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I have a malware infection on my Mac which has taken control of Safari. Sometimes a search will work but usually I am redirected to other sites such as Mackeeper and The Brit Method plus I get many unwanted pop-ups with no way of closing. Additionally, links from emails to Safari (eg. clicking on a Rightmove email to look at a property) no longer function. I have done everything I can:

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Reset Safari in preferences

Deleted all extensions

Checked Activity Monitor (but nothing looked out of the ordinary)

Avast

Also, I have tried downloading anti malware (Avast and AVG) but they then tell me they do not work on my version of OS (10.7.5). I checked for OS updates but I'm told I'm completely up to date. Avast free antivirus for windows 10.

Can anyone out there help?

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

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