Guide | How To [How to] Remove "App of the Day" browser injected text

[Deleted member 178]

hi,

if some of you get this text while opening a window in your browser:

App of the Day is a feature of Pet Match and uses visual search technology to find you relevant and related content from thousands of sites across the web. Just click on or hover over the orange InSite icon to open this window and discover related content. To disable this feature, click here. If you wish to share any feedback on this feature, contact us at feedback@similarproducts.net App of the Day

it means you have been hit by PUP " Superfish" (adware), don't worry it is a good news that you see it, because it means you can remove the culprit by yourself:

1- keep the page where you saw this text , it will allow us to pinpoint the culprit.
2- now disable every browser addons you have except your adblocker , one by one and reload the web page AFTER EACH disabling; by doing this you will know which addon is responsible for letting in Superfish on your system.
3- once the addon is pinpointed, remove it from your browser; and don't ever re-use it.
4- to be sure all is gone, install MBAM (malwarebyte's Anti-malware) or other PUP scanners and run a scan with it. remove/quarantine the traces if any.


May the Dark Side helped you

 

[bob974]

hi,

if some of you get this text while opening a window in your browser:

App of the Day is a feature of Pet Match and uses visual search technology to find you relevant and related content from thousands of sites across the web. Just click on or hover over the orange InSite icon to open this window and discover related content. To disable this feature, click here. If you wish to share any feedback on this feature, contact us at feedback@similarproducts.net App of the Day

it means you have been hit by PUP " Superfish" (adware), don't worry it is a good news that you see it, because it means you can remove the culprit by yourself:

1- keep the page where you saw this text , it will allow us to pinpoint the culprit.
2- now disable every browser addons you have , one by one and reload the web page AFTER EACH disabling; by doing this you will know which addon is responsible for letting in Superfish on your system.
3- once the addon is pinpointed, remove it from your browser; and don't ever re-use it.
4- to be sure all is gone, install MBAM (malwarebyte's Anti-malware) or other PUP scanners and run a scan with it. remove/quarantine the traces if any.


May the Dark Side helped you

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3636793458.png

If you see the text under the image...That's the PUP Superfish is always there.

Mine was with the google chrome extension "downloader helper" A thing like that

 

[jasonyoung.denmark]

I use Mozilla Firefox on Windows 7. I removed FastestFox and WindowShopper, and the problem went away. Do NOT remove AdBlock, as the latter is doing it's job by only allowing the "App of the Day" message to show, rather than allowing those two add-ins to work. This would appear to be new code in those two add-ins, per forum posts on MalwareBytes website.