I got an adware today, I got Web Root and it didn't find it.
I found the files in the application folder. they were called optibuy and core updates
I crossed my fingers and deleted them, had to shut down to empty the trash
I had upgraded my flash player, I must of not had the real flash player?
screen shot of the adware, my internet was useless before I deleted the files

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

free ....works great..gets rid of Genio, maccleaner..etc.

Run it everytime my kids get off Steam...that platform is ripe with adware.

Thanks Santa!
I will save that, I never experience it.
Web Root scanned my other mac and it was the Adobe Flash Player upgrade

Any time I get a pop up saying my Flash Player needs to be upgraded, I go get the upgrade straight from Adobe's website. That way you know you got the legit package. (Course, my system's too old now to upgrade it any farther.) That goes for any other "helpful" popups. Always get your updates from the legit website.

I run across a lot of websites that display a page that my flash player is out of date and to click this button to fix it. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, click that button. If your flash is out of date you get a prompt through the Adobe updater....not from some website. Any warnings you get from websites where they want to help you are adware, malware, trojans, worms etc....no one on the internet wants to help you when they flash these messages up on your screen. Flash needs to be killed. It is disabled by default on almost all web browsers that are up to date. You don't need flash most of the time. Do away with it if you can. Same for Java.

And a big second to malwarebytes. Their free version will fix almost anything. And the Pro version is worth every penny to keep you from getting it in the first place.

thumbs up to malwarebytes from me as well.
Does a great job, and it's free!

I will forth Malwarebytes. It's the first thing I install whenever my computers get all squiggly. I've almost thought about the pro version but I have to stop having hardware failures on laptops before I buy it.

I have malwarebytes too, and it's not annoying and does the job. I think you can install on 4 machines with one license, too

I feel dumb :laugh:
I thought it was adobe :embarrassed:

Got the Malware Bytes too!

Forgot but they only have the free version for the Mac. No Pro version for Mac which is windows only.

Just remember Tracy...if a website pops up a message and wants to help you...99.99% of the time it is something bad.

K! Thanks!
that was a freakout :laugh:

It seems to be even worse on a cell phone. All I wanna do is play a little solitaire, but it's tied to ads. I snagged some free (not public) wi-fi, and kept getting ads telling me to push this button because I have a virus or my memory is full. Heck, I haven't used even five percent of my memory, and besides, I'm not as stupid as I look. But I can imagine the people who panic as soon as they see the word "virus."

These guys are no better than the ones calling me telling me my Windows computer is calling them for help, when I've never owned a Windows.

Quote from: Possum on May 23, 2017, 03:08:03 PMThese guys are no better than the ones calling me telling me my Windows computer is calling them for help, when I've never owned a Windows.

I get a lot of those calls too. When I am in the mood I have a little fun with them before they get pissed and hang up on me.

I read about a guy who would let them remote into a VM he had set up, only he had set it up so they couldn't get anywhere or something similar. They really got frustrated. He also found out that Indians know the F word.