Posted on 03/25/2015 8:24:24 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Use these instructions to uninstall or remove ad-injection software — sometimes called adware – from your Mac.
Ad-injection software is advertising-supported software that can come from third-party download sites. Software that you download from such sites may have been customized to install both the software you want and the ad-injection software. If your Mac has ad-injection software installed, you might see pop-up windows, ads, and graphics while surfing the web, even if “Block pop-up windows” is selected in Safari preferences. Ad-injection software might also change your homepage and preferred search engine.
Check Safari settings and extensions
Go to Safari > Preferences, then follow these steps:
1. Click the General icon and make sure that the Homepage field contains the website you want.
2. Click the Search icon and make sure that the search engine setting shows your preferred search engine. Some versions of Safari have this setting in the General pane instead.
3. Click the Extensions icon. If you don’t want an extension or don’t know what it does, select the extension from the list and click Uninstall. These are examples of ad-injection extensions, but there are others:
• Amazon Shopping Assistant by Spigot Inc.
• Ebay Shopping Assistant by Spigot Inc.
• Searchme by Spigot, Inc.
• Slick Savings by Spigot Inc.
• GoPhoto.It
• Omnibar
Remove certain ad-injection software
Use this “Go to Folder” method to find and remove each item listed in the sections below, one item at a time:
1. Drag to select an entire line in the lists below, starting with /System/Library/Frameworks/v.framework, for example.
2. Choose Edit > Copy.
3. Open a Finder window, then choose View > As Columns.
4. Choose Go > Go to Folder.
5. Choose Edit > Paste to paste the line you copied into the text field.
6. Press Return.
• If the item is on your Mac, a window opens with the item you searched for already selected. Drag only that item to the Trash. If you’re asked to enter a password, enter your administrator password.
• If the item is not on your Mac, you’ll see a message that the folder can’t be found. Continue to the next item in the list.
Remove Downlite, VSearch, Conduit, Trovi, MyBrand, Search Protect
Use Go to Folder to find and remove each of these items:
/System/Library/Frameworks/v.framework
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/Jack
/Library/InputManagers/CTLoader/
/Library/Application Support/Conduit/
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/TroviNPAPIPlugin.plugin
/Applications/SearchProtect.app
After you remove the items above, restart your Mac. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to permanently remove them.
Remove Genieo, InstallMac
First follow these steps to stop the Genieo or InstallMac processes, if they’re running. Be sure to restart your Mac when instructed.
1. Open Activity Monitor.
You can use Spotlight (Command-Space) to search for “Activity Monitor,” then choose Activity Monitor from the search results.
2. In the Activity Monitor window, click the CPU tab, then click Process Name at the top of that column to sort the list alphabetically.
3. Look for the process “Genieo.” Select it, then click the Force Quit button (x) in the upper-left corner of the window.
4. Look for the process “InstallMac.” Select it, then click the Force Quit button.
5. Quit Activity Monitor.
6. Use Go to Folder to find and remove /private/etc/launchd.conf.
Restart your Mac
Use Go to Folder to find and remove each of these items:
/Applications/Genieo
/Applications/InstallMac
/Applications/Uninstall Genieo
/Applications/Uninstall IM Completer.app
/usr/lib/libgenkit.dylib
/usr/lib/libgenkitsa.dylib
/usr/lib/libimckit.dylib
/usr/lib/libimckitsa.dylib
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client
~/Library/Application Support/Genieo/
~/Library/Application Support/com.genieoinnovation.Installer/
Restart your Mac
Now find and remove /Library/Frameworks/GenieoExtra.framework.
Restart your Mac
Choose Finder > Empty Trash to permanently remove the items.
Optionally remove other adware files
You don’t need to remove these files to disable the adware. If you do remove them, first remove the other files listed in the sections above. Use the same Go to Folder method to find and remove each item.
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.engine.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/Jack.plist
~/Conduit/
~/Trovi/
~/Library/Caches/com.Conduit.takeOverSearchAssetsMac
~/Library/Caches/com.VSearch.bulk.installer
~/Library/Caches/com.VSearch.VSinstaller
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.download.plist
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.genieo.global.settings.plist.lockfile
~/Library/Preferences/com.geneio.settings.plist.lockfile
~/Library/Preferences/com.geneio.global.settings.plist
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.genieo.RemoveGenieoMac.savedState
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.VSearch.bulk.installer.savedstate
Go to the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder and look for a file named com.*.agent.plist. The asterisk (*) could be any word, including “Apple.” Example: com.midnight.agent.plist. Move the file to the Trash.
Go to the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder and look for a file named com.*.daemon.plist and a file named com.*.helper.plist. The asterisk (*) could be any word, but it will be the same word used in the LaunchAgents folder, above. Example: com.midnight.daemon.plist and com.midnight.helper.plist. Move the files to the Trash.
Go to the /Library/Application Support/ folder and look for a file name that is the same word used in the LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons folders, above. Example: midnight. Move the file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac, then choose Finder > Empty Trash to permanently remove the items.
Source: Apple Inc.
If you are running Chrome on a Mac, this should take care of it. . . but check in Chrome for any of the named plug-ins.
No sir, your insults stand as they are.
This is a completely TECH THREAD posted with the intent of being useful for Freepers who use Apple Macs, and you and Utilizer are slinging feces and vomiting all over it. . . trying your damnedest to try to start a flame war. . . Something that Jim Robinson has specifically prohibited on FreeRepublic. Why?
You both are intentionally acting like juvenile mewling trolls to make Apple threads unpalatable and un-enjoyable for other Freepers to read by smearing all of your Fellow Freepers who choose to use Apple products. . .
They indict you as an asshat.
Cry to the teacher. Waaaaaaaa.
Again, you prove you are only 14 years old. You are an undisciplined, uncivil brat whose mother never taught manners!
These Alinsky tactics of trying to ridicule me just don't work. . . I am immune to them. Insult away, you just prove you have no cogent arguments, just insults.
Later
Me either. Of course, I made certain to never turn on the new-age Atari 2400 of the day, so nothing to worry about.
After all, it's not like I really need to do some REAL work on a computer.
Oh look. I need a dumb terminal to log onto a site, just like the NASA does like in that picture! Well, when it comes to Dumb Terminals, with really Pretty and Precious fonts, I guess I know where to point the Liberals to. *snicker*
OK, JimRob, please do not delete this thread. You have better things to do than act as referee to the various factions that post here.
That being said, I remember that this is a site for conversation, and divergent thoughts coming together to find some sort of middle ground.
This little spat is not worth worrying about. The various participants will eventually go their own ways without any harm done. It is only the Liberals who demand that you adhere to their stated Ideology or be banned, and I know that this site is much better than that.
Thanks again for the opportunity to post here, and sorry that someone tried to bring you into this.
This is nothing more than a difference of opinion between FReepers, and you should not worry overmuch about it. Eventually, we will be focused upon whether or not Ted Cruz can make it (I hope he does -with Sarah Palin!), and this will be a slight bump in the months preceeding the elections.
Have a great day. :)
It’s rather like a college campus where one student group demands that some person or other not be allowed to speak, on the grounds that it might “offend” someone (or themselves in particular).
Free speech does not mix well with the You-May-Not-Offend-Me attitudes, I must say. The “Other”-boxen (/Dumb Terminal) set will no doubt wail about how unfairly they are being treated.
Again. Kind of like Liberal/Democrat sources, actually (and why am I not surprised?).
It will all work out in the end.:)
Great! You might also find out that there is a thing called a "modem", which allows you to get on various BBS sites, or even The Internet sometimes. I am sure your mac can find some outlet or other that might help you along those lines.
And there are more speeds than the standard 56K these days! What a country! :)
anchor. Really.
Definitely. Relegated to forcibly using a macmachine? I'd rather spend My days sitting alone in a Forest Reserve, with no one allowed nearby for months at a time.
Swordmaker, look what you just said, to the guys slinging poop on your Mac thread. You let the anti-Mac crowd control the conversation.
Does this work on IPad?
BFL
Thanks for the info....noting for later.
I’m not new to computers, just the mac. ;-(
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