Remove ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ Pop-Ups

About ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ Pop-Ups

Are you a victim of Scam ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ Pop-Ups? Is your Mac device showing such pop-up messages whenever you visit any website? IF yes then it is a clear indication that you must have visited some tricky or questionable website and your Mac device has been targeted. Such pop-ups are meant to scare Apple users mainly by displaying endless pop-ups as ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’. Soon users panic and in a haste end up installing any dubious and potentially unwanted program. This is the sole motive of the hackers who have crafted this scam to fool innocent Apple users. It goes on to the extent making users feel that they have been a victim of hacking and their device is infected with 20 malware threats and 7 phishing scam after running a fake scan using some questionable website where users are redirected soon.

However this is for sure that there is no such website which can run a scan to detect malware and this is just a scam which is a handy work of fraudusters. The users are compelled to purchase fake programs as hackers further create a sense of urgency among the users by threatening users that if they do not purchase the promoted program, their social account details, banking credentials, photos and videos will be soon shared publicly on the Internet and would be compromised by hackers. Thus to prevent such scam many users end up downloading and installing dubious apps on their Mac devices.
Even though this application claims to be able to Scan your device by providing you with MacKeeper, you shouldn’t believe it, because it will be waste of time than you might think.

Once the Mac users install the demo version of Mackeeper program, it scans their Apple devices for malware and soon detects the message as ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ Pop-Ups. It prepares a report indicating that the device is infected with 20 malware and 7 spyware. However such reports are fake and malware is non-existent.
This is why experts have marked and rated MacKeeper as unwanted and potentially undesired program. As it tends and compels Mac users into purchasing the licensed version of the program.

Threat Summary

Name :

'Your device has been infected with 27 viruses'

Type:

Scareware, Scam

How it spreads:

Fake installers, Clicking on spam links, redirection to spam websites.

Harmful impact:

Compels users to purchase unwanted program for Mac

Removal:

Ignore the message, Close the warning messages, Check your device with SpyHunter.

How Does ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ enters Mac?

Downloading installers and pirated version of software, freeware leads to bundling makes it extremely difficult to detect that some undesired programs get installed as complimentary on to the Mac. This is only realized at later stages when users are greeted with unwanted pop-ups such as ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’. The complete message reads as

Critical Alert
Your device has been infected with 27 viruses
Your device has been infected with 27 viruses. Our safety and security check discovered traces of 20 malware as well as 7 phishing/spyware.
Immediate removal called for!
The prompt elimination of the viruses is called for to avoid further system damages, loss of Application, Photos or other data.
Traces of 1 phishing/spyware were located on your Mac with OS x 10.12.
Personal as well as banking information go to threat.
To prevent more damages click on ‘Check Now’ promptly. Our deep scan will offer help instantly!
1 min and 57 secs remaining prior to damages is irreversible.
Your Device Has Been Infected With 27 Viruses

How To Block Your Device Has Been Infected With 27 Viruses Scam

If in addition of making Mac slow and suspicions of pop-ups, you discover some other disturbing activity, it is possible that there are other unreliable programs active on your PC. The disruptive program creates a service that enables the representation of disruptive ads which you must remove. You can also try to remove them using our guide.

Remove ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ related Files and Folders

Firstly Open the “Menu” bar and then you need to click the “Finder” icon. Now Select “Go” and click on “Go to Folder”

Step 1: You need to Search the suspicious malware related files in /Library/LaunchAgents folder

Within the “Go to Folder” option type /Library/LaunchAgents

In the “Launch Agent” folder, you need to look for all the ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ files which were recently downloaded and then move them to “Trash”.

Step 2: Search and remove the files generated by the ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ in “/Library/Application” Support folder

Within “Go to Folder bar”, you need to type “/Library/Application Support”

Search all suspicious and newly created folders in “Application Support” folder. If you detect any one of these like ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ then move them to “Trash” folder.

Step 3: Look for any of the files that are malware generated in /Library/LaunchAgent Folder

Go to Folder bar and type /Library/LaunchAgents

Step4: Now Go to /Library/LaunchDaemons Folder and look for ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ Related Files

Step 5: Use Spyhunter Anti-Malware To Scan your Mac PC

The malware can be removed from the Mac PC provided you carry out all the steps mentioned above exactly in same way. However, it is always advised to ensure that your PC is not infected. It is suggested to scan the work-station with SpyHunter for Mac Scanner.

• SpyHunter for Mac Scanner is a robust scanner which is designed in such a way that it can be used by both Novice as well as advanced Mac users.

• Custom Scan – Users can easily select and run custom scan for individual files, privacy issues, memories apart from running complete scan as well.

• Startup Manager – It is configured and designed in such a manner that users can initiate the scan process to remove ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ and troubleshoot startup issues.

• SpyHunter Spyware HelpDesk – Users can click on the Submit a Support Ticket button and fill up their detailed information. A support agent will then contact within 48 hours of ticket submission.

App Uninstaller: Users can uninstall Mac apps and its related files to make some space free on hard drive.

How TO Remove ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ from Internet Browsers

Steps to Delete suspicious and Malicious Extension from Safari

In order to accomplish this task, Open Safari browser and then go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Now Click on the “Extension” and check all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall” on the selected extension.

Optional Method

Users need to Open the “Safari” and go to menu. Under the drop-down menu, select “Clear History and Website Data”.

within new opened window, you need to select “All History” option and then press on “Clear History” to Delete it.

How to Remove ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ from Internet Browsers

Steps to Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from Internet Explorer

You need to Click on the gear icon which is at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Now Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search and check for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and then click on “Remove” option.

How to Remove suspicious and unwanted Extension from Google Chrome

Under menu option of Google Chrome, press on three vertical dots and then select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. Users need to search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If ‘Your device has been infected with 27 viruses’ still persists or in case if users experience any issue in removing it, then opt to reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dot points which is at the top right corner and then choose “Settings”. you need to Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.