Pop-ups might ask you to pay to make them go away. Sometimes they won’t disappear even if you click on the cross button as usual. They might also appear under or over your browser window. Pop-us are the unwanted windows that open as new tabs or graphic elements to the windows you use. Without this adware, certain ads and pop-ups would never be displayed on the pages you browse.
The adware installs itself in your browser to modify the search engine and probably your homepage as well. You might have downloaded it together with some freeware, or spyware disguised as an Adobe Flash Player Installer, or from your file-sharing system. In this article you’ll find a step-by-step instruction on how to get rid of ads and pop-ups manually or with the help of specialized software.
The software that bombards you with unwanted advertising is called adware, and it can hide in your program files, LaunchDaemons, or browser extensions. If your Mac shows too many ads and pop-ups, it is likely to be affected by a virus.
