Remove Fake Pop Up Virus from Mac OS X

In this tutorial, we are going to show you “How you can Remove Fake Pop Up Virus from macOS“

Note: Before doing any step, please check your Mac is updated or Not.

Step 1: Close all Open Applications

• Navigate to Apple Icon from Top Left Corner and then click on Force Quit.
• After that Force Quit all the open Applications except Finder.

Step 2: Backup Safari Bookmarks

• Navigate to Go and Select Go to folder Type: ~/Library. Then Hit Enter
• Then open the folder name Safari
• You will be able to find a file name Bookmarks.plist, this file contains the backup of all your bookmarks.
• Now you can either backup this file to online storage or copy it to a flash drive.

Step 3: Open ~/Library

• Now, Click Go Select Go to folder Type: ~/Library. Then Hit Enter
• Look for Cookies, Cache, and Safari. Select them all and Move to Trash.
• Navigate to Folder Saved Application State.
• Search for com.apple.Safari.savedState and Move to Trash.
• Then close the window.

Step 4: Open Terminal

• Now, Open Terminal.
• Copy and Paste all these commands at once in Terminal.

mv ~/Library/Safari ~/Desktop/Safari-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/Apple\ -\ Safari\ -\ Safari\ Extensions\ Gallery; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.WebKit.PluginProcess; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.binarycookies; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/Apple\ -\ Safari\ -\ Safari\ Extensions\ Gallery; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.LSSharedFileList.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.RSS.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebFoundation.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebKit.PluginHost.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebKit.PluginProcess.plist; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/PubSub/Database; \
rm -Rf ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState

These commands will fully wipe out all of your old Safari settings.
Restart the Mac and Open Safari again.

Step 5: Add Extensions to Safari

• Open Safari
• Click on Safari from the top left corner and click on Safari Extensions.
• Now select Adblocker from the available extensions and Install it.
• Open website : www.mywot.com & Install.

Step 6: Scan using Malwarebytes

• Open website www.malwarebytes.com
• Install Run a scan.
• If you find any malicious entries delete them.

Step 7: Install Anti-Virus

• • Search for a free Anti-Virus and install it.
  • My Choice: Avast, AVG, or Avira.
  • Note: Don’t click on websites which start with Ad.

In conclusion

• Now your Mac is all clear from viruses and other Malware’s. Restart the Mac and start using it.

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