Step-by-Step Malware Removal Instructions

Mac-cleaner.space POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Mac-cleaner.space POP-UP Scam (Mac)

Mac-cleaner[.]space is a scam website, similar to apple.com-mac-optimization.xyz, apple.com-shield-guard.live, apple.com-mac-optimizer.icu and many others. It is designed to lure users into downloading various nonfunctional cleaning tools for the MacOS (Mac operating system). The advertised sof

Forbix Worm
Trojan

Forbix Worm

Forbix is a malicious program and classified as a 'worm'. It can infect available drives, protect itself against removal, update itself, perform a second stage payload, and communicate through a C2 server. Generally, worms are malicious programs that can replicate to spread to other computers. Th

TV Now Browser Hijacker
Browser Hijacker

TV Now Browser Hijacker

TV Now is a browser hijacker, advertised as a tool for easy access to TV streaming sites, accompanied by a fake search engine (search.tvnowapptab.com). Due to most users installing it unintentionally, it is classified as a PUA (potentially unwanted application). As a browser hijacker, it has the

Mac Fixer Pro Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Mac Fixer Pro Unwanted Application (Mac)

According to the developers of Mac Fixer Pro, this app fixes and cleans Mac computers/MacOS systems. In fact, this software is advertised on deceptive websites and distributed through the set-ups of other software. Many people are likely to download and install Mac Fixer Pro unintentionally and

.cmd Ransomware
Ransomware

.cmd Ransomware

Discovered by Jakub Kroustek and belonging to the Dharma ransomware family, .cmd is one of many ransomware-type programs on the internet. It encrypts data stored on the system and blocks access to it until a decryption tool is purchased from the cyber criminals who developed the .cmd ransomware.

Search.searcherzip.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search.searcherzip.com Redirect (Mac)

Practically identical to search.genieosearch.com, search.pardessov.com, search.globalsearch.pw and others, search.searcherzip.com is a fake search engine. It is endorsed as an optimizer for download/install processes (however it does not actually have any such features). This website is promote

Search.convertermastersearch.com Redirect (Mac)
Mac Virus

Search.convertermastersearch.com Redirect (Mac)

Search.convertermastersearch.com is a fake search engine, advertised as a tool for optimizing and simplifying download/install processes. It is identical to search.genieosearch.com, search.pardessov.com and many others. This website is spread through browser hijacking downloaders/installers. Br

Advanced Mac Booster Unwanted Application (Mac)
Mac Virus

Advanced Mac Booster Unwanted Application (Mac)

Developers of Advanced Mac Booster application state that this app optimizes MacOS systems. It supposedly allows users to clean MacOS systems, fix various issues, thus improving overall operating system performance. In fact, this app is classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) and

Carambis Cleaner Unwanted Application
Potentially unwanted application

Carambis Cleaner Unwanted Application

Carambis Cleaner is a dubious application that claims to clean and optimize the system. Judging on appearance alone, Carambis Cleaner may seem legitimate and useful, however, it is likely to infiltrate computers without consent, since developers proliferate the app using a deceptive marketing meth

Apple.com-mac-optimization.xyz POP-UP Scam (Mac)
Mac Virus

Apple.com-mac-optimization.xyz POP-UP Scam (Mac)

apple.com-mac-optimization[.]xyz is a deceptive website designed to trick people into downloading and installing a rogue application called Cleanup My Mac. This software supposedly removes fake viruses that this scam website has detected. Note that apple.com-mac-optimization[.]xyz is not the on