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hey everyone welcome to another
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important guide to help you keep your
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devices safe today we're tackling a
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sneaky Intruder called tierced wear if
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you've noticed strange ads flooding your
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screen or your browser behaving weirdly
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then tierc might be the culprit stick
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with us as we explain how it works how
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it sneaks into your Mac and most
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importantly how to get rid of it for
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good so let's break it down tierc is a
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type of adwar also known as Mac malware
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or even a Mac virus by some once it gets
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into your device usually without your
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knowledge it begins its dirty work it
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fills websites with ads hijacks your
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online searches and even changes your
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browser settings like the homepage or
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engine why does it do this the simple
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answer is money a dwar like tier EXC
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makes profits by bombarding you with ads
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sometimes even opening new tabs to show
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fake software updates or dubious Tech
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Support Services it's all about getting
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you to click so they can cash
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in here's the tricky part most of the
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time we unknowingly install programs
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like tierc ourselves sounds odd right it
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usually happens when downloading free
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software or using serial crack programs
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these sneaky adware programs are bundled
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in and install themselves while you're
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busy installing something else sometimes
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it's as simple as clicking on a popup ad
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or following the wrong set of
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instructions on a shady website and
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before you know it tier RAC is making
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itself at home on your Mac but don't
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worry we've got your back here's how to
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step there are four main steps to remove
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adware from your Mac step one remove
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profiles to remove doubtful profiles go
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to the system preferences by clicking
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Apple logo at the top of your Mac menu
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as shown in the screenshot search for
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profiles icon in system preferences
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section however don't worry if you can't
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find the profiles icon that means there
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is not any infection in this section
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thus you can relax and ignore the step
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one and follow the step number two
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directly but if you can find profiles
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icon there as shown in screenshot then
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click on that once you click on profiles
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icon you will be landed on the window
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like this as shown in the screenshot
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select unknown or doubtful profile and
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then click on to button to remove the
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profile if you can't find any profiles
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icon as mentioned in step one just
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follow the step two directly step two
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quit find and delete doubtful programs
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related to adware firstly check the menu
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bar of Mac if you find any unknown
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programs icon there rightclick the icon
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and then click quit after that click on
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finder on the bottom menu doc of your
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screenshot once you click on the finder
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icon that will lead you to the finder
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window where on the left side menu you
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will find application as shown in the
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screenshot after that search for the
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unknown or doubtful app within
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applications window when you find the
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doubtful app right click on that and
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then click move to trash on the drop-
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down menu as shown in the
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screenshot step three find and remove
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files and folders related to adware
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firstly make sure you are in finder
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folder if not then follow the steps as
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mentioned in Step number two to go to
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the finder folder once you are in finder
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folder click on go at the top menu bar
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of your Mac and then go to folder on the
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drop- down menu as shown in the
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screenshot once you click on go to
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folder you will find popup window as
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shown in screenshot where you should
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type these file paths and then should
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click enter once you enter by typing
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Library chuar launch Damons launch
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agents application support and so on
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file paths as shown here you should look
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for suspicious malicious files and move
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them to trash few example of such
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malicious files are as shown here note
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adware usually puts many files with the
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same string step four clear browser
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history and cookies reset browser
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settings and remove or disable unknown
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browser extensions to be safe from
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adware once you delete the harmful files
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as mentioned in step three you should
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delete malicious or unknown extension
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from your browsers like Safari Chrome
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Firefox Opera and so on whichever you
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are or were using you should also delete
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browser history cookies from your
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browser and need to reset your browser
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note before you reset your browser
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setting it is always a good idea to back
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bookmarks method to delete history
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cookies and malicious extensions from
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Safari browser and reset it clear
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browser history and cookies in Safari to
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do it open Safari click on the history
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at the Top Apple menu and then click
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clear history on drop- down menu after
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that a pop-up window will appear here
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select all history there and then click
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on clear history delete malicious
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extension in Safari browser in order to
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do it open Safari and click on Safari at
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the Top Apple menu then click
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preferences on drop- down menu after
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that click on extensions and select the
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malicious or any suspicious extensions
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uninstall empty caches of Safari browser
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to empty caches again go to the
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preferences window as mentioned earlier
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there click the advanced Tab and then
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check on show features for web
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developers that will add develop on Top
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Apple menu click on that and then click
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on empty caches reset Safari browsing
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data in order to do it click privacy on
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preferences window and click on manage
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website data next in a new window click
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remove all and then done set default
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search engine for your Safari to do it
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once again go to preferences window and
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click on search icon make sure there is
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your desire search engine listed such as
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Google for us set default homepage for
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your Safari you have to go to
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preferences window once again to do it
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where you have to click on General icon
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under General tab make sure there is
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your desire web address listed as your
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default homepage such as google.com for
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us method to delete browser history and
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cookies from Google Chrome browser and
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reset it clear browser history and
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cookies in Chrome in order to do it open
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Chrome browser and click on the history
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at the top Apple menu and click show
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full history on dropdown menu next in a
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new tab of chrome you will find history
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page on history page click clear
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browsing data on the leftand menu which
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will lead to a popup window where you
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have to click on Advanced and select all
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time check on all kinds of history and
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cookies there and then click on clear
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data reset Chrome settings to do it open
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Chrome browser and click on Chrome at
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the top of Apple menu after that click
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on preferences on the drop- down menu
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which will lead you to the settings page
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in settings page click on reset settings
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at the leftand side menu and then
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restore settings to their original
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defaults once you do it a pop-up window
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will appear where you have to click on
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reset settings button method to delete
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browser history and cookies from Opera
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browser and reset it you can follow
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these steps to find out how to reset
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Opera browser settings as well as delete
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the browser history and cook cookies
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clear browser history and cookies in
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Opera to do it firstly open Opera
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browser and then click on history at top
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of the Apple menu and click show all
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history on drop- down menu after that
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click on clear browsing data when pop-up
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window appear click on Advanced select
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all time and click clear data Button as
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shown in the screenshots reset Opera
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browser settings to do it open Opera
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browser click opera on Top Apple menu
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and click preferences on dropdown menu
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when settings page appear scroll down
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and click on restore settings to their
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original defaults after that pop-up
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window will appear where you have to
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click reset button as shown in
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screenshot method to delete browser
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history and cookies from Firefox browser
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and reset it you can follow these steps
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to delete the history and cookies and
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reset the Firefox browser clear browser
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history and cookies and Firefox as shown
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in the screenshot first of all open
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Firefox and click on history at the top
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menu after that click on clear recent
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history select everything on pop-up
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window and then click on clear now reset
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AKA refresh Firefox browser settings in
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order reset or refresh Firefox browser
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settings firstly you have to click on
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bradom menu at the top right corner of
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Firefox after that click on help and
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more troubleshooting information once
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you do that click on refresh Firefox
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button and then again refresh Firefox
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button button on popup window as shown
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in the screenshot now you know how to
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remove adware from your Mac so let's
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work together to make people aware of
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adware malware and viruses you can
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spread the word to your friends and
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family by sharing this adware video
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through your social media accounts to
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keep them informed you can find
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anti-malware anti- adware or antivirus
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programs in app store to remove adware
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easily but we recommend you to learn the
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manual way as mentioned earlier to
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remove adware because there is no
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guarantee that such programs can update
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for latest adware on time if the latest
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adware attack your device and if those
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programs are not up to date then you
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must remove them manually so we don't
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recommend particular anti-malware anti-
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adware or anti virus program but you can
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find lots of such programs in app store
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by searching terms like adware or
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malware and so on we hope we've helped
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you keep your Mac safe from adwar
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