Charlie,

It sounds more like a browser attack, not system. I have seen a number like this on other browsers and often, the fix is quite simple. But they can be very annoying!

I would be interested to hear how you end up solving it.

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-----Original Message-----

From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Charlie-gm

Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:34 AM

To: ProFox Email List

Subject: [NF] Mac PC infected with MacKeeper

Hi all,

I have a friend that thinks he got infected with "MacKeeper" (whatever

that is). He thinks it happened when he clicked on a link in Safari that

was supposed to be updating his Adobe Flash.

I'm not sure that is the name of the malware. He says that whenever he

tries to do a google search it says something about needing to go to

Apple (apple.mac-xperts.com ???) - and any link he clicks on that

result takes him to a "phone number" (I did not see his screen either).

It also appears that his default web page gets switched to Firefox or

something like that.

Does anyone know about that, and if so, how to get rid of the problem on

the Mac?

TIA,

-Charlie

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