Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it: If you paid for the software with a credit card, consider reporting the charge to the bank as fraudulent. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for a more recent discussion, or start a new one. This procedure works as of now, as far as I know. Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. Some of the files listed may be absent in your case. To remove it, please take the steps below. You installed a fake 'utility' called 'Advanced Mac Cleaner' and/or 'AdwareCleaner.' Like any software that purports to automatically 'clean up' or 'speed up' a Mac, it's a scam.