{"id":302,"date":"2019-02-07T22:33:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T06:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.243.195.209\/?p=302"},"modified":"2019-02-07T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T06:42:48","slug":"how-to-remove-safe-finder-on-mac-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/how-to-remove-safe-finder-on-mac-os\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Safe Finder on Mac OS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/h2>\n

In this post, I will introduce how to remove Safe Finder, a notorious malware on multiple platforms.<\/p>\n

This post is not a technical post but really helps.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

Use Malwarebytes<\/a>. I’m not advertising. And the free version works.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h2>\n

Safe Finder<\/h3>\n

I come across Safe Finder when I surf a website which requires me to upgrade my Flash Player. It is normal until I install a software called Player downloaded from that website.<\/p>\n

My laptop gets out of my control and installs other strange software (I also begin to suspect the safety of the Mac OS). The strange software even makes my laptop stuck. I reboot it and find that my laptop is hijacked. I present the bad things the bunch of software does.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. It hijacks your homepage and search engines.
    \n\"\"
    \nWhatever you do to reset the preference of your browser, every time you reboot your computer, the “XXX search” comes again;<\/li>\n
  2. It automatically installs other malware;<\/li>\n
  3. You can remove it using Finder, but the browser still remains hijacked; <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What Can I Do<\/h3>\n

    I tried many ways. Note that when you google “How to remove Safe Finder”, some websites lead you to download other malware such as ComboCleaner. I get that engineers do know CamelCase.<\/em><\/p>\n

    As usual, what I present is what works.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Download Malwarebytes<\/a>. Free version works fine;<\/li>\n
    2. Start manually scan; <\/li>\n
    3. Show quarantine and clear it;
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    4. Reboot. <\/li>\n
    5. Set your preference of browsers and remove viral extensions. <\/li>\n
    6. I believe things go well now. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Summary In this post, I will introduce how to remove Safe Finder, a notorious malware on multiple platforms. This post is not a technical post but really helps. Conclusion Use Malwarebytes. I’m not advertising. And the free version works. Details Safe Finder I come across Safe Finder when I surf a website which requires me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mac-os"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanzhou.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}