please more 😊

  • @noellatasong3554
    @noellatasong35546 жыл бұрын

    this was really helpful. thanks.

  • @WElliottSmoothVocalMan1099
    @WElliottSmoothVocalMan10997 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tips thanks so much!!!

  • @rb09rb
    @rb09rb6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Thanks a million.

  • @cheryls2022
    @cheryls20226 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for doing this video! I didn't know about the Force Quit and last night Search.Schooldozer got loaded on my brand new MacBook Air. It over rode my Malwarebytes. It took me an hour last night to figure out how to get rid of it, but now I see under Home ,Applications "Chromium" installed May 16, 2017" as well as a Yahoo Powered Search. The Yahoo give me the option to uninstall. Could either of these be remnants of the Schooldozer malware? Thank you.

  • @STEPHYGxO
    @STEPHYGxO7 жыл бұрын

    you're a genious. thank you!!!!!!! i almost threw my computer against the wall 😡

  • @Mary-hh9uz
    @Mary-hh9uz7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks this helped me uninstall safe finder :)

  • @thumberlinanguyen

    @thumberlinanguyen

    7 жыл бұрын

    please tell me how can I do? Which one I have to delete?

  • @misosoup1759

    @misosoup1759

    6 жыл бұрын

    im pretty sure you open safari then click safari next to the apple button in the top left then click preferences it should say safe finder then just click uninstall (i saw it on another comment)

  • @Dicipal

    @Dicipal

    6 жыл бұрын

    On the top left it should say safari press it and then click Preferences Now press the general tab and find "homepage" now press command+A and it'll select everything in the homepage now just type a URL like www.google.com and hit the X and hit change tab and close safari, re open it and boom

  • @brendaibarra3998
    @brendaibarra39985 жыл бұрын

    This worked thank you!!!

  • @ismalamgadhe3285
    @ismalamgadhe32856 жыл бұрын

    Thank you helped me a lot

  • @soladri2615
    @soladri26156 жыл бұрын

    it worked! eureka! thank you! MYCOUPONIZE2mac.com malware was wreaking havoc on my system in an ever-increasing rate and following this video's instructions cleared my whole comp up. hooray! THANK YOU!!

  • @johngabriel6556
    @johngabriel65567 жыл бұрын

    tankz for the help really worked!!!

  • @dave8659
    @dave86594 жыл бұрын

    very helpful, thanks man

  • @ximenesribeiro6864
    @ximenesribeiro68644 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much abt electronics

  • @mohammadpourheydarian5877
    @mohammadpourheydarian58774 жыл бұрын

    Trustable site, Thank you.

  • @usolutions
    @usolutions4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dude....searchmine was a real pain.

  • @callerhd544
    @callerhd5447 жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you so much your a real life savior

  • @thetrantowfamily8475
    @thetrantowfamily84755 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sawdustcaesar6853
    @sawdustcaesar68535 жыл бұрын

    helped me w/ trashing iLifeMediaBrowser crap thanks.

  • @Jqckgreen
    @Jqckgreen6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @gustavomattos7669
    @gustavomattos76696 жыл бұрын

    VERY USEFUL! I just found so much sh*t on my computer! Thanks a lot!

  • @andersonrodriguez5226
    @andersonrodriguez52263 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much For this video I finally fix my Mac computer

  • @firstaidtrainerc.p.r374
    @firstaidtrainerc.p.r3745 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot bro

  • @neonelephant2794
    @neonelephant27947 жыл бұрын

    Can you teach me how to remove Safe Finder

  • @prakchantkanikar4364

    @prakchantkanikar4364

    7 жыл бұрын

    Omg, same!!!

  • @Dicipal

    @Dicipal

    6 жыл бұрын

    Prak Chantkanikar On the top left it should say safari press it and then click Preferences Now press the general tab and find "homepage" now press command+A and it'll select everything in the homepage now just type a URL like www.google.com and hit the X and hit change tab and close safari, re open it and boom

  • @anthonyhernandez8451

    @anthonyhernandez8451

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ik its been some time, but if you're still having issues with removing safe finder within safari, then go to safari's Preferences, then Extensions, and remove the "Safe Find" extension including any extensions you may not be familier with .

  • @MrMesutor

    @MrMesutor

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@anthonyhernandez8451 I can't see the extensions.

  • @salmasultan6501
    @salmasultan65016 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot you solved my problem

  • @winstonpaul3398
    @winstonpaul33987 жыл бұрын

    Great nice and all... What if your keyboard is almost all frozen right now I'm using my iPad

  • @TheLegendaryLife_Official
    @TheLegendaryLife_Official7 жыл бұрын

    great video! thx

  • @sarahguzman2621
    @sarahguzman26212 жыл бұрын

    Blessss, this helped a lot!!!

  • @wonhoscake1214
    @wonhoscake12146 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you 100 times thank u

  • @feroz723
    @feroz7237 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @katherinestinson2386
    @katherinestinson23865 жыл бұрын

    Do you recommend ANY MacBook cleaning software? Or does one manage their own computer by just following the steps in your video? Are any cleaning softwares recommended by Apple at any time? Thank you for any information. Kind regards ~

  • @Aldonite
    @Aldonite8 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @timothybradek3560
    @timothybradek35605 жыл бұрын

    I really have no idea what I'm looking at or if something ought not be in my activity monitor and have run out of my 90 days. Does abt cost?

  • @matt2wavy
    @matt2wavy7 жыл бұрын

    thanks really helped

  • @danielmoore3777
    @danielmoore37776 жыл бұрын

    Thx

  • @kiannaschlesinger8835
    @kiannaschlesinger88356 жыл бұрын

    IT WAS THE EXTENSIONS WHERE THE HEASYSPEEDTEST WAS YES GOT IT THANK YOU

  • @benconnealy2103
    @benconnealy21037 жыл бұрын

    cheers dude it worked i no longer have safe finder

  • @Dicipal

    @Dicipal

    6 жыл бұрын

    You could've just changed the tab URL

  • @ivancervantes2703
    @ivancervantes27037 жыл бұрын

    I just downloaded a flash player which was a virus infected file and I hate it

  • @courtneyregan1445

    @courtneyregan1445

    7 жыл бұрын

    same ugh

  • @gsinghsra

    @gsinghsra

    7 жыл бұрын

    SAME Do you know how to remove it?

  • @ivancervantes2703

    @ivancervantes2703

    7 жыл бұрын

    Drink Bleach Just delete the whole file you downloaded and delete it. Then download this app called CCleaner for mac.(internet download)

  • @ivancervantes2703

    @ivancervantes2703

    7 жыл бұрын

    And run the app and it will delete everything that is not necessary or virus infected

  • @bigpete7865

    @bigpete7865

    7 жыл бұрын

    when I called tech support, they just gave me a link to a free anti malware called Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. do one scan and it identifies everything wrong immediately. it really helped

  • @MacBoi232
    @MacBoi2324 жыл бұрын

    Man this helped big time

  • @abtelectronics

    @abtelectronics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi MacBoi232! Glad we could help. Thanks for watching!

  • @sortex2493
    @sortex24934 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @mellowchamallow9699
    @mellowchamallow96994 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU

  • @chloerodgers692
    @chloerodgers6924 жыл бұрын

    at 11:16 I found the answer to getting rid of Bing redirect in my iMac….I’ve been trying EVERYTHING. I found the culprit in my Launch Agents folder and GoPro program that seemed innocent enough….but after trashing it, shutting down and restarting: Bing does not take over.

  • @aishacadenza
    @aishacadenza6 жыл бұрын

    Thank YOU!!!!!! 🇹🇹

  • @busyteacher2
    @busyteacher26 жыл бұрын

    Please do a video on how to remove "ADBLITZ" from a mac

  • @artifects03
    @artifects035 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much I almost was going to accept that my new browser was going to be yahoo but now its fixed and I can use google it was caused by a ''adobe update'' it was a scam

  • @abtelectronics

    @abtelectronics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Two Worlds! Glad we could help. Thanks for watching!

  • @enchantedpanda5139
    @enchantedpanda51394 жыл бұрын

    You're my savior.

  • @Dicipal
    @Dicipal6 жыл бұрын

    For those of you wanting to remove safe finder : On the top left it should say safari press it and then click Preferences Now press the general tab and find "homepage" now press command+A and it'll select everything in the homepage now just type a URL like www.google.com and hit the X and hit change tab and close safari, re open it and boom

  • @clickhereidareyou5950
    @clickhereidareyou59506 жыл бұрын

    i have a good tip. look at the url bar at the top.

  • @patrkbukly4240
    @patrkbukly42405 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, finally got rid of that stupid yahoo redirect that was in a fake adobe update. Thank you Thank you Thank you.

  • @buney
    @buney6 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff.. I however have Both Chrome and Safari hijacked on my iMac with German search results for the first 4 search items in both Browsers and can no longer skip adverts in KZread. Ive run Malwarebytes and nothing shows up. Can you help?

  • @himalayanson37
    @himalayanson377 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot :)

  • @bigchill87mw
    @bigchill87mw7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Bro what is Automator? Cause it's on my MacBook Pro.

  • @roxyfur
    @roxyfur7 жыл бұрын

    A lot of good information if you want to learn the ins and outs of your system (his instructions begin at 10:16 ... you're welcome). But if you are like me and want a quick & easy fix, download Malwarebytes and follow instructions.

  • @panchoskywalker
    @panchoskywalker4 жыл бұрын

    I followed instructions from 11:15 on and deleted "totaltoolboxsearch" in those folders you mention and it worked for like 1 month, then suddenly safari opened an update box by itself and there it was again, safesearch installed itself from nowhere. It must be hiding somewhere else. If someone knows please share.

  • @MrMesutor

    @MrMesutor

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hve you find a solution to safe search? I need to get rid of it too?

  • @panchoskywalker

    @panchoskywalker

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrMesutor I did what's shown on the video but aso looked under system preferences =>users. Sometimes it create a user as admin and you can't change google search engine because of that, it took me a while to find it. if you have it, delete it. I also installed malwarebytes and it never came back, don't know if it is because of this or just luck.

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