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Title: Remove Mac Adware Cleaner "recommended download" popups from Mac OS X
Post by: HCK on August 17, 2023, 04:05:19 pm
Remove Mac Adware Cleaner "recommended download" popups from Mac OS X

Installing ‘featured offers’ along with open source programs can be a dangerous adventure. People don’t always realize that drive-by downloads built into such packages tend to impersonate malicious software. Recommended download popups encouraging users to install Mac Adware Cleaner, for example, start appearing due to a prior bundled installation of that sort.
Source: Remove Mac Adware Cleaner "recommended download" popups from Mac OS X (https://macsecurity.net/view/109-remove-mac-adware-cleaner-recommended-download-popups-from-mac-os-x)