How to Remove Common Browser Mac Virus

What is Common Browser?

Common Browser is a browser extension that redirects pages and manipulates Mac users’ browsers. The common browser shouldn’t stay in the browser for long, as its presence can lead to security gaps in the system, which can lead to infections from malware.

The CommonBrowser app is a type of advertising software that aggressively attempts to spread certain websites by redirecting online searches to them. The CommonBrowser app can only be stopped by uninstalling it. We advise you to do it.
To keep these apps away from your Mac in the future, we recommend that you don’t download apps outside the Apple App Store, as they may not be secure and contain unwanted items.

Information about this Mac Virus

Common Browser for Mac is a recently reported browser hijacking app that can take any Mac browser and turn it into an advertising tool. Common Browser for Mac constantly tries to advertise certain websites by redirecting users to them, which artificially increases traffic.
Although it is not unusual for normal users and security researchers to define apps like this as viruses, it must be said that the true goal of most browser hijackers is not harmful. Promoting some websites and the products they offer is not in itself a harmful goal. Here is how browser hijackers typically try to achieve their potentially harmful goal.

• The first problem is that there is usually not much control over the content that these apps should advertise. Of course, this means that many of the websites popularized by browser hijackers are actually dangerous for end users and can even expose them to virus programs, ransomware, trojans and other dangerous external threats.
• Additionally, users rarely have the ability to limit the ad redirects generated by these unwanted apps.
• The third problem is that most hijacker tools do not offer users anything useful. This is another reason why the best course of action is to uninstall the hijacker.
  
  

Attention! You should be aware that all of your accounts and passwords were likely compromised. Viruses are designed to collect every piece of private information. We advise you to change all your passwords, once you clean your MAC, especially if you make online banking or shopping.

SUMMARY:

Name	COMMON BROWSER
Type	Browser Hijacker
Danger Level	Medium (annoying and still a security risk)
Symptoms	Changes homepage address of the browser, page redirects, unwanted adds etc.
Distribution Method	The primary distribution method is known as software bundling, the unwanted software is added as an addon to another program.
Detection Tool	Similar malware is quite difficult to track down. Use this professional COMMON BROWSER Removal Tool to make sure you find all traces and leftovers of the infection in your MAC. Download ComboCleaner More information, steps to uninstall, EULA, and Privacy Policy*.

*You can use the ComboCleaner to detect the parasite, however if you want to delete it automatically you need to register the antimalware program.

How did it get on my computer?

Common Browser is an advertising production software app connected to Mac browsers and which hijacks their websites and search engines. Common browser becomes part of the browser, it is sent as spam with redirects to aggressive pages and pop-ups and banners promoting the website.

The only way to end is to completely uninstall this unwanted app from your Mac. In fact, removing this browser hijacking software is what you should do if it is currently on your system. Not only can the presence of Common Browser in your browser be very frustrating, but it can also expose your Mac to various external threats, including phishing sites, Trojans, spyware viruses, ransomware and other dangerous threats. If you need help removing this browser hijacking app from your Safari, Firefox or Chrome browser, be sure to read the instructions at the end of this post.

Remove COMMON BROWSER Virus Infection Manually

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Go.redirectro.com Pop-Up Virus infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. you may want to print this guide or look at it in another computer.

STEP 1: Kill COMMON BROWSER from Memory

STEP 2: Find COMMON BROWSER Start-up Location

STEP 3: Get Rid of COMMON BROWSER from your browser (Safari; Firefox; Chrome)

Kill COMMON BROWSER from Memory

• Open up the Utilities folder as shown below

• Locate the Activity Monitor icon on the screen and double-click on it

• Under Activity Monitor, find COMMON BROWSER and select Quit Process
• A dialog should pop up, asking if you are sure you would like to quit the troublemaking process. Select the Force Quit option. Done!

Find COMMON BROWSER Start-up Location

ATTENTION! If you are about to modify with Library files on Mac, be sure to know the name of the virus file, because if you delete the wrong file, it may cause irreversible damage to your MacOS. Continue on your own responsibilityor Use ComboCleaner to detect the COMMON BROWSER malware

• Expand the Go menu in Apple Finder -> select Go to Folder.
• Type or paste the following string in the folder search dialog: /Library/LaunchAgents

• Once the LaunchAgents directory opens up, find the following entries in it and move them to Trash:

com.Malware.plist

• Use the Go to Folder lookup feature again to navigate to the folder named ~/Library/LaunchAgents. When this path opens, look for the same entry (see above) and send it to the Trash.
• Similarly, go to the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder. Locate and move the following entries to the Trash:

com.MalwareSearchDaemon.plist com.MalwareModuleSearchP.plist

• Click the Go button again, but this time select Applications on the list. Find COMMON BROWSER entry on the interface, right-click on it and select Move to Trash. If admin password is requested, enter it so that the application can be removed completely.

• Now go to Apple Menu and pick the System Preferences option

• Select Users & Groups and click the Login Items button. The system will come up with the list of the items that launch when the computer is started up. Locate SmartSignalSearch or another potentially unwanted entry there and click on the “-“ button.

 

Get Rid of COMMON BROWSER from your browser (Safari; Firefox; Chrome)

COMMON BROWSER Pop-Up Virus Ads may infect every browser you have. You need to do the steps one by one.

Remove COMMON BROWSER from Safari

 

• Open the browser and go to Safari menu. Select Preferences in the drop-down list
• Once the Preferences screen appears, hit the Privacy tab at the top. Find the option that says Remove All Website Data and click on it
• The system will display a confirmation dialog that also includes a brief description of what the reset does. Specifically, you may be logged out of some services and encounter other changes of website behavior after the procedure. If you’re okay with that, go ahead and click the Remove Now button
• In order to selectively clear data generated by certain websites only, not all of them, hit the Details button under the Privacy section of Safari Preferences
• This feature will list all websites that have stored potentially sensitive data, including cache and cookies. Select the one, or ones, that might be causing trouble and click the appropriate button at the bottom (Remove or Remove All). Click the Done button to exit.
• Here in the General tab you can modify your Homepage to your preference.

Remove COMMON BROWSER from Google Chrome

 

• Start Chrome, click Settings –> Extensions. There, find the unwanted extension and click on Remove.

• In the Settings pane, select Advanced
• Scroll down to the Reset settings section. Under the Restore settings to their original defaults option, click the Reset settings button

• Restart the browser

Remove COMMON BROWSER from Mozilla Firefox

 

• Open Firefox, click on the top right –> Add-ons. Select Extensions. Remove unwanted extension.

• Then select Help – Troubleshooting Information
• On the page that opened –> click the Reset Firefox button