apple.com-fast.live scam - How to remove

Apple.com-fast.live tricky messages may start disturbing you greatly in times when you do not expect anything bad to happen with your Mac. The pop-up from apple.com-fast.live is a typical scary warning intending to scare you into downloading and installing PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). We warn you to be careful when encountering these alerts. Do not treat them as genuine Apple warnings. What you see in your screen is the result of the malicious activity of cyber frauds on the web who try to make you waste your money for nothing.

The basic message conveyed by apple.com-fast.live is that your Mac is infected with serious viruses. The alert may appear several times after you visit legitimate websites, but instead, the browser redirects you to third-party sites like apple.com-fast.live. The alert uses the logo of Apple and AppleCare Protection Plan, so for some people, it may seem like a genuine warning from the Apple company, but this is definitely not true. There already have been some very similar malicious sites before, for example, apple.com-cleaning-os.live and apple.com-fixing.live.

Consequences of apple.com-fast.live attack

As soon as apple.com-fast.live alert comes up, users encounter the following scary notice:

Your system is infected with 3 viruses!
Your Mac is infected with 3 viruses. Our security check found traces of 2 malware and 1 phishing/spyware. System damage: 28.1% – Immediate removal required!

 The immediate removal of the viruses is required to prevent further system damage, loss of Apps, Photos or other files. 
Traces of 1 phishing/spyware were found on your Mac with MacOS 10.14 Mojave. 

Personal and banking information is at risk.
To avoid more damage click on ‘Scan Now’ immediately. Our deep scan will provide help immediately!
4 minute and 27 seconds remaining before damage is permanent.

It is obvious that the scary warning is accompanied by the instruction for users to click on the “Scan Now” button. Doing so will show the imitation of some fictitious online scanning, later there will be similar scary reports about other more serious threats to be found within the system. Finally, the pop-up instructs people to download some tool that is promised to fix the reported problems.

Apple.com-fast.live pop-ups possess with the features of browser hijacking. They come up in Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox and may automatically switch these browsers into full-screen mode. This is done to make it difficult for users to shut down the pop-up window and be forced to review those fake scan results and finally to download the pseudo-security software.

Why do you see apple.com-fast.live alerts

The website apple.com-fast.live is directly associated with online frauds whose intention is to trick you wasting your money into their pockets. But how did this specific message appear without your direct intention to visit the related website? This unusual browser behavior is explained by the integration of the adware into your system. The adware has hijacked your browser and is now permanently forwarding your attention to many third-party sites. The pop-up from apple.com-fast.live might be just one of many other dangerous redirections that could occur.

The adware has the goal to bring revenue for the people who distribute it. As it was already mentioned, apple.com-fast.live scary notifications try to force users into downloading rogue security software, so when somebody installs or purchases it, the distributors of the adware get their share of the revenue.

The adware today may be spread through different channels. One of the most common ways to inject adware without the user’s intention is called “bundling”. This method is used during the installation of free software. You may find a certain great free application on the web and decide to install it. However, the installer additionally suggests that you also try some additional software as exceptional offers. Sometimes this information is not fully disclosed, so when you agree with all the steps mentioned in the installer during the setup process you automatically give your consent to install other unwanted programs. This is how “bundling” works. Eventually, you will see some programs that were not directly installed by you, but they injected your system during the installation of free software.

How to remove apple.com-fast.live

The good recommendation to avoid apple.com-fast.live fake alerts is to be careful while surfing the Internet and especially while downloading free software. You could have prevented adware intrusion if you were more careful when installing that free program. Reading the important details provided by the installer is of crucial importance. This way you will be able to uncheck all unwanted programs from injecting your system by default.

Another good idea to avoid apple.com-fast.live scary messages is to entrust the protection of your Mac into some other decent security program. You probably have some anti-malware on Mac, haven’t you? If apple.com-fast.live alerts came up in your screen with that anti-malware running, then what is the point of that anti-malware if it did not protect your Mac? Switch to some other program that can perform the protection much better.

Concerning the removal of apple.com-fast.live scam, try to first uninstall suspicious applications from the settings of your Mac in the “Applications” area. You may sort the programs according to the date of their installation. If you find something suspicious, delete it right away. Finally, scan your Mac with the decent anti-virus software — like Combo-Cleaner, or other — to identify the items that could not be deleted manually.

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How to remove com-fast scam using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like apple.com-fast.live scam install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to com-fast scam . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make apple.com-fast.live scam easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove com-fast scam from macOS

Delete apple.com-fast.live scam from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the com-fast scam app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove apple.com-fast.live scam from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to apple.com-fast.live scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove apple.com-fast.live scam from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything apple.com-fast.live scam related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to com-fast scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove apple.com-fast.live scam from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to apple.com-fast.live scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove apple.com-fast.live scam from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall com-fast scam and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to apple.com-fast.live scam, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.