What is Searchnewworld.com?
The sudden appearance of Searchnewworld.com instead of your default search engine is the main sign of infection. There are many such malicious programs surfing the Internet and all of them gets on the victim’s computer along with other freeware (bundling method). Meanwhile, it is noteworthy that this malware affects only Mac computers. Once installed, it modifies browser settings to make users visit Searchnewworld.com and other unwanted web pages. Moreover, it is responsible for the appearance of pop-up advertisements and redirects in your browser. Given this, we recommend you to remove Searchnewworld.com from your Macbook asap.
Searchnewworld.com also collects the user’s personal information related to his browsing habits. All collected data is transferred to third-party companies which may use them for selfish purposes. To completely remove Searchnewworld.com and all its leftovers, you may seek assistance from the anti-malware program, it’s the most convenient way. Experienced users may use the manual way. Both methods are provided below.
How to remove Searchnewworld.com?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Searchnewworld.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Searchnewworld.com but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Searchnewworld.com manual removal
Uninstall Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
Remove Searchnewworld.com from Applications
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to Searchnewworld.com right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Searchnewworld.com from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Searchnewworld.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Searchnewworld.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Searchnewworld.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Searchnewworld.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Searchnewworld.com 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 Searchnewworld.com.
