Searchmine Removal From Mac

What is Searchmine?

Searchmine is a browser hijacker that will change the homepage and default search engine of your web browser to searchmine.net affecting primarily the Google Chrome and Safari mac browsers. You should get Searchmine out of your sistem as quickly as possible.

 

Searchmine Mac Virus

Searchmine virus makes unwanted changes to your browser.

Browser hijackers are a sub-category of potentially unwanted programs. Their entire existence revolves around making profits for their developers by promoting various products and services. And with a handful of different methods. For example, software like Searchmine, tend to incorporate components that generate advertising directly into the infected web browser. As a result, the browser program will start sending you spam with pop-up windows, screen-level banners, message boxes and various links during browser sessions. To promote a specific website, Searchmine can also set it as a new browser home page. And no matter how much you try to change it, the website that Searchmine has chosen will always appear as your homepage. The same can also apply to the standard search engine, which at the moment may also be new and unknown.

You should get Searchmine out of your sistem as quickly as possible. We will help you to do that. Follow the instructions bellow.

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	SEARCHMINE
Type	Browser Hijacker
Danger Level	Medium (annoying and still a security risk)
Symptoms	Changes homepage of the browser or the default search engine
Distribution Method	Program packages and bundles, torrents, advertisements, etc.
Detection Tool	Similar malware is quite difficult to track down. Use this professional SEARCHMINE 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.

Remove SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE from Memory

STEP 2: Find SEARCHMINE Start-up Location STEP 3: Get Rid of SEARCHMINE from your browser (Safari; Firefox; Chrome)

Kill SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE from your browser (Safari; Firefox; Chrome)

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

Remove SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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 SEARCHMINE 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