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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 Fyngood.com

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Fyngood.com is a bothersome website, that bombards users with unwanted redirects, pop-ups, and ads in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, or Edge browsers on Windows, Mac, or Android operating systems. It may first appear while visiting random adult, gaming, warez websites, that use low-quality advertising for monetization. The Fyngood.com shows the following message (see the picture below): Click "Allow" if you are not a robot!. As you can see, all these are misleading messages. This is called social engineering attack when Fyngood.com offers users to allow notifications. If users click the "Allow" button, this action subscribes them to push notifications. This feature is used on legitimate websites to receive the latest news, YouTube subscription updates on the PC, Mac, or Android desktops. Fyngood.com pushes malicious pages, sponsored advertising, and dangerous download links. The only way to stop such advertising is to block Fyngood.com from displaying notifications in browsers. Here we will show how to remove Fyngood.com from any browser and prevent notifications from sites like this one.

How to remove Nonspewpa.com

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Nonspewpa.com is a rogue website that is commonly appeared due to the presence of adware installed on your computer. You can also encounter such domains as a redirect whilst surfing malicious pages. The website says that the video, or image, you download is ready, and you should click on the "Allow" button to download the file. However, you should beware of allowing push notifications because it is a social-engineering trick aimed to push multiple on-screen ads right after subscription. These advertisements can, therefore, spread a bunch of dubious redirects that may put your device at risk of infection. Such infiltrations can cause multiple privacy issues because extortionists can secretly gather personal data like passwords, IP addresses, geolocations in order to sell it to third parties. Nonspewpa.com can disturb the user's activity significantly by constantly appearing at the start of the browser and promoting malicious banners along the way. Keep reading this article to find out how to remove Nonspewpa.com redirects from your computer.

How to remove Maincaptcha.top

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Maincaptcha.top is a common website designed to appear as an intermediate page, when users access doubtful resources and trick them into subscribing to push notifications in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Unfortunately, while trying to download a file, watch a video or image you instantly get a fabricated pop-up message usually followed by text like Click "Allow" to confirm that you are not a robot!, Click Allow to continue or Click Allow to download a video which is a social engineering trick to rope you into the spam of nasty advertisement that will be appearing within your computer or any other devices. Initially, push notifications accompanied by pop-ups on the left side of the page are a friendly feature designed to notify users about the latest updates on some resources. And due to its popularity, lots of cyber criminals tempt to exploit this feature in their favor, therefore, creating a certain circle of websites that contain a malicious chain of ads and viral links like Maincaptcha.top. If you have accepted the push notifications by Maincaptcha.top, an intrusive advertisement will be shown right on your desktop even when you are off the browser. Read the following instructions on how to remove Maincaptcha.top from your computer in the article below.

How to remove Webslick24.com

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Webslick24.com is a deceptive website that exploits the browser's push-notifications feature to fool users into allowing the stream of unwanted content. It says users should click on the "Allow" button in order to bypass Captcha verification - "prove you are not a robot". Here are all the messages Webslick24.com or similar pages tend to display depending on what you did before visiting the web page. If you see one of these or other similar claims on such dubious pages, they are more likely fake and simply designed to promote unwanted ads. As a rule, permitting push-notifications from such websites will direct a number of potentially unwanted notifications to your desktop. The notifications displayed may try to convince you your system is infected with malware. This is often to make users believe in non-existent threats and download some sponsored security software. Notifications received from websites like Webslick24.com can also contain redirects to adult pages, online casinos, and various other unwanted resources. Get instructions on how to get rid of such changes promoted by Webslick24.com and other related websites in our tutorial below.

How to remove GeneralProtocol (Mac)

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GeneralProtocol is an unwanted piece of software classified as a browser hijacker. After running stealth installation of Mac, it starts promoting suspicious browser changes. This includes a change of the default homepage and search engine as well. GeneralProtocol assigns its own homepage address but redirects all queries to the legitimate Yahoo. Many browser hijackers employ this scheme to generate traffic on displayed advertisements. Alike many other hijackers, GeneralProtocol may be installed in the form of a browser extension, desktop application, or even both. Having such software installed may lead to various security risks, ranging from malware infection through promoted redirects or even surveillance of sensitive data (passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations). It is also often the case that users struggle to get rid of the assigned changes on their own - due to the "Managed by your organization" setting that many hijackers employ. If you are subject to facing the same problem as well, follow our guide to delete the infection fast and correctly. We will also give you some useful advice on how to protect yourself against such threats in the future.

How to remove AdChoices ads

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When browsing the web, you might have encountered advertisements labeled under promotion of AdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance). Such ads are completely legitimate and rarely have something to do with malware. They act as targeted marketing platforms employed by IT giants like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg and many more too. Unfortunately, it is often the case that some users complain about receiving them often and wonder how to avoid them. While it may be impossible to get rid of all ads shown around the web, you can block the majority of them with the help of ad-blocking software or browser extensions. In some cases, however, an abnormal stream of browser ads may indicate that some adware infection works on your PC. Below, we have given general instructions on adware removal and also how you can block AdChoices ads from their display.

How to get rid of “Your computer is low on memory” pop-up or error...

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You may experience Your computer is low on memory message on 2 different occasions. Number one is a legitimate alert presented by the Mac system when you are running out of RAM. The system will, therefore, ask you to close some apps to free up space. This is quite common, especially if you have lots of programs working in the background that upload the PC. Sometimes malware can secretly gobble up memory resources and result in significant productivity loss. The second reason is that your PC was infected with adware or browser hijackers that modified your browser settings. In this case, "Your computer is low on memory" popup is fabricated and forces users into clicking on the "Close" button. Whilst it may seem innocent, frauds usually hide invisible buttons that can initiate multiple other processes that allow extortionists to take control over your browser. On top of that, browser hijackers tend to alter your homepage and replace the default search engine. This is made to push irritating ads, banners, and coupons along browsing to damage your Mac with other infections. In this article, we have presented a list of solutions for both malware and memory issues.

How to remove Notifsendback.com

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The appearance of Notifsendback.com ads and pop-ups in Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, or Internet Explorer indicate adware infection on your PC or Mac. There is also a possible scenario where you allowed Notifsendback.com to show push notifications by accident. If you see them constantly, while opening habitual websites, that means an unwanted browser add-on is installed or a doubtful desktop application is running. There is also a possibility, that a malicious script was executed while visiting certain deleterious web pages. These web pages try to deceive users to make them subscribe to push notifications in browsers. When subscribed, users receive tons of unwanted ads-notifications directly into the desktop. Such pop-ups can lead to dangerous services or offer to download malware. Notifsendback.com redirections disturb users, and in some cases won't let them visit the desired page. Complete instructions on this page to get rid of Notifsendback.com pop-ups and remove adware.