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hey there Tech Warriors welcome back to
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channel name today we're diving into
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something sneaky that might have crept
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into your Mac zaparo is it adwar a virus
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or both and most importantly how can you
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remove it let's get started ziparo is
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what we call adware a sneaky type of
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program that often poses as legitimate
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software once it sneaks into your Mac it
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creates chaos from bombarding you with
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Annoying ants to messing with your
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browser settings it turns your online
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experience into a nightmare imagine this
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you search for something and suddenly
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your search results are rerouted or your
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browser homepage is replaced with a
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weird new page ziparo is behind all this
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working to flood your screen with ads to
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make money and it doesn't stop there
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ziparo can even open new tabs to push
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fake software updates or text support
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scams trust us it's not just annoying
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it's potentially harmful but how did
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ziar end up on your Mac well in most
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cases we unknowingly let it in it often
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comes bundled with free software
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cracks you might have clicked on a popup
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ad or followed misleading instructions
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these sneaky tactics catch even the most
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cautious users off guard but don't worry
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you're not stuck with it forever there's
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a way to kick zaparo off your Mac for
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goat let's walk through the removal
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step there there are four main steps to
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remove adware from your Mac step one
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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 toward button to remove
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the profile 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 doc
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of your Mac as shown in the
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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 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 right right click on that
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and then click move to trash on the
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drop- 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 select
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all history there and then click on
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clear history delete malicious extension
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in Safari browser in order to do it open
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Safari and click on Safari at the Top
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Apple menu then click preferences on
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drop- down menu after that click on
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extensions and select the malicious or
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any suspicious extensions then click
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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 CLE
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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 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 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 cookies clear
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browser history and cookies and Opera to
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do it firstly open Opera browser and
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then click on history at top of the
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Apple menu and click show all history on
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drop drop down menu after that click on
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clear browsing data when pop-up window
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appear click on Advanced select all time
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and click clear data Button as shown in
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the screenshots reset Opera browser
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settings to do it open Opera browser
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click opera on Top Apple menu and click
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preferences on dropdown menu when
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settings page appear scroll down and
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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 and
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Firefox as shown in the screenshot first
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of all open Firefox and click on history
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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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bradc come menu at the top right corner
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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 on popup window as shown in the
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screenshot now you know how to remove
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adware from your Mac so let's work
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together to make people aware of adware
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malware and viruses you can spread the
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word to your friends and family by
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sharing this adwar video through your
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social media accounts to keep them
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informed you can find anti-malware anti-
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adware or antivirus programs in app
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store to remove adware easily but we
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recommend you to learn the manual way as
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mentioned earlier to remove adware
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because there is no guarantee that such
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programs can update for latest adware on
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time if the latest adware attack your
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device and if those programs are not up
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to date then you must remove them
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manually so we don't recommend
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particular anti-malware anti-ad Weare or
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anti virus program but you can find lots
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of such programs in app store by
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searching terms like adware or malware
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and so on we hope we've helped you keep
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your Mac safe from adwar remember to
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