Remove Mac Adware Cleaner "recommended download" popups from Mac OS XInstalling ‘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.
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Remove Mac Adware Cleaner "recommended download" popups from Mac OS X