![]() In Microsoft Edge, go to the Chrome Web Store. You'll see a final prompt confirming the extension has been added.Īdd an extension to Microsoft Edge from the Chrome Web StoreĮxtensions designed for Google Chrome can also be used in Microsoft Edge. Although this should not affect your data, it would nonetheless be wise to back up your computer before starting this process, just in case something goes wrong.Note: If you don't see Extensions to the right of your browser address bar, select Settings and more > Extensions.įind the extension you'd like to add and select Get.Īt the prompt showing permissions required by the extension, carefully review the permissions, and then select Add extension if you wish to proceed. It should not be necessary to erase your hard drive, simply reinstall on top of your existing system. This will overwrite Safari and its support files with fresh copies. Victims of this malicious installer should immediately remove both MacKeeper and ZipCloud, of course, but should also reinstall OS X. I was immediately suspicious that malicious changes might have been made to this copy of Safari, but I have not found any evidence of that. Nonetheless, even if I were able to run this copy of Safari, I would not choose to do so. This, of course, had the effect of completely breaking Safari on my 10.9.5 system, as the newer version (8.0.6) cannot run on that version of OS X. Most interestingly, however was the fact that this app also installed a newer version of Safari and a number of Safari's support files! Both browsers had their home pages and search engines set to a Yahoo "Search BOSS" page, which is how Yahoo is tricked into paying the scammers for promoting it. The usual Set Search Settings extension for Firefox, which I have observed multiple times with InstallCore, was also incorrectly installed, as always.Īlthough no browser extensions were successfully installed, both Chrome and Firefox had their preferences modified. Interestingly, the typical InstallCore Safari extension was for some reason not installed. I chose to accept all of these, of course.Īs a result, both MacKeeper and ZipCloud were installed and opened automatically. Next was acceptance of the installation of MacKeeper, though the text was relatively small and uniform, and the familiar MacKeeper logo was nowhere to be seen.įinally, I had to accept the installation of ZipCloud. I was greeted with the familiar InstallCore installer interface, except that the first page of the installer read "Welcome to Safari."Ĭontinuing with the installation resulted in being asked to accept the "Search-Assist" extension for Safari, with a big Yahoo! logo at the top of the window. ![]() The installer on that disk image did not look like an Apple installer at all, but nonetheless, I opened it anyway. (I was using OS X 10.9.5, so this actually was true.)Ĭlicking the Update Now button downloaded a disk image file named "Apple Safari Setup.dmg". When I attempted to view one of the supposed streams, it redirected me to a page that claimed that Safari was outdated. ![]() This new installer was obtained while visiting one of the "First Row Sports" scam sports streaming sites. Last week, we discovered a new version of the InstallCore installer that displays an unpleasant new trick: it pretends to be a Safari update!
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