As Apple computers are getting more and more popular than before, we are expecting to see new viruses, trojan horses, spyware and malware on Mac OS X.
Recently, I noticed that when I'm googling, my search results are linked to an URL which begins with "result.google.com". Also sometimes, some random pages poping up, the pages which are under URL "search.google-analytics.com", or are redirecting to some random advertising pages.
After some researches, I realized that my MacBook Pro infected with a Trojan horse.
I don't know the name of this Trojan horse, but I found a way to kill this "result5.google.com", "search.google-analytics.com" or "www.google-analytics.com" virus/trojan:
First, I emptied cache of my browsers. I opened Safari, Firefox and Opera, and killed their cache and cookies. In Safari, I also pressed "Reset Safari.." option.
Then I deleted "plugins.settings" file which is located here:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/plugins.settings
After that I have never seen this googley Trojan.
I guess I got it from some black sites with some porn ads on it while I was trying to find some torrent files (moral: Don't download illegally!).
I heard from a friend that this Trojan also infected his iPad.
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Sounds like you got an RSPlug Trojan. Most of the time, they get installed when you install some kind of dodgy video codec plug-in to view porn.
This did not work for me.. nothing works for me!
please help me get rid of it i don't see anything called plugins.settings
Michael,
Try CalmXav antivirus for Mac OS: http://www.clamxav.com/
Yup i've done that. It removed something but it still happens? any other advice?
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