GENIEO

[shakey55]

I have this icon in my launchpad.

I have never opened it. Can someone tell me what it is and should I leave it or get rid of it.

If the answer is get rid of it , how do I do that

 

[Ramer]

Just did a search on Google. I suggest you do the same as it appears to be malware and there's certain steps you'll need to follow.

 

[casperes1996]

Adware is a slightly more precise term I think.

It's for spying on you on the web and giving you targeted adverts.
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v103415336_EndUserProfile_en_us

 

[Bruno09]

Use Malwarebytes to get rid of Genieo.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/

 

[BrianBaughn]

I suggest running both Malwarebytes and Etrecheck.

 

[Fishrrman]

One more vote for MalwareBytes ...!

 

[shakey55]

Thanks for the replies. I have downloaded Malwarebytes and Etrecheck

As for Genieo it does not appear to be causing problems that I can see and I have never opened it, I just saw it recently.

I have read some instructions on how to remove. Not sure if I am capable of doing this, taking about file extensions etc. I very much a novice, is it hard

 

[casperes1996]

As for Genieo it does not appear to be causing problems that I can see and I have never opened it, I just saw it recently.

The only harm it causes is more ads being displayed on web pages and such

If you run malwarebytes &/ Etrecheck, they probably clean it all up for you so you don't need to do anything else

But if they don't, no, the manual approach shouldn't be difficult.

I posted a link earlier on in this thread - just follow it step by step

 

[Weaselboy]

MWB should remove it for you. Did you run the app?