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hey everyone welcome back to the
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channnel today we are diving deep into a
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sneaky Troublemaker called Original
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accessibility is it a virus is it a dwar
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and most importantly how do we remove it
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from your Mac stay with us because by
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the end of this video you will have all
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need original accessibility is an adwar
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program also known as Mac malware or Mac
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virus it sneaks into your device without
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your knowledge and floods your web
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browser with Annoying ads unwanted
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redirect and search hijacks once inside
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it messes up your browsing experience by
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changing your search engine and homepage
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filling websites with popups banners and
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misleading ads opening new tabs with
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Shady offers fake tech support scams and
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even fraudulent software
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updates at its core a dwar like original
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accessibility is designed to make money
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off you by bombarding you with ads and
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sometimes it can even lead to more
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infections you might be wondering how
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did original accessibility adware get on
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my Mac in the first place well the truth
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is you probably installed it yourself
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unknowingly here are the most common
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ways adwar sneaks into your system
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bundled with free software downloaded a
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free program this adware may have tagged
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along cracked software and pirated
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downloads using serial key generators
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and cracked software that is a major
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factor clicking misleading popups those
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fake update notifications and too good
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to be true offers can install malware in
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a single click but do not worry now that
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we know how it got in let us kick it out
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for good how to remove original
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accessibility from your Mac follow these
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steps carefully and you will be a dwar
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free in no time there are four main
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steps to remove adware from your Mac
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step one 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 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 adwar 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 screen 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
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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 browsers
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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 EXT
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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 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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empty caches of Safari browser to empty
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caches again go to the preferences
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window as mentioned earlier there click
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the advanced Tab and then check on show
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features for web developers that will
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add develop on Top Apple menu click on
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that and then click on empty caches
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reset Safari browsing data in order to
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do it click privacy on preferences
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window and click on manage website data
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next in a new window click remove all
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and then done set default search engine
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for for your Safari to do it once again
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go to preferences window and click on
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search icon make sure there is your
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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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clear browser history and cookies in
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Chrome in order to do it open Chrome
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browser and click on the history at the
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Top Apple menu and click show full
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history on dropdown menu next in a new
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tab of chrome you will find history page
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on history page click clear browsing
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data on the leftand menu which will lead
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to a popup window where you have to
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click on Advanced and select all time
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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 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- 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 set
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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 drop-down 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 in 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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bread 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 adware 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 apps
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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- adware or
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antivirus 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 and so on we hope we've helped you
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keep your Mac safe from adwar remember
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