Pop-Ups ALWAYS opening new tabs in Safari 8.0
I was recently helping my boyfriend and had downloaded "unsafe" downloads onto my MacBook Pro Mid 2012 on Safari 8.0 and directly after downloading these links there are continuous pop ups showing up that are opening new tabs and they usually pertain to what I am looking up. Such as when I was logging into Apple Support MacKeeper and other various websites for virus protecting programs pop up. Also my home page is changed to a different site (the name is something along the lines of "Only" and their home page looks JUST LIKE Googles). Pop ups are happening ALL the time and it's getting very frustrating. I downloaded MacKeeper awhile back but I believe I was successfully able to uninstall it. Even when I am clicking on a link on Google or I accidentally tap my mouse pad and it clicks on my current website a pop up opens a new tab. I have cleared my caches, history, and cookies. My firewall, firevault, and all other precautions are turned on. What can I do to fix this problem I am having? ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!! Thank you in advance (:
Ok, here are my results. I hope I deleted all pertinent information.
Start time: 15:23:29 11/14/14
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
System Version: OS X 10.10 (14A389)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
Time since boot: 1 day4:41
SATA
- S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Diagnostic reports
2014-11-11 PluginProcess crash x20
2014-11-11 com.apple.WebKit.Networking crash
2014-11-11 java crash
2014-11-13 DivX Player crash x3
Log
Nov 13 00:24:45 wl0: Beacon Loss Event, last RSSI[-63]
Nov 13 04:56:11 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 13 04:56:11 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 13 04:56:11 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 13 09:07:49 process DesktopServicesH[1678] thread 277760 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 88%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.026410 seconds, (0.077722 user, 89.948688 system) ledger info: balance: 90000928450 credit: 90000928450 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 102252795370
Nov 13 10:52:36 process DesktopServicesH[359] thread 5568 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 60%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.014004 seconds, (0.172339 user, 89.841665 system) ledger info: balance: 90002549795 credit: 90002549795 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 149443955111
Nov 13 11:50:36 process iTunes[515] thread 18792 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 80%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 91.233813 seconds, (66.228858 user, 25.004955 system) ledger info: balance: 90005860660 credit: 90009683131 debit: 3822471 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 111867856755
Nov 13 23:04:21 PM notification timeout (pid 515, iTunes)
Nov 13 23:04:25 wl0: Beacon Loss Event, last RSSI[-40]
Nov 13 23:34:41 utun_start: ifnet_disable_output returned error 12
Nov 13 23:39:25 USBF: 45335.400 AppleUSBEHCI::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5000 milliseconds on bus 0x1d, timing out! (Addr: 7, EP: 2)
Nov 14 02:29:00 process iTunes[1166] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 347; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 93404
Nov 14 02:30:35 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 14 02:37:38 process iTunes[1166] thread 452465 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 73%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 549.084149 seconds, (415.644778 user, 133.439371 system) ledger info: balance: 90003772807 credit: 334480047833 debit: 244476275026 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 123203216992
Nov 14 02:49:21 process WindowServer[115] caught causing excessive wakeups. EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
Nov 14 03:03:44 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 14 03:32:41 0 0 dgroot: start - initDevice failed
Nov 14 03:32:43 0 0 AppleUSBCDC: start - initDevice failed
Nov 14 03:32:45 USBF: 57977. 8 The USB Family found a device at port 1 of hub @ 0x1d100000 with a bad USB device descriptor (0x200, 0x0 )
Nov 14 03:32:54 USBF: 57986.116 AppleUSBEHCI::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5000 milliseconds on bus 0x1d, timing out! (Addr: 0, EP: 0)
Nov 14 05:04:48 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 14 14:04:03 com.apple.WebKit.Networking.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 14 14:04:03 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.UUID: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov 14 14:05:08 AppleKeyStore: operation failed (pid: 196 sel: 15 ret: e00002ce)
Nov 14 15:08:19 process DesktopServicesH[2009] thread 578059 caught burning CPU!; EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
Activity
CPU: user 0%, system 25%
CPU per process: DesktopServicesH (UID 0) is using 100 %
I/O per process: coresymbolicati (UID 0) is using 15 MB/s
Daemons
com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing
Agents
com.genieo.completer.ltvbit
com.apple.PTPCamera.4008.UUID
com.adobe.ARM.UUID
com.genieo.completer.download
com.appgeneration.iTunerOSxFreeHelper
com.genieo.completer.update
com.coupons.coupond
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.apple.FolderActions.folders
com.spotify.webhelper
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
com.divx.update.agent
com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled
com.divx.dms.agent
Bundles
/System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBMP.kext
- jp.co.canon.bj.kext.BJUSBMP
/System/Library/Extensions/heimdall.kext
- au.com.glassechidna.heimdall_usb_shield
/System/Library/Extensions/JMicronATA.kext
- com.jmicron.JMicronATA
/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext
- com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin
- com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewer
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
- com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewerNPAPI
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2.plugin
- com.coupons.plugin.mozilla-plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/CouponPrinterPluginMac1.0.0.7.plugin
- com.CouponPrinterPluginMacLib.CouponPrinterPluginMac
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/DivX Web Player.plugin
- com.divx.DivXWebPlayer
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
- N/A
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/OVSHelper.plugin
- com.divx.OVSHelper
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
- com.microsoft.sharepoint.browserplugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
- com.microsoft.sharepoint.webkitplugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin
- com.microsoft.SilverlightPlugin
/Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
- com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
/Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane
- com.oracle.java.JavaControlPanel
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle
- com.skype.skypeabdialer
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle
- com.skype.skypeabsms
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle
- com.yahoo.YMsgrCallABPlugin
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle
- com.yahoo.YMsgrMsnABPlugin
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle
- com.yahoo.YMsgrSmsABPlugin
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle
- com.yahoo.YMsgrYimABPlugin
dylibs
/usr/lib/libimckit.dylib
/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.dylib
Apps
/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/com.genieoinnovation.Installer/Completer.app
/Incompatible Software/GenieoExtra.framework/Contents/Resources/Payload.bundle
/Incompatible Software/GenieoExtra.framework/Contents/Frameworks/gen_ext_bundle.framework
/Incompatible Software/GenieoExtra.framework
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.coupons.coupond.plist (checksum 371175040)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.coupons.coupond</string>
<key>Debug</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Coupons/coupond</string>
<string>launchd</string>
</array>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>SecondaryListeningSocket</key>
<dict>
<key>SockServiceName</key>
<string>26876</string>
<key>SockNodeName</key>
<string>localhost</string>
<key>SockFamily</key>
<string>IPv4</string>
</dict>
<key>PrimaryListeningSocket</key>
...and 11 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist (checksum 637650676)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.divx.dms.agent</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXMediaServer.app/Contents/MacOS/DivXMediaServer</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist (checksum 3867571547)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.divx.update.agent</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/DivXUpdate</string>
<string>/silent</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>10800</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (checksum 1676147703)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater</string>
<string>-bgcheck</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>12</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>40</integer>
<key>Weekday</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
</dict>
...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.UUID.plist (checksum 394026997)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.ARM.UUID</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Reader Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Reader Updater Helper</string>
<string>semi-auto</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>12600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist (checksum 1189540302)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.FolderActions.folders</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>osascript</string>
<string>-e</string>
<string>tell application "Folder Actions Dispatcher" to tick</string>
</array>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array/>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.download.plist (checksum 3910221569)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.genieo.completer.download</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/com.genieoinnovation.Installer/Completer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer</ string>
<string>-trigger</string>
<string>download</string>
<string>-isDev</string>
<string>0</string>
<string>-installVersion</string>
<string>16742</string>
<string>-firstAppId</string>
<string>13730001</string>
</array>
<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/USER/Downloads</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist (checksum 2796257317)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.genieo.completer.ltvbit</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/com.genieoinnovation.Installer/Completer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer</ string>
<string>-trigger</string>
<string>ltvbit</string>
<string>-isDev</string>
<string>0</string>
<string>-installVersion</string>
<string>16742</string>
<string>-firstAppId</string>
<string>13730001</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>51</integer>
</dict>
...and 2 more line(s)
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.update.plist (checksum 1505112507)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.genieo.completer.update</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/com.genieoinnovation.Installer/Completer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer</ string>
<string>-trigger</string>
<string>update</string>
<string>-isDev</string>
<string>0</string>
<string>-installVersion</string>
<string>16742</string>
<string>-firstAppId</string>
<string>13730001</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>21</integer>
</dict>
...and 2 more line(s)
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.spotify.webhelper.plist (checksum 3516019301)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.spotify.webhelper</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>NetworkState</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Spotify/SpotifyWebHelper</string>
<key>SpotifyPath</key>
<string>/Applications/Spotify.app</string></dict>
</plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist (checksum 4085373812)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>ZBTimeStamp</key>
<string>20140808195320</string>
</dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>Aqua</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Applications/MacKeeper.app/Contents/Resources/MacKeeper Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/MacKeeper Helper</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Bad plists
/Library/Preferences/com.gen.framework.plist
Library/Preferences/com.apple.WebFoundation.plist
Firewall: On
Restricted files: 61677
Lockfiles: 14
Elapsed time (s): 508
I print coupons fairly often... ha but if i need to delete those plug ins I am willing to. What's next?
Oh ans by the way thank you so much for helping me!! I'm so grateful!! (:
PS. I let my boyfriend barrow my computer last night so he could restore his iphone but it looks like he tried to download a few things and was successful at downloading more plug ins for me... Not so great. I've been trying to get rid of genieo forever now aand he reinstalled it again. Looks like I'm the only one using this from now on!
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What is this and how can I stop it from opening on my mac? Please help this is very annoying.
There is a lot of information online about securepaths.com pop-ups, but nothing about sock__.pusher.com1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed. -
whenever i try to go on to youtube or Facebook an advert will open a new tab, and when the search comes through there are adverts all over the screen. This only just started happening? What should i do????
You installed the "DownLite" trojan, perhaps under a different name. Remove it as follows.
Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "VSearch" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/Jack.plist
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/Jack
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot" or "Conduit" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that the DownLite developer has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing, has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight is inexcusable and has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return. -
Double tap to open new tabs in Safari using a trackpad
Hi
I've been using my trackpad to double tap next to open tabs in safari ie to create new tabs, over the last 2-3 days that feature has disappeared and it doesn't work any longer also if it does it may take as many as 5-10 taps to create a new tab.
I remember setting this feature up when i first got Lion, but i can't find the settings now. Any help appreciated.
Thank you & happy new year.Hi,
Thanks, i've been through most of the settings as you've mentioned.
Anyway what it came down to was i'd recently set up a bluetooth mouse, that is what stopped the function of double tap next to an open tab in safari to open a new tab. Very strange indeed.
But alas i removed the mouse from setup fixed the problem, but thanks for your advice. -
BUG: navigateToUrl always opens new tab in browser, also when window parameter is specified
I have a problem navigating to a Url in the default browser in an Adobe Air project.
air.navigateToUrl(request, windowName) launches the browser and displays the page, but it displays a new tab for every request.
Here is a very simple example that shows the problem:
Flex:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.navigateToURL;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
protected function button1_clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
NavigateToURLExample();
public function NavigateToURLExample():void {
var url:String = "http://www.adobe.com";
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
try {
navigateToURL(request, "testWindow");
catch (e:Error) {
// handle error here
]]>
</fx:Script>
<fx:Declarations>
</fx:Declarations>
<s:Button x="169" y="165" label="Button" click="button1_clickHandler(event)"/>
</s:WindowedApplication>
HTML:Javascript:
<html>
<head>
<title>navigateToURLTest</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/air/AIRAliases.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" target="testp" onclick="javascript:air.navigateToURL(new air.URLRequest('http://www.adobe.com'), 'TestWindow');return false;">Same Tab</a>
</body>
</html>
How can I open the url in the same window/tab?
Message was edited by: Karel VDHHi..
I am struck with the same issue as well.
It works for few sites like "http://www.adobe.com" and "http://www.google.com", but most of the sites open up in a new window, even if I specify custom name, like:
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.britishairways.co.uk"), "MyWindow");
Also tried through ExternalInterface viz:
ExternalInterface.call("window.open", new URLRequest("http://www.britishairways.co.uk"), "MySameWindow", "");
Please reply whether it is a bug, or there if there are any alternative approaches. -
What is wrong with the ipad if i cant open new tabs in safari?
I just baught the ipad mini and i can not open more than one tab at a time. Even after i tap on 'openin another tab" nothing happens. Is there anything wrong with it or is it just a settings problem?
Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?
In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?
What is the Modified date?
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above. -
Opening up tabs in safari using ISO 7
I have just downloaded iso7 on my ipad 2 and I can't see how to open new tabs in safari or create favorites.
Click the plus sign which opens a favorites page. Then you can tap on any of your bookmarks to go to that page.
To add to the bookmarks, tap on the box with the arrow coming out of it and the icon to bookmark that page. -
When opening a new tab in Safari...
Is there a way to keep Safari from opening up my recent searches window every time I make a new tab in Safari?
I find it annoying that it always pops down And gets in the way of the bookmarks bar etc.Clearing Safari's history : Settings > Safari > Clear History
Then close Safari completely and when you re-open it your search history should have gone (though focus will still default to the search box). To close Safari : from the home screen (i.e. not with Safari 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Safari app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar. -
Hello, here is my problem: reading your mozilla support, I learned how to make Firefox open links in Google results in the same tab, that's the way I like it, but I still like to have my YouTube windows pop-up in a new tab (I participate in one forum, when I come to the YouTube window in some topic, I usually click on a small right-down button "watch on YouTube", and that always opens video it in a new tab; all until latest few updates of Firefox). Can this issue be corrected in about:config feature, and how? Sorry if my English isn't so glorious.
Thanks a lot for answering, and best regards...Hello. I have just tried this add-on you suggested, and no change.
And no, there was no some other add-on before, not that I know about it. Mainly, I need this option while I'm on a forum (IP board powered), it is not really something so important, but it's neat function for me.
So, to be more detailed - I read a certain topic on this forum, and some of the posts from other members contain YouTube screens (looking same as on the original YouTube page), showing the frame of a video.
In earlier versions of Firefox, I used to click on a small YouTube logo button (right side, down, between "watch on full screen" and "watch later" buttons). Clicking on this button automatically opened new tab, leaving forum tab as it is, and in new tab original YouTube page, with that certain video. In the same time, in Google search page, when clicking on a link, all links were opening in the same tab.
Now, after some of the latest updates of Firefox, I noticed that some default settings were changed - in Google search, clicking on a link always opens a link in a new tab. I have found out here on your forum how to set this back in about:config feature, and now I have again that links in a Google results page are opened in the same tab (that's the way I like it).
But YouTube screens on this forum are now also being opened in the same tab, and that is what I don't like, and trying to change back.
So, what I need: all links to open in the same tab after clicking, as I have it now, and YouTube screens (e. g. on this forum) to be opened in a new tab (by clicking on a small YouTube logo ("watch this video on YouTube").
Pedantic I am, I know that, and I know that this may look silly to some people, but if there is a way to do something, please tell me.
Thanks for answering, and best regards.
P.S.
Is it possible that forum updates changed my setting, and not the Firefox? Thanks again... -
When opening a new tab in Safari, the spinning wheels appears
Please help, I have very basic skills on a computer, so please make this simple and easy!!
When I open a new tab in Safari, it freezes and the spinning wheel appears. It stays on there for a long period of time and does not disappear. In order to get on I need to Force closure in Safari and restart the computer. Sometimes this will solve the problems and sometimes it needs to be restarted a few times.
This is really annoying and stops me using my mac.
MacBook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2012
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 384 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)
I have 385 GB free memory.
I have checked and all updates have been installed.
Many Thanks
RussLaunch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
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Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take an action that isn't working the way you expect. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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