Nasty pop-up on OSX

[cheeryble]

I have a popup coming into the bottom right of my screen which is repetitive to the point of being malevolent.

On a site I visit regularly it keeps coming up within seconds and actually covers the page list I need to click to operate.....the only way I can change to next page is to click X=, but lo it comes up again.

There is an option on the left to suspend for one day/one week/ etc.

It simply does nothing.

What's best?

Thanks

[RichCor]

per FixYourBrowser.com Remove Slick Savings from Mac OSX

"This Slick Savings adware is bundled with a custom installer on Cnet.com. This so called wrapper offers free additional software as usefully and browser enhancing software in order to keep their services and software free.

Slick Savings is adware and should be removed. It is advised to always read the End User License Agreements (EULA) or Terms and Agreements before installing software on your computer. Do never click too fast thru the installation process [Next] button of software as you will agree to software you might not want to install. If the installer offers a Advanced or Custom option button, click it to find out if there is any other malicious software offered and installed during the installation process."

This unwanted EXTENSION is added to your browser. Can be easily uninstalled. Refer the the original link above for helpful graphics.

Safari > Preferences

• Goto tab > Extensions
• Remove all extension you don’t know or use. If any doubt; remove all extensions. This adware spreads 4 extensions you should remove
  Searchme

  Amazon Shopping Assistant by Spigot
  Ebay Shopping Assistant by Spigot
  Slick Savings

• Click on the extension on the left and select Uninstall, follow instructions per extension.

also...

• Click tab General
• Select Default Search Engine and choose Google
• Replace the homepage with one of your choice, for example: Google.com.

[cheeryble]

What a great answer Richcor this is where an online community is so useful.

Have turned off as you said and no add popped up.

Just wondering......the on off button on that tab is still on......is that any use and will not the adware from Slick Savings just come again?

thanks a lot

[RichCor]

I would click and follow the instruction in the link I referenced and actually remove it.

The software the Cnet installer added is not considered harmful, but no reason to keep it on your system

[cheeryble]

Yes I removed all four.

That Slick Savings one was malicious IMO.

Especially given the button to stop it coming up inside the ad did not do that at all.

Was just wondering why Slick Savings would not just come back again.

That hotels ad was obviously triggered by me bringing up a similar type of page.

Still now you've shown me how to deal with it i always can.

Teach a man to fish....

Edited January 6, 2015 by cheeryble

[watcharacters]

My thanks to you as well RichCor.

[AlexRRR]

I have the same problem as from this weekend on my mac, search quick has taken over my browser with several pop ups taking inturns to bombard me with rubbish, i pretty much nutted it out where i should look as in the instructions above but there are no extensions in extensions, its empty.

Had a smilar problem on my windows laptop and again nothing in extensions in the end i used hitmanpro to remove it, ive looked around from something like that for a mac but not come across anything yet.

Any help would be appreciated.

[bubba]

Try this:

http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

Or if you like being a geek and doing the DIY method:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987

[jonwilly]

Thanks for good advice.

john

[AlexRRR]

Try this:

http://www.adwaremedic.com/index.php

Or if you like being a geek and doing the DIY method:

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987

Yes i searched apple forums and some learned guy suggested adwaremedic......it did the trick