Stop annoying Recommended Download popups that promote a program named Mac Adware Cleaner on a machine hit by an affiliated rogue application. In case Internet browsing or other activities on your Mac get interrupted by “Recommended Download” popups once in a while, there is a good reason to check the system for malware. If you have had your Mac affected by a Mac virus, follow these steps towards securing your Mac. 1 – Disconnect from the web and try to stay offline when possible until the issue is resolved. 2 – Do not type any passwords on your Mac, because malware may be logging your keystrokes to obtain passwords. Anyone can manually initiate a scan and remove malware with Malwarebytes for Mac without spending a penny. The Malwarebytes Premium features that will monitor your Mac for malware and spyware, prevent infections before they occur, and automatically download updates do cost money, but Malwarebytes does provide a 30-day free trial. I think I accidentally downloaded adware. I was getting popups asking me to install Mac Adware Cleaner and some other software. I loaded OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.5 and but still get a popup in the upper right corner warning me that I have a virus and need to download the cleaner. This article presents an overview of the impacts that Mac Adware Cleaner could cause to your Mac. In it, you will also find removal steps for its complete removal from your affected Mac. Mac Adware Cleaner is a potentially unwanted program classified as adware. Once started on your Mac it implements certain changes of system and browser.

• How To Get Adware Off My Mac
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Don't use any kind of 'anti-virus' or 'anti-malware' product on a Mac. There is never a need for it, and relying on it for protection makes you more vulnerable to attack, not less.

You installed the 'Search Genius' malware. Please take the steps below to disable it.

Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. This procedure works as of now, as far as I know. It may not work in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for a more recent discussion, or start a new one.

Back up all data before continuing.

1. Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

~/Library/LaunchAgents

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In the Finder, select

Go ▹ Go to Folder..

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. A folder named 'LaunchAgents' will open.

2. Inside the folder you just opened, there may be one or more files with a name that begins as follows:

com.mediahm Open .dmg files.

Move any such files to the Trash. There may not be anything else in the LaunchAgents folder; in that case, you can delete the folder, but otherwise don't delete it. Other files in the folder are not necessarily malicious (though they could be, if you also installed some other kind of malware.)

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Log out or restart the computer.

3. From the Safari menu bar, select

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Safari ▹ Preferences.. ▹ Extensions

Uninstall all extensions you don't know you need. If in doubt, remove all of them. None is required for normal operation. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those.

4. Reset the home page in each of your browsers, if it was changed. In Safari, first load the home page you want, then select

Safari ▹ Preferences.. ▹ General

and click

Set to Current Page

5. This step is optional. Open this folder as in Step 1:

~/Library/Application Support

and move to the Trash the subfolder with the name

mediahm

if present.

Don't move the Application Support folder or anything else inside it.

6. 'Search Genius' is distributed in the form of a fake updater for 'Adobe Flash Player.' You may have been prompted by a popup on a website to update Flash. Never follow a prompt on any website to install any software, no matter what you think it is. Software should be downloaded only because you—not someone else—decided that you need it, and then only from the developer's website or from the Mac App Store. Some software, including Flash Player, has a buit-in updater that is safe enough to use, provided that the existing installation came from a reliable source.