macbook pro add ware help

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I just bought my first apple product, a macbook pro.
I installed a few programs and now have add ware pop ups. Please help me remove or get ride of these.
 

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What programs did you install? Usually "ad-ware" is not a problem.

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I watch the video learn mac in one hour from YouTube.com. He advised to download VLC a video player and flash I did both of those and now I have adware.

Thanks so much for your time and help with removing adware.

Andy
 

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I have two questions which might help clarify whether you have adware and what adore you have:

1. What behavior on the Mac leads you to suspect adware? Knowing what the pop ups are may help identify what needs to be removed. Also is pop-up blocking turned on in your browser?
2. This is more a matter of curiosity / additional info. Where did you download the software from? Download.com and Softronic seem to be serving up software loaded with adware these days.
 
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Don't download anything from Softonic or MacUpdate, and get AdwareMedic and use it toether with AdBlock Plus and Ghostery.
 
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Don't download anything from Softonic or MacUpdate, and get AdwareMedic and use it toether with AdBlock Plus and Ghostery.


I strongly AGREE with the warning about Softonic and strongly DISAGREE with the claim that MacUpdate is a bad site. Perhaps you meant Versiontracker/download.com?

I know the guys at MacUpdate personally, know how incredibly hard they work to make MacUpdate so great. I give them my absolute highest recommendation.
 

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I just downloaded AdwareMedic from the SafeMac site and ran a scan just out of curiosity. I didn't expect to find anything but surprise surprise there was a single file left over from my removal of Geneio over a year ago.
I very handy app indeed. All thanks for the link from cradom.;)
The Safe Mac » Adware Removal Guide
 
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I do respect your opinion chas m regarding MacUpdate. What think you of this and would also add CNET to the list of avoids

Well, for starters I think its a reddit post, so it's about two steps above a 4chan post.

But even assuming it was true, that was eight months ago. If someone uploaded a rogue version of the software, MacUpdate's users would be VERY quick to alert Misha and the team, and MU would subsequently remove the download and suspend the uploader.

There is, I think, a huge difference between a site that accidentally gets some adware uploaded to it, and a site like Softonic that relies on this for their business model.
 

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