How to uninstall BestForMac adware?

What is BestForMac?

BestForMac has qualities of advertising-supported software (adware) and a browser hijacker - its purpose is to generate advertisements and change affected web browser's settings (promote a fake search engine). BestForMac is distributed via fake installer which is disguised as the installer for the Adobe Flash Player.

BestForMac adware in detail

Advertisements generated by the BestForMac application are likely to be used to promote download websites for potentially malicious applications, pages designed to trick visitors into providing sensitive information, and other untrustworthy sites. Also, those ads may be designed to cause unwanted downloads or even installations.

Another reason not to have BestForMac installed is that this app is designed to promote a fake search engine (its address). It hijacks a browser by changing its settings, such as the address of a default search engine, homepage, and new tab. BestForMac changes those addresses to an address of a fake search engine.

Pretty often, fake search engines do not generate their own results - they show results generated by other search engines like Google, Yahoo. Nevertheless, many fake search engines are designed to generate results containing links to shady websites and display advertisements. Either way, it is strongly recommended not to use them.

Another important detail about BestForMac is that this app may be designed to track IP addresses, visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations or other information. Moreover, it may be designed to collect credit card details, usernames, passwords, telephone numbers and other personal information.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by BestForMac
Threat Type	Adware, Mac malware, Mac virus
Detection Names	Avast (MacOS:Adload-AD [Trj]), AVG (MacOS:Adload-AD [Trj]), ESET-NOD32 (A Variant Of OSX/TrojanDownloader.Adload.AD), Kaspersky (Not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.OSX.Cimpli.l), Full List (VirusTotal)
Additional Information	This application belongs to Adload malware family.
Symptoms	Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake Flash Player installers, torrent file downloads.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites, loss of private information.
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BestForMac in general

BestForMac is an untrustworthy application designed to generate revenue for its developers by displaying advertisements and promoting a fake search engine. It is worth mentioning that users rarely install apps like BestForMac on purpose. Therefore, BestForMac is called a potentially unwanted application (PUA). More adware examples are DataBoost and WebResultsTool.

How did BestForMac install on my computer?

It is known that to trick users into installing BestForMac, its developers have designed its installer to look like the installer for Adobe Flash Player. It is common for fake installers to be promoted on deceptive websites stating that installed software is out of date or in other deceptive ways. Another important detail about fake installers is that they can be malicious.

Another way to trick users into downloading or installing PUAs is to include them in downloaders or installers for other programs as additional offers. This distribution method is called bundling. Users agree to download or install PUAs when they download or install other programs without changing "Custom", "Manual", "Advanced" or other settings.

In some cases, PUAs are distributed through advertisements by designing them to run certain scripts. Users download or install potentially unwanted applications through ads by clicking them. It is worth mentioning that ads designed to cause downloads or installations appear on untrustworthy pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

It is recommended to download applications and files only from official, trustworthy pages and use direct download links. Files, programs downloaded or installed via third-party downloaders, installers, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule), unofficial websites can be malicious.

Also, it is advisable not to finish downloads and installations without checking downloaders and installers for "Advanced", "Custom", "Manual" and other settings (or ticked checkboxes) and declining unwanted offers. Ads on shady pages should not be clicked as well.

It is common that the aforementioned ads are designed to open other sites of this kind or even install PUAs. Any unwanted extensions, add-ons, or plug-ins that are already installed on a browser should be removed. The same should be done with software of this kind that is on the list of programs installed on a computer. If your computer is already infected with BestForMac, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS to automatically eliminate this adware.

Files related to the BestForMac adware that need to be removed:

• ~/Library/Application Support/BestForMac/BestForMac
• ~/Library/Application Support/com.BestForMacDaemon/BestForMac
• ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.BestForMac.plist
• ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.BestForMacDaemon.plist

IMPORTANT NOTE! Rogue setups/apps that promote the BestForMac adware are designed to create a new device profile. Therefore, before taking any further removal steps, perform these actions:
1) Click the "Preferences" icon in the menu bar (Dock) and select "Profiles".

2) Locate all suspicious profiles (e.g., "BestForMac") and delete them.

3) Perform a full system scan with Combo Cleaner anti-virus suite.

After performing these actions, you can proceed with further removal steps for this browser hijacker.

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Quick menu:

• What is BestForMac?
• STEP 1. Remove BestForMac related files and folders from OSX.
• STEP 2. Remove BestForMac ads from Safari.
• STEP 3. Remove BestForMac adware from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove BestForMac ads from Mozilla Firefox.

Video showing how to remove BestForMac adware using Combo Cleaner:

BestForMac adware removal:

Remove BestForMac-related potentially unwanted applications from your "Applications" folder:

Click the Finder icon. In the Finder window, select "Applications". In the applications folder, look for "MPlayerX", "NicePlayer", or other suspicious applications and drag them to the Trash. After removing the potentially unwanted application(s) that cause online ads, scan your Mac for any remaining unwanted components.

Remove adware-related files and folders

Click the Finder icon, from the menu bar. Choose Go, and click Go to Folder...

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/Application Support/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/Application Support/

In the "Application Support" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious folders. For example, "MplayerX" or "NicePlayer", and move these folders to the Trash.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder:

In the "Go to Folder..." bar, type: /Library/LaunchDaemons/

In the "LaunchDaemons" folder, look for recently-added suspicious files. For example "com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist", "com.myppes.net-preferences.plist", "com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist", "com.avickUpd.plist", etc., and move them to the Trash.

Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner:

If you have followed all the steps correctly, your Mac should be clean of infections. To ensure your system is not infected, run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus. Download it HERE. After downloading the file, double click combocleaner.dmg installer. In the opened window, drag and drop the Combo Cleaner icon on top of the Applications icon. Now open your launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon. Wait until Combo Cleaner updates its virus definition database and click the "Start Combo Scan" button.

Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. If the antivirus scan displays "no threats found" - this means that you can continue with the removal guide; otherwise, it's recommended to remove any found infections before continuing.

After removing files and folders generated by the adware, continue to remove rogue extensions from your Internet browsers.

Remove malicious extensions from Internet browsers

Remove malicious Safari extensions:

Open the Safari browser, from the menu bar, select "Safari" and click "Preferences...".

In the preferences window, select "Extensions" and look for any recently-installed suspicious extensions. When located, click the "Uninstall" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Safari browser - none are crucial for regular browser operation.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Safari.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Google Chrome.

Remove malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) and select "Add-ons and themes". Click "Extensions", in the opened window locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, click on the three dots and then click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Mozilla Firefox.

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