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This type of a ruse can be used to promote such unwanted apps as Mac Auto Fixer, Mac Cleanup Pro, Easy Mac Care or Advanced Mac Tuneup. It usually operates in tandem with such threats as bogus system utilities that report non-existent problems and thus attempt to manipulate users into activating the licensed copy of the scareware. The Adobe Flash Player update virus is one of the common ways cybercriminals try to deposit additional harmful code onto a Mac. Use the tool to remove the infection if found. Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner to detect all files related to the browser hijacker. Interference with browsing settings, harmful downloads, privacy issues due to Internet activity tracking, search redirects, malicious ads Interrupts web sessions with fake Flash Player update popups, redirects to deceptive sites, causes browser slowdownįreeware bundles, torrents, booby-trapped software updates, misleading popup ads This will remove the old version of reader and is then ready to install the update (or in this case) the reinstall.Mac browser hijacker, redirect/popup virus, Mac adwareĪvast: MacOS:AMC-DK, Avira: PUA/, BitDefender: .12496, ESET: A Variant Of OSX/GT32SupportGeeks.B, Kaspersky:, Microsoft: PUA:MacOS/AMCleaner.B!MTB, Sophos: AdvancedMacCleaner (PUA), Symantec: .2ĭ,, , upgradebestmaintenancetheclicks.icu, s3., updatemostrenewedapplication.best To do this (using sudo or root): rm -rf /Applications/Adobe\ Reader.app/ I should also mention, that if it should fail it is because there is an old version of adobe reader that needs to be uninstalled first. To unmount it run: hdiutil unmount /Volumes/AdbeRdr11003_en_US If you see the above it installed correctly. You will get some output like this: installer: Package name is Adobe Reader XI (11.0.03) (to explain the above just in case people are new to this, installer is the program, pkg is the option for installing pkg files, then /Path/to/Adobe\ reader.pkg (the "\" is the escape character to allow for spaces in command line) target is the option that tell you what base path this update to install to (in this case it is the base root directory) it is smart enough to figure out where adobe reader is) To install it (as sudo or root): installer -pkg Adobe\ Reader\ XI\ Installer.pkg -target / OSX will mount it to exactly: /Volumes/AdbeRdr11003_en_US In this case we are dealing with OSX and more specifically (at the time of this response) AdbeRdr11003_en_US.dmgįirst mount it with: hdiutil mount /Path/to/AdbeRdr11003_en_US.dmg

(If you are getting this for another platform that what you are on (in my case linux to OSX) be sure to click on the link that asks about another language or OS) The most straight forward way I have found to do this has been to go to: /reader (or /flashplayer)Īnd get the most recent version for the OS you are trying to install with.