What is Chissk.icu?
Chissk.icu is a browser hijacker that alters a homepage in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. New homepage looks like a new search tab of Google, but there are important differences here. Actually, it’s a false website aimed at redirecting a legitimate website’s traffic to commercial websites. Also, it collects all users activities in a browser, including browsing history. Third, an unwanted program injects sponsored advertisements into websites that are visited by the user resulting in problems with computer performance. Follow instructions below to remove Chissk.icu from Mac.
How to remove Chissk.icu?
- Remove Chissk.icu automatically
- Uninstall Chissk.icu from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove Chissk.icu From Browsers
Automatic removal of Chissk.icu
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Chissk.icu completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Chissk.icu but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Chissk.icu manual removal
Remove Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Chissk.icu from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Chissk.icu or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Chissk.icu from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Chissk.icu or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Chissk.icu from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Chissk.icu 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 Chissk.icu.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Chissk.icu removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover Chissk.icu.
