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how to uninstall malwarebytes anti

how do i uninstall malwarebytes anti-malware from my macbook using OS X 10.9.5? 

Launch it and choose to uninstall it from the Help menu.

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when i open it there are 3 options

scan

next steps

get help

i can't get rid of it

Move the cursor to the very top of the computer’s screen and click on Help.

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The MalwareBytes anti-malware instructions (also within help in app) include uninstall;

see the link to .pdf guide from the maker site to read more about it, or look into the

Help Menu in open MalwareBytes application to choose Uninstall MalwareBytes.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/pdf/guides/MBAM-Mac-Guide.pdf

You can find the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware application in the LaunchPad in Dock, or in

Applications folder via GO in the Apple Menu bar in the Finder desktop window header.

It can be launched from either location to see the application & use removal instructions.

From the PDF above, about Uninstall Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:

"In addition to the helper tool, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will add an item named

"com.malwarebytes.services" to the keychain during installation....

This is used to store data which identifies your system to our update servers, and is a

pre-requisite for downloading of database updates. This is not something you will be

aware of unless you go looking for it, and be aware that adding an item to the keychain

does not mean that the app has access to anything else in your keychain; it does not...

If you wish to remove Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, as well as the helper tool and all

data and settings files, simply open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and choose Uninstall

Malwarebytes Anti-Malwarefrom the Help menu."

Hopefully this helps somewhat; should you choose to use it again after uninstalling, go to

the maker site for the latest update version. There are other copies now that this has been

somewhat successful in removal of adware &/or malware.

Good luck & happy computing!

Sorry, it does not work.

This screen capture shows the Uninstall under Help.

Cheers..

Hopefully, in the more than six months since this thread was last active, the poster has figured it out.

Click on finder > Applications > right click on Malwarebytes Anti - Malware.app & move to trash , if it is in download folder , remove it from there also .

Again click on go to go folder & type /Library

Find folders :   Launch Daemons > com.malwarebytes.Helpertool.plist

                        PrivilegedHelperTools > com.malwarebytes.Helper.Tools

Again click on go to go folder & type ~/Library

Find folders :  Application support > Malwarebytes

                       Caches > com.malwarebytes.antimalware

                                   com.malwarebytes.Malwarebytes-xpc- service

                       Preferences > com.malwarebytes.antimalware.plist

Right click on these items inside the folders and move to trash .

Restart the computer & empty the trash .

tygb wrote:

 

Click on finder > Applications > right click on Malwarebytes Anti - Malware.app & move to trash [...]

This is wrong. There's no reason to manually hunt down files and remove them. The correct answer has already been posted here several times - once with a screenshot - in the year since the question was originally asked: choose the Uninstall option from the Help menu within Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac.

Why the method that I have posted is wrong , whats the use of plist to be kept in system library & user library .

Give me some technical reason , I use adobe flash player , sometimes used etrecheck and we have to find out the related plist for that App and move to trash , restart the computer & emptying the trash removes traces of the app .

It's wrong because the uninstall command in the app removes everything for you. There's no reason to go hunting down files manually.

An aside - wondering how many will seek help to be rid any after-effects from this service:

Setapp offers all-you-can-use downloads of more than 60 Mac apps

...a subscription-based alternative to Mac App Store (from macpaw) for monthly fee... (?)

Could it be another real-life exhibit of what not to install in your Mac?

Not the dreaded MacPaw....!!!!!!!!!  <flees in terror>

worked for me you ol' web blanket.

thank you, tygb.

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