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hey everyone welcome back to the channel
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where we help you keep your devices
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clean secure and running like new today
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we're diving into a sneaky little
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troublemaker called enumerator machine
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ever heard of it if not no worries we've
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covered enumerator machine is what's
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known as at wear or Worse macmail wear
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or even a virus but don't panic we're
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going to explain what it is how it
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sneaks onto your Mac and most important
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certainly how to kick it out for good so
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let's get started enumerator machine is
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a sneaky program that sneaks onto your
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device without you even realizing it
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once it's in it turns your Mac into its
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personal playground it bombards websites
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you visit with ads messes with your
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search results and can even hijack your
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homepage and trust us this isn't just a
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minor annoyance the main goal of
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enumerator machine whereare is to make
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money off you by showing tons of ads
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sometimes it'll even open Fake tabs for
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things like fake software updates or
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sketchy tech support it's all designed
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to trick you so you spend money or share
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information here's the deal most of the
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time you install adwar yourself dot dot
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dot and knowingly of course enumerator
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machine often sneaks in when you
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download free software or crack programs
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these bundles hide adware in side so
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while you're installing something you
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want the edwar piggybacks right along
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other times you might accidentally click
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on a misleading popup ad or follow
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instructions from a suspicious ad it's
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Sneaky and it's designed to catch you
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off guard but don't worry we're here to
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show you how to remove it and keep it
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from coming back okay let's get down to
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business removing enumerator machine
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adware isn't hard but it does take a few
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steps as we guide you here
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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 to adware firstly check the
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menu 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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Mac as shown in the screenshot once you
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click on the finder icon that will lead
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you to the finder window where on the
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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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the 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 chalkar 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 four clear
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browsers 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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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 it
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open Safari and click on Safari at the
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Top 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 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 left hand menu
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which will lead to a pop-up window where
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you have to click on Advanced and select
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all time check on all kinds of history
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and cookies there and then click on
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clear data reset Chrome settings to do
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it open Chrome browser and click on
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Chrome at the top of Apple menu after
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that click on preferences on the
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dropdown menu which will lead you to the
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settings page in settings page click on
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reset settings at the left hand side
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menu and then restore settings to their
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original defaults once you do it a popup
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window will appear where you have to
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click on reset settings button method to
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delete browser history and cookies from
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Opera browser and reset it you can
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follow these steps to find out how to
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reset Opera browser settings as well as
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delete the browser history and cookies
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clear browser history and cookies and
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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 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 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 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 in more
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troubleshooting information once you do
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that click on refresh Firefox button and
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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 adware malware and
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viruses you can spread the word to your
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friends and family by sharing this
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adware video through your social media
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accounts to keep them informed you can
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find anti-malware anti- adware or
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antivirus programs in app store to
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remove adware easily but we recommend
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you to learn the manual way as mentioned
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earlier to remove adware because there
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is no guarantee that such programs can
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update for latest adware on time if the
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latest adware attack your device and if
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those programs are not up to date then
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you must remove them manually so we
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don't recommend particular anti-malware
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anti- adware or antivirus program but
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you can find lots of such programs in
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app store by searching terms like adwar
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or malware and so on we hope we've
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helped you keep your Mac safe from
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adware remember to like share and
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