How To Remove Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam From Mac Computer

Tips To Delete Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam From System

Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam is a social engineering technique triggered by vicious scammers to deceive Mac users into believing that their system is at high risk and installing PUP. In this scam, a pop-up automatically appears on your desktop screen claiming that your computer is at threat due to the presence of a malware inside that can cause severe damages in the machine. You are also given a button and asked to click on it in order to remove the malware. However, once you tap upon the button, you are redirected to app store and forced to download and install the recommended application and then scan your Mac PC through it.

We highly advise to ignore Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam messages as this is just a tactic of cyber criminals to trick you into paying for useless services and installing more potentially unwanted programs. Such pop-ups generally appear on your system screen when the device is already infected with an adware or a PUP. This notorious malware often infiltrates your computer secretly without any earlier notifications and then starts executing malicious activities in the background. It first makes several unwanted changes in default browser’s settings and sets its own domain as the new home page, search engine and new tab URL replacing the previous one. Grabbing full control over the entire browser, Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam virus starts displaying intrusive ads and redirecting you to phishing, scamming or even malware-laden sites that are filled with malevolent contents.

Pay Closer Attention to The Software’s Installation Routine:

If you surf the Web on a daily basis and encounter gambling sites filled with promotional contents and possibly malevolent ads, you should avoid visiting such domains since there might be direct downloads of PUPs and other nasty parasites included. Do not install anything from the site that is not reliable or related to legitimate software developer. You need to take be much more cautious when you launch an installation of the program. Always choose Advanced or Custom configuration settings as you can control what program to install on the machine.

Threat Details

Name- Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam

Category- Adware, PUP, Mac virus

Description- Claims that visitors PC is infected with a virus and then tries to trap them into installing rogue software.

Symptoms- Fake error messages, modifications in default browser and system’s settings, appearance of intrusive ads and pop-ups, redirects to unknown web pages 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

Other Harmful Properties of This Adware:

Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam virus keeps executing evil activities in the background all the time which consumes enormous amount of memory resources and slows 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. It steals your personally identifiable information such as user IDs, passwords, credit card and debit number, bank account and other financial details. Cyber criminals can misuse your sensitive data for generating illicit revenues and cause you to suffer a big financial loss.

Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam displays fake update notifications stating that some of your vital apps need to be updated quickly and then tries to scam you into installing bogus software. It enable remote criminals to get access to your computer and execute evil deeds inside for their delicate welfare. It makes spiteful entries in boot section and alters its default settings in order to get automatically activated with each Window reboot. This nasty PUP messes with vital system files which assure efficient computer functioning and prevents many installed apps as well as drivers from working normally. And hence, looking at all these threats, you are strongly recommended to delete Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam virus from the system without wasting any time.

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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam:

Remove the related items of Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 (Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam) 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam 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 Applecomsupport.com POP-UP Scam (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.