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hey everyone welcome back to your
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channel name where we help you stay safe
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online today we're tackling a sneaky
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Intruder that's been causing trouble for
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Mac users record Minature at where is it
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a virus how does it get on your device
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and most importantly how do you remove
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it stick with us and we'll guide you
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through every step all right let's clear
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this up record miniature is not exactly
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a virus but don't let that fool you it
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falls into the category of adwar which
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is a type of malware that bombards your
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browser with unwanted ads redirects your
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searches and even changes your homepage
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and default search engine without your
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permission if you're seeing strange
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popups fake teex support alerts or
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sketchy software update messages record
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culprit you might be wondering how did
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this thing sneak onto your device well
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in most cases a dwar like record
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Minature comes bundled with free
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software cracked applications or Shady
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download sites you install something
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harmless but hidden inside is this
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annoying adwar quietly setting itself up
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in your system sometimes clicking on
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misleading ads or fake update prompts
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can also lead to Accidental installation
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that's why it's so important to be
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cautious when browsing and installing
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programs here's why it's risky it tracks
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your browsing habits and sells your data
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to advertisers it floods your screen
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with intrusive ads some of which might
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lead to more dangerous malware it can
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redirect you to fishing sites that try
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to steal your personal information do
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doso even though it's not a full-blown
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virus it's definitely something you
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don't want hanging around on your Mac
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all right now let's get to the good part
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removing this thing for good follow
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carefully 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 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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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 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 F
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paths as shown here you should look for
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suspicious malicious files and move them
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to trash few example of such malicious
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files are as shown here note adware
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usually puts many files with the same
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string step four clear browser's history
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and cookies reset browser settings and
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remove or disable unknown browser
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extensions to be safe from adware once
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you delete the harmful files as
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mentioned in step three you should
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delete malicious or unknown extension
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from your brow 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 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
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browsing data on the left-hand menu
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which will lead to a popup 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 drop-
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down 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 leth 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
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you can follow these steps to find out
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how to reset Opera browser settings as
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well 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 drop- down menu after
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that click on clear browsing data when
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popup window appear click on Advanced
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select all time and click clear data
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Button as shown in the screenshots reset
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Opera browser settings to do it open
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Opera browser click opera on Top Apple
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menu and click preferences on dropdown
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menu when settings page appear scroll
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down and click on restore settings to
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their 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 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
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once you do that click on refresh
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Firefox button and then again refresh
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Firefox 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 adwar 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 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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we hope we've helped you keep your Mac
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