How To Remove Apple Cannot Check pop-up From Mac PC

Tips To Delete Apple Cannot Check pop-up From Computer

Apple Cannot Check pop-up generally appears on your Mac computer screen when the device is infected with a potentially unwanted program or adware. This pop-ups states that a particular file can’t be opened because Apple can not check it for malicious software. It also asks to update the software and contact the developer for more details. This pop-up might be legitimate but it is possible that the app could be a harmful infection which is showing exact copies of those pop-ups just to scam users into updating the program which is usually fake. Clicking any suspicious link or button to update an application may cause intrusion of other malware threats.

Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus also displays commercial contents and other forms of advertisements such as coupons, banners, deals, discounts, offers etc. and tries to make you click on them in order to earn profits via pay-per-click mechanism. It might redirect you to highly dangerous web portals that are filed with malicious contents and cause more threats to your work-station. This perilous adware is compatible with all the most used web browsers including Firefox, Chrome, Explorer, Opera and others and therefore, switching from one browser to another will not help you in escaping from its harmful traits. So, it is necessary to get rid of Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus from the work-station as soon as possible.

Pay Attention to Freeware Installations to Avoid Malware Attacks:

Such kinds of PUPs often intrude the targeted device secretly without users’ approval. It travels in software-bundles which allows it to hide inside the installers of regular programs. Quick or Recommended settings that are normally offered at the beginning of the download/installation procedure hide the pre-selected boxes that allow installing PUPs. To deselect the unwanted components, you need to choose “Custom” or “Advanced” setup and follow the complete installation process with a purpose to find and opt out of optional downloads.

Threat Details

Name- Apple Cannot Check pop-up

Category- Adware, PUP, Mac virus

Description- Displays pop-up alert that claims that a particular file can’t be opened and hence, needs to be updated but tries to deceive users into installing bogus software.

Symptoms- Appearance of fake pop-ups, redirects to unknown web pages, slowness of computer and so on.

Distribution- Malicious File Downloads, Freeware or shareware installers, P2P file sharing, and many more.

Removal- Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Some Other Harmful Properties of Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus:

Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus installs several questionable toolbars, plug-ins, extensions etc. on the browser which work on as spyware and record all the keystrokes. It constantly spies on your web activities and gathers vital information relating to your interests and needs which is then utilized by the scammers for the advertisement campaign. Moreover, it can also steal your personal and confidential data such user IDs, passwords, credit card, debit card, bank account and other financial details and expose them to hackers for evil purposes. Crooks can misuse your sensitive data for generating illicit profits and cause you to be a victim of Cyber-crime or Online scam. Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus assists remote criminals to get access to your PC and execute evil deeds inside for their delicate welfare.

This hazardous malware ruins vital system files which assure efficient computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. It consumes enormous amount of memory resources and slow down the overall PC performance drastically. Due to this, machine starts responding slower than ever before and takes more than usual time to complete any task like opening any file or application, starting-up or shutting down the Window and so on. The longer this perilous malware remains inside, it keeps executing evil activities in the background and ruining the device badly. And therefore, don’t waste any time, just take a quick action and remove Apple Cannot Check pop-up virus from the machine by following effective removal guideline like the one given below.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Apple Cannot Check pop-up:

Remove the related items of Apple Cannot Check pop-up using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Apple Cannot Check pop-up issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Apple Cannot Check pop-up) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Apple Cannot Check pop-up removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Apple Cannot Check pop-up still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Apple Cannot Check pop-up plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Apple Cannot Check pop-up removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Apple Cannot Check pop-up (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.