Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
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Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
This article has been created with the main goal to explain what is the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” (Download Required) scam page, advertising Advanced Mac Cleaner and how you can remove this unwanted program from your Mac.
A scam page, advertising a hoax cleanup software, known as
A rogue software pretending to be a Mac cleaner has been reported to affect users via bundling and display to them overpriced rates to purchase the licensed version. The software is called Advanced Mac Cleaner and it was also reported...Read more
Advanced Mac Cleaner has been detected by users and reported to lock their web browsers, pretending that their Mac is heavily damaged. In addition to this, the pop-up page also falsely advertises an infection with the Tapsnake virus, which is often used in relation to different
What is the "Mac Detected TAPSNAKE" message? How to remove the TAPSNAKE infection scam completely from your Mac? How to stop such pop-ups in the future?
Aims to show a web page that locks the browser and threatens the user with malware infection.
Symptoms
The web browser begins displaying a web page pretending to come from Apple’s official site, but is in fact fake. The end goal is to download a program, called “Advanced Mac Cleaner”.
Distribution Method
The web page may appear as a result of opening a malicious ad or having adware that causes browser redirects to it.
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“Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” – How Did I Get It
The main method via which the the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” page can spread is via potentially unwanted programs. These types of software often pose as legitimate apps and come bundled to other installers “as free extra”. And it is not easy to find these programs either, because often they are hidden in the “Advanced” or “Custom” installation steps, so fast clickers tend to skip and head for the Express installation option. They may pretend to also be toolbars and browser add-ons, but in reality they do nothing more but to display adware and the result of this is pages, like the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” landing on your Mac and locking it. Usually if this is the case, those programs are often falsely advertised on misleading web pages as useful software, like a file converter, a YouTube video downloader and other add-ins that supposedly improve your browsing experience, but instead flood your Mac with ads, like the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged”. This is very profitable for adware developers, since they are the ones who profit from you visiting those pages automatically.
“Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” – More Information
Once you land on this page, the following screen is what you see:
In addition to intruding your Mac, the web page may also display other pop-ups with the same or similar message that may ask you to download a program, called Advanced Mac Cleaner.
This is a fake cleanup utility for Mac, which detects all sorts of viruses and errors that may not even be real and when you try to use it to remove these supposedly non-existent threats, Advanced Mac Cleaner wants to charge you money.
The main idea of this is to scam inexperienced users by using their fear that their information is compromised and they may lose access to their Apple IDs, Facebook profiles and even their e-banking accounts. This is why many will fall victims of this scam and use Advanced Mac Cleaner, thinking that the software is legitimate.
If you see this page, you probably think that this may just be a scam page, but it is never known for sure wether or not this page is caused by adware that may be residing on your Mac or in your web browser. This is why, if you see the page or have Advanced Mac Cleaner installed, we strongly recommend that you immediately remove them from your Mac and change your passwords. In addition to this, it is always best to backup your files as well, since such ad-supported programs may have even redirected you to malicious sites.
Remove Advanced Mac Cleaner and “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged”
If you want to remove the software causing the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” pop-ups and Advanced Mac Cleaner from your Mac, we advise you to follow the removal instructions underneath this article. They have been created with the clear purpose in mind to help you delete this virus either manually or automatically from both your MacOS and web browsers as well. Be advised, however, that experts always advise using an advanced anti-malware software, the main idea of which is to scan your Mac for any malicious programs and then use it’s algorithms to remove all malicious files and objects related to viruses and adware, like the unwanted program, causing “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” pop-ups to appear.
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Manually delete "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam from your Mac
1. Uninstall "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam and remove related files and objects
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Step 1: Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
Step 2: Find Activity Monitor and double-click it:
Step 3: In the Activity Monitor look for any suspicious processes, belonging or related to "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam:
To quit a process completely, choose the “Force Quit” option.
Step 4: Click on the “Go” button again, but this time select Applications. Another way is with the ⇧+⌘+A buttons.
Step 5: In the Applications menu, look for any suspicious app or an app with a name, similar or identical to "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam. If you find it, right-click on the app and select “Move to Trash”.
Step 6: Select Accounts, after which click on the Login Items preference. Your Mac will then show you a list of items that start automatically when you log in. Look for any suspicious apps identical or similar to "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam. Check the app you want to stop from running automatically and then select on the Minus (“–“) icon to hide it.
Step 7: Remove any left-over files that might be related to this threat manually by following the sub-steps below:
1.Go to Finder. 2.In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove. 3.Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete. 4.If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
2. Remove "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam – related extensions from your Mac’s browsers
Remove "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam – related extensions from your Mac’s browsers.
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove an extension from Safari and reset it.
Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu.
Select the Extension and click “Remove“
After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“
From the opened “Extensions” menu locate the add-on and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.
After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Step 1: Remove Safari extensions
Start Safari
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’ In the new window select ‘Extensions’ Click once on the extension you want removed. Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam will be removed.
Step 2: Reset Safari
IMPORTANT: Before resetting Safari make sure you back up all your saved passwords within the browser in case you forget them.
Start Safari and then click on the gear leaver icon.
Click the Reset Safari button and you will reset the browser.
Automatically remove "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as "Your Mac Is Heavily Damaged" Scam, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. Combo Cleaner offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
Ventsislav has been covering the latest malware, software and newest tech developments at SensorsTechForum for 3 years now. He started out as a network administrator. Having graduated Marketing as well, Ventsislav also has passion for discovery of new shifts and innovations in cybersecurity that become game changers. After studying Value Chain Management and then Network Administration, he found his passion within cybersecrurity and is a strong believer in basic education of every user towards online safety.
This article has been created with the main goal to explain what is the “Your Mac is Heavily Damaged” (Download Required) scam page, advertising Advanced Mac Cleaner and how you can remove this unwanted program from your Mac.
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove an extension from Safari and reset it.
