Software available and promoted by the address download.mac-install.com is not to be trusted. First of all this domain is the source of many fake alerts saying that one program in your system is not up-to-date. Obviously these messages contain fake alerts about popular programs like Java or Flash. What’s hidden behind these useless messages is a scareware called MacKeeper. This software specializes in going over the board with its out of proportion alerts about the state of your Mac. And it goes on from the very first second it gets installed. Our team tested MacKeeper in a brand new and up-to-date installation of OSX… what a surprise, no less than 2000 files were flagged as “threatening”. Of course those files turn out to be either cache files, logs or cookies that represent no danger whatsoever.
On the other hand if it is your browser the one having constant messages coming from download.mac-install.com, you’re most likely being victim of an adware… an annoying and unwanted plug-in whose only reason to exists is to torture you with its ads. Below you’ll find a guide we have put up together to help you clean your Mac. Our guide and every program recommended in it are 100% free.
How to remove download.mac-install.com ?
Reset your browser (if necessary)
If you still see traces of download.mac-install.com after following all the steps above you can reset your browser performing this operation:
- Open Chrome.
- Click on the Chrome menu button
on the browser toolbar. - Select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page, search for Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down once again to the end of the page and click Reset browser settings button.
- Click Reset once more.
- Open Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button.
- Go over to the Help sub-menu, then select Troubleshooting Information.
- Click on the Repair Firefox button and confirm.
- Mozilla Firefox will automatically restart.
- Open your Safari web browser by clicking on the Safari icon in the dock.
- Click on Safari in your Safari menu, located at the top of your screen.
- A drop-down menu will now appear. Choose the option labeled Reset Safari....
- A warning dialog will now appear detailing the items that will be removed.
- Click the button on the dialog labeled Reset to complete the process.
- Your Safari browser will now restart automatically.
Remove download.mac-install.com with AdwareMedic
AdwareMedic is a program dedicated to fighting adware. AdwareMedic can identify and remove malicious adware from your computer. When your computer becomes infected, AdwareMedic can provide the needed assistance to remove the infection and restore the machine back to optimum performance.
- Download AdwareMedic from the below button :
Download AdwareMedic - Double-click on AdwareMedic.dmg file and drag the AdwareMedic app (the blue, circular icon with the medical case in the middle) onto the icon for the Applications folder and release the mouse.
- Get the lastest Adware signatures, go to the Menu bar and select Scanner and then Update Adware Signatures.
- Click the Scan for Adware button to immediately scan your Mac for components of any known adware.
- After the scan finishes, if your system is clean, you will be told that nothing was found. Otherwise, a window will open showing the adware that was detected.
- The checkboxes allow you to specify which items are to be removed. (By default, only files that are definitively bad will be checked.) Clicking the Remove Selected button will remove any items that are checked, and will leave any that are not checked in place..
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