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How to Erase MajorBuffer Adware from Your Mac in Just Few Minutes, Step-by-Step Guide!
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Mar 27, 2025
Is your Mac being hijacked by MajorBuffer adware? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! In just few minutes, you can remove MajorBuffer and return your Mac to its smooth, fast self. Learn how to uninstall suspicious apps, remove rogue extensions, and reset your browsers. Follow this easy step-by-step guide to protect your Mac from further adware attacks! #MajorBuffer #scammer #foryou #fyp #foryoupage #adware #malware #mac #bestantimalwaremac #macsecurity #virusremoval #macvirus #macadware #browsersecurity
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hey everyone if your Mac has been acting
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strange redirecting your searches
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changing your homepage or flooding your
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screen with Annoying popups then you
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might have unknowingly installed major
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buffer adwar but don't worry we've got
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you covered in today's video we'll walk
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you through what major buffer is how
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it's sneaked onto your device and most
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importantly how to remove it
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completely let's clear something up
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major buffer isn't a virus but it is a
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type of adwar once it gets onto your Mac
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it hid Jacks your browser modifies your
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search engine redirects your traffic and
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bombards you with intrusive
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ads and wire to make money off of you
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the creators of major buffer profit by
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forcing you to see ads sending you to
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suspicious websites and even pushing
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fake system updates or tech support
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scams some versions of this adware are
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so persistent that they keep
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reinstalling themselves so we need to
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take extra steps to get rid of it for
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good you're probably wondering I never
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in installed this so how did it get here
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well here's how software bundles
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downloading free software cracked
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programs or pirated apps adwar like
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major buffer often sneaks in as a hidden
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extra fake ads and popups clicking on
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misleading ads or fake download buttons
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can trigger an automatic
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installation deceptive installers some
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shady websites disguise adware as
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helpful tools tricking users into
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installing it themselves once major
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buffer is on your Mac it embeds itself
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deep into your system making it tough to
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remove but don't worrying where about to
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fix that follow the step-by-step
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guide there are four main steps to
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remove adware from your Mac step one
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remove doubtful
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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 file if you can't find any
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profiles icon as mentioned in step one
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just follow the step two directly step
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two quit find and delete doubtful
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programs related to adware firstly check
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the menu bar of Mac if you find any
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unknown programs icon there rightclick
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the icon and then click quit after that
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click on finder on the bottom menu dock
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of your Mac as shown in the screenshot
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once you click on the finder icon that
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will lead you to the finder window where
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on the left side menu you will find
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applications 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 rightclick on that and then
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click move to trash on the drop- down
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menu as shown in the screenshot step
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three find and remove files and folders
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related to adware firstly make sure you
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are in finder folder if not then follow
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the steps as mentioned in Step number
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two to go to the finder folder
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once you are in finder folder click on
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go at the top menu bar of your Mac and
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then go to folder on the drop- down menu
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as shown in the screenshot once you
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click on go to folder you will find
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popup window as shown in screenshot
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where you should type these file paths
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and then should click enter once you
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enter by typing Library chuar launch
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Damons launch agents application support
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and so on file paths as shown here you
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should look for suspicious malicious
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files and move them to trash few example
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of such malicious files are as shown
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here note adware usually puts many files
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with the same string step four clear
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browser history and cookies reset
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browser settings and remove or disable
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unknown browser extensions to be safe
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from adware once you delete the harmful
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files as mentioned in step three you
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should delete malicious or unknown
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extension from your browsers like Safari
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Chrome Firefox Opera and so on whichever
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you are or were using you should also
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delete 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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up your
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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 dropdown menu
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after that a pop-up window will appear
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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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then click uninstall empty caches of
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Safari browser to empty caches again go
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to the prefer window as mentioned
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earlier there click the advanced Tab and
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then 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 I icon make sure there
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is your desire search engine listed such
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as Google for us set default homepage
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for 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 drop-down 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 pop-up 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 left- hand side menu and then
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restore settings to their original
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defaults once you do it a popup 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 settings as well
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as delete the browser history and
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cookies clear browser history and
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cookies and Opera to do it firstly open
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Opera browser and then click on history
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at top of the Apple menu and click show
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all history on dropdown 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 drop-down 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 popup
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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 in Firefox as shown
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in the screenshot
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first of all open Firefox and click on
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history at the top of Apple
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menu after that click on clear recent
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history select everything on popup
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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
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and then again refresh Firefox button on
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popup window as shown in the screenshot
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now you know how to remove adware from
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your Mac so let's work together to make
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people aware of adwar malware and
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viruses you can spread the word to your
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friends and family by sharing this adwar
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video through your social media accounts
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to keep them informed you can find anti-
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malware anti- adware or anti virus
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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 antivirus 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 adware
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