How to remove Stags.bluekai.com (Mac)

What is Stags.bluekai.com

Stags.bluekai.com is the domain used by service, that belongs to Oracle and provides marketing campaigns for commercial websites. Usually, users see pop-ups or dropdown windows from Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox regarding the safety of this website. For example, Safari can’t verify the identity of the website “stags.bluekai.com”. The certificate for this website is invalid. According to our research this mostly happens while visiting eBay, Amazon, but can show up on literally any website. Users may also experience advertising redirects to various commercial landing pages. Use instructions in this article to remove Stags.bluekai.com and prevent pop-ups and redirects in browsers.

Stags.bluekai.com pop-ups and redirects on your Mac can be caused by adware installed in Applications or as an extension to Safari, Chrome, or Firefox, or by malicious scripts on certain websites you visit. In the first case, you can scan your Mac with CleanMyMac or some antivirus. In the second case, we recommend using AdGuard for Mac, which will block any unwanted pop-ups and redirects in your browsers.

How Stags.bluekai.com infected your Mac

The adware that generates Stags.bluekai.com can be installed by drive-by downloads along with freeware programs for Mac. It can come bundled with many advertising applications, but they can be identified as Applications or Extensions in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Using good antivirus is a good practice also, we recommend BitDefender for Mac, which can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Download AdGuard for Mac to block malicious pop-ups

AdGuard is the best ad-blocker, internet filtering, and internet security application for MacOS. It can cut out unwanted banners from site pages, block pop-ups, stop redirects and prevent users from visiting potentially dangerous resources. Use it to stop Stags.bluekai.com in browsers.

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Remove Stags.bluekai.com manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Stags.bluekai.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Stags.bluekai.com installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Stags.bluekai.com from Applications

Remove Stags.bluekai.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Stags.bluekai.com might have an Uninstaller. If you see Uninstall Stags.bluekai.com or Stags.bluekai.com Uninstaller, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions.
3. Otherwise, drag Stags.bluekai.com from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Stags.bluekai.com

If you can’t uninstall Stags.bluekai.com using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Stags.bluekai.com. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Stags.bluekai.com from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Stags.bluekai.com.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove Stags.bluekai.com add-on from your browsers

Removing Stags.bluekai.com from Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It is a browser extension, and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove the Stags.bluekai.com extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Stags.bluekai.com extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find Stags.bluekai.com extension.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose Stags.bluekai.com extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish Stags.bluekai.com removal reset your browser settings to make sure, there are no leftover items in browser folders.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Reset Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Reset Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox to confirm.

How to protect Mac OSX from adware, like Stags.bluekai.com

Mac OSX is known to be one of the safest operating systems, and for a long time there was no need for antivirus products for Mac. But with the growing popularity of Mac computers and notebooks and evolving technology, viruses, trojans, adware, toolbars, hijackers, and other malware paved the way to Mac users. We recommend you to use the most advanced antivirus for Mac available – BitDefender Antivirus.

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