What is TaxCenterNow?
TaxCenterNow is a browser toolbar from Mindspark Interactive that belongs to hijacker group of malware. This malware is responsible for taking control over browsers like Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox. It feigns to be a browser add-on and once installed, willingly or not, it starts messing up with browser settings and conduct. TaxCenterNow begins with changing the main page and search engine to hp.myway.com. This page copies the design of Google search page in an attempt of making its presence unnoticed. We should warn you not to use this page as it will land you on uninformative and unwanted websites. Also, you may notice sudden forwardings to pages you didn’t intend to visit. All this will continue to disrupt your work in the browser until you remove TaxCenterNow.
How to remove TaxCenterNow?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete TaxCenterNow completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as TaxCenterNow files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to automatic removal tool.
Norton is a powerful tool that is able to keep your Mac clean. It would automatically search out and delete all elements related to TaxCenterNow. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate TaxCenterNow, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of TaxCenterNow manual removal
Uninstall TaxCenterNow from the system
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of TaxCenterNow you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
Remove TaxCenterNow from Applications
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to TaxCenterNow right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove TaxCenterNow from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove TaxCenterNow using Terminal
- Open Terminal
- Copy/paste:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES - Press Return
- Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch
- Navigate to: /Users/yourmacname/Library/Application Support/
- Delete Folder: Agent
- Go back to Terminal and copy/paste:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO - Press Return
- Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch
Remove TaxCenterNow from browsers
Since most of the hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove TaxCenterNow from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete TaxCenterNow or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove TaxCenterNow from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete TaxCenterNow or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove TaxCenterNow from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete TaxCenterNow or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting TaxCenterNow.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after TaxCenterNow removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover TaxCenterNow.
