oombata Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 hello i'm french musician working on Logic 9. Since some days i have "www856smartadserver.com" appears. it's seems is "malware". How to do for delete ? i have a Imac OSX 10.6.8 *a screenshot. Thanks for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephtragic Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My father's mac was infected with malware and I did some research and settled on this solution. I can vouch that this worked very well for his problem: http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php I recommend running this program... The author of adwaremedic has a blog/website that you can access here: http://www.thesafemac.com/ on this site he discusses his history of helping Mac users combat malware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat71 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 There is no support or updates for Snow Leopard anymore,so maybe you should consider an Osx upgrade. You can try to reset safari and delete your history... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channel10 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Where did you get this malware from? Do you run as a standard user? Did you installed malicious software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 No need to get any malware programs. Just reset safari and delete the cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephtragic Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 No need to get any malware programs. Just reset safari and delete the cache. That's not entirely and always true. Sure let him try that first, but if its anything like what my dad had, he's going to need that program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jangus Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My French is limited but, this is his browser (Safari), throwing up a warning, that connecting to that site is a possible security risk, where clicking on (“Afficher le certificat”) will allow seeing the credentials of the site, (often, not very useful information) and (“Annuler”) is “Cancel”, (which MAY be the safest selection) and “Continuer” which means “Continue”, probably not a good idea either, without really knowing where that may take you. Best to Not ever select ANY of those options, and just move on. By Selecting ANY option, you send out your email ID, possibly your location, and through the use of what are called “cookies”, a lot of other information of yours, like where you surf to, and, in general, things you should consider to be private information. It’s probably, at best, an Adware Phish (fishing for suckers) and not to be fooled with. Unless it pops up frequently, IMHO, I don’t think he needs a maleware cleaner, especially if he’s on a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oombata Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 hello, i'm french musican, so i don't write good english, sorry. i don't know where i can explain here my problem on my Imac. Since several days i have a message appears when i open my box mail etc.... How to delete it ? Thanks for help. * Here screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Topics merged! Please don't open more threads about the same issue. You have already gotten plenty go feedback from others on resetting Safari. Try that! Thanks, Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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