What is Templatehub.co?
Templatehub.co is a potentially unwanted program which is responsible for unwanted pop-up ads in your browser. It usually comes along with freeware or shareware, although users can also spot the PUP on Chrome Web store. Once infected, users can notice that the browser works differently from before – the main search is changed to https://search.htemplatehub.co/ which redirects all searches to Yahoo. Furthermore, websites that they visit are filled with pop-ups, deals, offers, banners, in-text links, and other advertising content. Of course, this behavior is extremely unpleasant and the usefulness of Templatehub.cop extension is questionable, considering the ads that the malware shows are utterly irrelevant to users’ interests. Therefore, it is best to remove Templatehub.co either with the help of anti-malware software or our manual guide below.
How to remove Templatehub.co?
- Remove Templatehub.co automatically
- Uninstall Templatehub.co from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove Templatehub.co From Browsers
Automatic removal of Templatehub.co
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Templatehub.co completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Templatehub.co files and registry entries.
Norton is a powerful tool that is able to keep your Mac clean. It would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Templatehub.co. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Templatehub.co but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Templatehub.co manual removal
Remove Templatehub.co from Applications
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Templatehub.co you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Try to find applications related to Templatehub.co (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Templatehub.co from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Templatehub.co 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 Templatehub.co 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 Templatehub.co from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Templatehub.co or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Templatehub.co from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Templatehub.co or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Templatehub.co from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Templatehub.co 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 Templatehub.co.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Templatehub.co removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover Templatehub.co.
