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Mac Viruses

Navigate the often overlooked but critical world of Mac security in our “Mac Viruses” category on BugsFighter.com. Contrary to popular belief, Macs are not immune to malware and viruses. In this section, you’ll find detailed guides and insights on the latest threats targeting macOS, from adware and spyware to ransomware and Trojan horses. Our expert-written articles provide easy-to-follow removal instructions, preventative measures, and tips on how to keep your Mac secure. Whether you’re a casual user or a professional, equip yourself with the knowledge to protect your system against malicious attacks and maintain optimal performance.

How to remove Browser Opinion Survey pop-ups

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Browser Opinion Survey is a scam-type web page that displays a fake Annual Visitor Survey claiming users will get a chance to win a $1000 Amazon Giftcard (or other flashy prizes) if they fill out a survey. After doing it, users are redirected to the next page where they can ostensibly get their prize. Clicking on buttons related to prize-claiming can therefore lead to various fill-out forms where users may be asked to enter various kinds of personal information (e.g., e-mail addresses, credit card details, home addresses, etc.). Do not trust such pages and never enter sensitive data on them. The entered data may be collected and thereafter used for bombarding users with spam campaigns or different scamming techniques. Thus, if you visited Browser Opinion Survey or a similar web page, close it immediately and do not believe what it says. In rarer cases, pages promoting Browser Opinion Survey may open persistently in a browser despite users' attempts to close it. If this is your case, then it is likely that you have adware or some other unwanted infection operating within your system. Follow our guide below to take measures against and ensure a safe computer experience.

How to remove Maincaptchanow.top

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In this article, we will discuss Maincaptchanow.top, a website that alters browser settings without user permission, generates obstructive ads, and frequently redirects users to potentially unsafe websites. If you are experiencing disruptions while browsing the Internet, you may be dealing with an annoying software component known as Maincaptchanow.top. This tool has the ability to redirect users to various pages on the Internet and show ads in their browsers. It may also change the address of the homepage and the new-tab page, but mainly it exploits browser notifications. While these changes may be advertised as useful for the user, they can be quite invasive and difficult to opt-out of or cancel once they have been imposed. Additionally, the random appearance of ads, banners, and page-redirects on your screen can be highly frustrating and disruptive to your browsing experience. To remove Maincaptchanow.top from your system, you can follow the necessary steps, described on this page, to remove the settings from your browser completely. This will help you regain control of your browsing experience and ensure that your browser settings remain unchanged without your permission.

How to remove Addsdata.com

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Addsdata.com is an untrustworthy website that tries to trick users into accepting its push notifications, which are used to send spam directly to their devices. It employs fake error messages and alerts to deceive victims into subscribing to its push notifications, resulting in spam pop-ups similar to the image below appearing on their devices, even when their browser is closed. These ads often promote adult websites, online games, fake software updates, and unwanted programs. To subscribe to Addsdata.com's notifications, users are asked to click "Allow" on its "Show notifications" pop-up, claiming that it is required to watch a video, download a file, or solve a CAPTCHA. If someone clicks "Allow," Addsdata.com notifications will appear on their screen periodically, displaying ads, clickbait links, software offers, and scam messages. These notifications appear in the corner of a PC screen or the status bar of a mobile device. If Addsdata.com and other dubious sites appear on your browser without your consent, adware is likely installed on your device. To remove Addsdata.com notifications and pop-ups from your computer or mobile phone, uninstall the adware by following the instructions below.

How to remove Watch Movies Live

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Watch Movies Live is a browser hijacker that installs a fake search engine (search.watchmovieslivetab.app), changes the homepage appearance, and gathers browser-related data without the consent of users. All these traits indicate that Watch Movies Live is unwanted and should not be used. Cybercriminals use the search.watchmovieslivetab.app as an intermediary page before showing search results from the official search.yahoo.com. By doing so, developers forge their traffic and earn money on it. In addition, the installation of Watch Movies Live brings a number of widgets (e.g., a quick search for different movies, news weather, etc.). And while these features may seem useful at first glance, they are simply a veil for the illegal and unwanted activity of the browser hijacker.

How to remove Luckydatingspot.top

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Luckydatingspot.top is an unwanted website that asks users to click on the "Allow" button in order to load/watch a video. Depending on certain factors, users may also see other messages asking to verify that you are not a robot, download a file, continue browsing, and so forth. Note that messages shown by websites like Luckydatingspot.top are usually fake and simply designed to trick users into clicking on the "Allow" button. Doing so will simply allow the domain to send shady push notifications straight to the desktop. Such notifications may consist of unwanted ads, fake system alerts, redirects to online scams, adult pages, pages promoting suspicious software, and more that may be compromising for users' privacy and computer safety. Furthermore, the Luckydatingspot.top itself may cause additional redirects to various rogue resources with adult content (e.g., vip-datings-here.life). If you accidentally allowed notifications from Luckydatingspot.top, use our guide to remove them. Also, if your browser displays Luckydatingspot.top without your consent on a regular basis, this is likely because your system is infected with adware. Follow our guide below to take measures against it as well.

How to remove Vip.lucky-gifts-center.com

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Vip.lucky-gifts-center.com is a scam service that provides users an opportunity to participate in giveaways. This website sends a message to your iPhone that can be seen in the notification bar. If opened, you will be presented with a congratulation message claiming that you have been selected out of 100 users to take part in the survey and win awesome prizes. If you completed the survey successfully, you will be offered to choose 1 of 2 prizes (iPhone XS or Samsung Galaxy S9). On this page, you can see the remaining quantity of products and shipping prices that should be paid to get your prize. Unfortunately, this is a trap and you will not get your promised gifts. Do not give your personal data like home addresses to shady figures because they can exploit it for revenue purposes. Instead, ignore these messages and head down our guide to remove them from your devices.

How to remove Luckypuppy.xyz

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Luckypuppy.xyz is a malicious website that can cause pop-ups, ads, and notifications to appear on your computer or mobile device. Users can get infected, while visiting adult, betting websites, or sites with pirated content and torrents. Such types of websites often distributes adware, that can affect Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, or Edge. In most cases, the reason of Luckypuppy.xyz is just small record in browsers settings, that allows the website to display push-notifications. This record appears, when victims allow it on purpose or occasionally, while browsing the web. Landing pages of Luckypuppy.xyz provoke allowing notifications by showing delusive inscriptions, that users can benefit from it. It can be difficult to stop these intrusive notifications, but there are steps you can take to get rid of Luckypuppy.xyz from your device. This article will provide you with information on how to effectively remove the Luckypuppy.xyz virus from your computer or mobile device and prevent it from coming back in the future.

How to remove Torrent Extension

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Torrent Extension is categorized as an adware extension. Upon installation, it injects unwanted changes to settings in order to promote different kinds of intrusive content (in form of ads, pop-ups, banners, coupons, overlay buttons, hyperlinks, etc.) This adware uses virtual layers to display its advertising content over any visited page, including completely legitimate ones. Clicking on such content promoted by Torrent Extension should be avoided as it may lead to various unwanted or malicious pages (e.g., online scams, deceptive pages, websites promoting unwanted software, adult pages, casinos/gambling sites, and so forth). While opening various pages, users may also see that Torrent Extension loads the apiscr.com address in the bottom left corner ("waiting for apiscr.com").