Prevent redirects to svip-center.com

What is svip-center[.]com?

svip-center[.]com is is usually opened by potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that are installed on browsers or computers/operating systems.

Therefore, most people do not visit this site intentionally. When opened, this web page opens other dubious lottery sites (announcing users have supposedly been selected as winners of prizes), scam pages claiming that visitors' computers are infected with viruses, and so on.

Note that svip-center[.]com leads to other sites that are similar to "You Have Won A Google Gift". These usually attempt to trick people into providing various personal details (email addresses, telephone numbers, and other information) and clicking links that lead to other dubious pages.

In any case, none of these sites should be trusted or taken seriously. Furthermore, svip-center[.]com redirects visitors to scam pages that display notifications of 'detected viruses' and are used to advertise unwanted applications that supposedly remove them.

In this way, the websites are used to trick people into downloading and installing dubious software such as Cleanup My Mac and other similar apps. None of the sites opened through svip-center[.]com are legitimate or trustworthy. Typically, the sites are opened by PUAs that people download and install unintentionally.

After installation, they start to open dubious sites, collect data, and/or display intrusive advertisements. PUAs often gather details relating to users and their browsing habits, including IP addresses, geolocations, URLs of opened pages, entered search queries, etc.

People who create PUAs share the details with third parties (potentially cyber criminals) who misuse them to generate revenue. Furthermore, PUAs might also be designed to feed users with unwanted, deceptive advertisements (coupons, banners surveys, pop-ups, and so on).

If clicked, these open untrustworthy websites or run scripts that download (or even install) more PUAs. You are strongly advised to uninstall all PUAs immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	svip-center.com pop-up
Threat Type	Mac malware, Mac virus
Serving IP Address	50.63.202.35
Detection Names (apple.com-mac-optimizer[.]icu)	Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Symptoms	Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers, torrent file downloads.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites, loss of private information.
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In summary, svip-center[.]com might lead to problems with privacy, unwanted downloads/installations, and other problems. The same applies to PUAs.

These are usually designed only to help developers collect data, increase traffic to dubious sites, and so on. In summary, they use PUAs to generate revenue. Typically, these apps are useless and simply cause problems without delivering any real value.

How did potentially unwanted applications install on my computer?

Typically PUAs are downloaded and/or installed via intrusive advertisements or together with other software. If clicked, some intrusive advertisements can execute scripts that start the download and/or installation processes of unwanted or even malicious apps.

To trick people into downloading and installing PUAs through other software, developers use another method called "bundling". They include PUAs into the set-ups of other software and hide related information in "Custom", "Advanced", and other similar parts.

People who download and install programs, without checking settings available in the set-ups, unintentionally allow PUAs to be downloaded and installed with regular software.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Do not download programs or files from unofficial, untrustworthy websites, through Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, third party downloaders, or other similar sources. Download from official websites and via direct download links. Check all "Custom", "Advanced" and other similar options when downloading/installing software, especially if it is free.

If set-ups contain offers to download or install unwanted apps, they should be dismissed. Do not trust ads displayed on dubious websites. For example, on those relating to gambling, adult dating, pornography, etc. When clicked, these can lead to dubious sites or cause unwanted downloads or installations.

If your browser opens unwanted sites or displays intrusive ads, remove all unwanted or suspicious extensions, add-ons, and plug-ins that are installed. If there are unwanted programs installed on the operating system, also remove them. If your computer is already infected with PUAs, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS to automatically eliminate them.

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Quick menu:

• What is svip-center[.]com?
• STEP 1. Remove PUA related files and folders from OSX.
• STEP 2. Remove rogue extensions from Safari.
• STEP 3. Remove rogue add-ons from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove potentially unwanted plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox.

Video showing how to remove adware and browser hijackers from a Mac computer:

Potentially unwanted applications removal:

Remove potentially unwanted applications from your "Applications" folder:

Click the Finder icon. In the Finder window, select "Applications". In the applications folder, look for "MPlayerX", "NicePlayer", or other suspicious applications and drag them to the Trash. After removing the potentially unwanted application(s) that cause online ads, scan your Mac for any remaining unwanted components.

Remove adware-related files and folders

Click the Finder icon, from the menu bar. Choose Go, and click Go to Folder...

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/Application Support/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/Application Support/

In the "Application Support" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious folders. For example, "MplayerX" or "NicePlayer", and move these folders to the Trash.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder:

In the "Go to Folder..." bar, type: /Library/LaunchDaemons/

In the "LaunchDaemons" folder, look for recently-added suspicious files. For example "com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist", "com.myppes.net-preferences.plist", "com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist", "com.avickUpd.plist", etc., and move them to the Trash.

Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner:

If you have followed all the steps correctly, your Mac should be clean of infections. To ensure your system is not infected, run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus. Download it HERE. After downloading the file, double click combocleaner.dmg installer. In the opened window, drag and drop the Combo Cleaner icon on top of the Applications icon. Now open your launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon. Wait until Combo Cleaner updates its virus definition database and click the "Start Combo Scan" button.

Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. If the antivirus scan displays "no threats found" - this means that you can continue with the removal guide; otherwise, it's recommended to remove any found infections before continuing.

After removing files and folders generated by the adware, continue to remove rogue extensions from your Internet browsers.

Remove malicious extensions from Internet browsers

Remove malicious Safari extensions:

Open the Safari browser, from the menu bar, select "Safari" and click "Preferences...".

In the preferences window, select "Extensions" and look for any recently-installed suspicious extensions. When located, click the "Uninstall" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Safari browser - none are crucial for regular browser operation.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Safari.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Google Chrome.

Remove malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) and select "Add-ons and themes". Click "Extensions", in the opened window locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, click on the three dots and then click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Mozilla Firefox.

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