What is Boost My Mac?
Boost My Mac is a potentially unwanted program presented as legitimate tool claiming to enhance the performance of Mac. After scanning, it displays bogus scan results in order to generate revenue from users who are forced to buy the full version of Boost My Mac app. Clearly, once you purchase it, Boost My Mac stops showing its warnings to make an impression that it fixed all system issues. Also, this PUP may cause other problems including intrusive pop-up ads and constant redirects in your browser. While it’s not dangerous, this activity still greatly interferes with users’ browsing experience. You may follow this guide to remove Boost My Mac (PUP) from Mac computers and browsers: Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.
How Boost My Mac got installed on your computer?
Boost My Mac is often distributed with other freeware as an optional offer. This deceptive distribution method, called bundling, allows penetrating system unnoticed. That’s why you shouldn’t rush while installing new software. We recommend analyzing every dialog window in the installation process. Also, you should read information about a program before to start a process of installation.
- Remove Boost My Mac automatically
- Remove Boost My Mac PUP
- Delete files that might be related to Boost My Mac PUP
- Remove Boost My Mac from browsers
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select Boost My Mac or other suspicious applications, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
- ~Library/Application Support/Boost My Mac
- ~Library/Application Support/mmc
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Boost My Mac or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Boost My Mac or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Boost My Mac or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Open Safari
- Click on Safari menu
- Choose Safari reset
- Click Reset.
- Open Google Chrome
- Choose settings and go to advanced settings section
- Click the Chrome menu in the top right corner
- DeleteClick Reset browser settings
- Open Mozilla Firefox
- Go to Help
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox button.
How to remove Boost My Mac?
Automatic solution:
To make sure that the malware won’t appear again, you need to remove Boost My Mac completely. For this you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Boost My Mac 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.
Combo Cleaner Antivirus is a powerful tool that is able to keep your Mac clean and protect it from various kinds of unwanted applications. It would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Boost My Mac. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Boost My Mac, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Boost My Mac manual removal
As it was stated before, more likely that the malware appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Search.salamangal.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Boost My Mac
Delete files that might be related to Boost My Mac PUP
Open Finder, find and delete the following folders.
Remove Boost My Mac from browsers
Since most of the malware threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
