Usually, though its downloaded when you click on a link in an email or website that you thought was safe.

Nevertheless, its best to get rid of it as soon as you realize its there.

Examples, like a Chrome pop up virus, appear when you use a web browser, either on top of your current browser window, or behind it and take you to a website you havent chosen to go to.

This type of malware, or Chrome redirect virus, turns regular text on a web page into hyperlinks.

If you click on one of the links, it will take you to a web page selling something, or urging you to download a file.

If that happens, you can use Activity Monitor to confirm that its Chrome thats stressing the CPU.

You start seeing adverts unrelated to any site youve visited or search term youve used.

A browser toolbar you didnt deliberately download appears in your copy of Chrome.

Pop up windows appear frequently on sites that dont normally use pop-ups.

You discover an application in your Applications folder that you didnt download.

It can detect and neutralize adware, spyware, worms, ransomware, and other vulnerabilities and hazards.

Look through the list of applications and identify any you didnt download deliberately.

However, just dragging the app to the Trash wont get rid of every trace of the application.

To do that, you need to remove every file associated with the app.

It knows where to look for files that are installed by apps and searches for them there, then lists them when it finds them, allowing you to easily delete them.

Go to the Uninstaller module and check the box next to the app you want to delete, and click Uninstall.

Thats it.

At the top right of the window, click the More icon (three dots stacked vertically).

At the bottom of the browser window that opens, click Advanced.

Read the information in the box that appears, then click Reset.

If you need to use extensions, youll need to turn them back on again.

However, before you do, its a good idea to go through them and check that you intended to download them.

If you find any that you didnt intentionally download or that you no longer need, you should delete them.

If you see any you didnt intend to download or no longer need, click Remove.

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