Clear 'mocha ae cs6' from my 'open with' menu

This is really frustrating because firstly, I have never had AE CS6 on my computer I don't know how that got there. It has been there since the day I got it from the store and the more I look at it the more it ****** me off, pardon my language. Does anyone have this same problem and know of a way to fix it? I've tried clearing the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist but nothing happened. If you guys could help I would really appreciate it...

Do you have After Effects CS6 installed? If so, that's why that's there.
This is definitely not something that will appear on a brand new Mac right out of the box. If it did, you got a machine that has been used before by someone else.

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