Mac Viruses

Search Awesome is pesky adware for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, that creates ads, pop-ups and integrates banners into browser pages. It is advertised as tool to improve user search experience by showing results shared by friends in social networks and inserting additional widgets into search result pages. In reality, Search Awesome generates third-party advertising on shopping and travel sites like Amazon, TripAdvisor, Ebay, Google.

MacWizz is adware program for Mac systems. It infects Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. After infection virus starts showing advertisements like "Ads by MacWizz", "brought by MacWizz" or "Powered by MacWizz". These ads are not related to the contents of the websites, but often they are shown on shopping websites. MacWizz extension creates "virtual layer" in browser to generate pop-ups, coupons, banners and can implement ads on any website.

SurfBuyer is unwanted advertising program that displays ads and pop-ups in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browser on Mac. Ads can promote various things, like rogue software for Mac, discounts, shopping deals and other type of doubtful offers. Application installs without user permission and starts generating advertising content. In some cases adware installs "SurfBuyer" extension in browsers.

Search.cubokit.com is browser hijacker for Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers running on Mac. It actually looks very clean, with search box saying "Search the web" and search button. Search queries are redirected to search.yahoo.com affiliated with Safe Finder (famous hijacker). The problem is, that Search.cubokit.com overrides user-defined search and homepage settings without user permission and does not allow users to restore old settings.

HotShoppy is browser adware application for Mac OSX. It infects PC along with freeware utilities for Mac and installs browser extensions in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Among its harmful effects are: generating ads and pop-ups, displaying coupons, discounts and deals, inserting ads in search results. Advertisements are based on user search and browsing habits, browser history, bookmarked pages.

My ShopMate is another adware extension for Safari, Chrome and Firefox browsers on Mac computers. App is promoted as shopping assistance add-on, that will search for available discounts, coupons and display them on e-commerce websites. It was designed for Mac and comes in .dmg file. Extension can be installed in all three major browsers. Ads by My ShopMate may lead to dangerous downloads or promote potentially unwanted goods and services.

TurboMac is shopping add-on for Safari browsers and Mac computers. It was designed to display ads, coupons, discounts and deal offers when users visit product pages on e-commerce websites. However, along with advertisements, that may seem useful, TurboMac generates tons of intrusive and deceptive ads. This ads may promote dangerous, potentially unwanted, malicious products or services.

Searchinterneat-a.akamaihd.net is a domain that is used by adware and hijackers to show ads and pop-ups. It is often comes bundled with products from Akamai Technologies, Inc or bundled with various free programs. Akamai Technologies is a big CDN (Content Delivery Network) company based in the United States and some percent of web traffic goes through sub-domains of this company. However often it is also used by adware to show redirects. Often Searchinterneat-a.akamaihd.net redirects to fake Java or Adobe update pages. Those pages offer fake updates, that can install malicious or potentially unwanted programs. Usually, constant redirects to Searchinterneat-a.akamaihd.net is a sign of malware presence on your computer. These pop-ups may appear in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.