Hi,
Recently my friend has infected his computer with the "Safefinder" adware in safari on his mac, however after following multiple guides I am still not able to remove it - this includes malwarebytes (which found mackeeper, but after removal the adware is still running), and combo cleaner (that detected a browser hijacker but did not show a specific malicious file causing it). I've also deleted all extensions, cleared safari web data/cache/history, made sure there are no specific "safefinder" or other search apps installed, and made sure there are no profiles in system settings, but it keeps opening the homepage as Safefinder, even when I start in safe mode.
I think that the thing I might've missed is some application that has safefinder hidden on it, which means I might just have to go through the process of putting apps into trash until something sticks. That being said, I have two questions;
Does putting an application in Trash quarantine the app on Mac? (If I put it in trash, does it stop all process that come from it? Could I viably start putting all apps in trash one by one and end up with a clean Mac without the adware?) Or do I have to uninstall/remove from trash for it to stop working?
Does anyone perhaps have any other suggestions to check out?
Any help would be extremely appreciated!
Recently my friend has infected his computer with the "Safefinder" adware in safari on his mac, however after following multiple guides I am still not able to remove it - this includes malwarebytes (which found mackeeper, but after removal the adware is still running), and combo cleaner (that detected a browser hijacker but did not show a specific malicious file causing it). I've also deleted all extensions, cleared safari web data/cache/history, made sure there are no specific "safefinder" or other search apps installed, and made sure there are no profiles in system settings, but it keeps opening the homepage as Safefinder, even when I start in safe mode.
I think that the thing I might've missed is some application that has safefinder hidden on it, which means I might just have to go through the process of putting apps into trash until something sticks. That being said, I have two questions;
Does putting an application in Trash quarantine the app on Mac? (If I put it in trash, does it stop all process that come from it? Could I viably start putting all apps in trash one by one and end up with a clean Mac without the adware?) Or do I have to uninstall/remove from trash for it to stop working?
Does anyone perhaps have any other suggestions to check out?
Any help would be extremely appreciated!