How to remove FreeAuctionFinder from Mac

What is FreeAuctionFinder?

FreeAuctionFinder, created and developed by Mindspark Interactive Network., is classified as a browser hijacker despite promises to increase your browsing experience. While it has an attractive-looking design, FreeAuctionFinder has many more minuses than pluses ranging from constant browser redirects, advertising, inaccurate search results to browsing data tracking activities. The thing is that developers that way earn money from users’ clicks on partner websites and sharing users’ data with third-parties. The problem is that the content displayed by the browser hijacker is not checked by its developers. Thus, the redirects and clicks on ads might lead users to malicious websites. That’s why we advise you to get rid of browser hijacker and remove FreeAuctionFinder from your browsers and for that, you may follow our step-by-step guide.

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How to remove FreeAuctionFinder?

1. Remove FreeAuctionFinder automatically
2. Uninstall FreeAuctionFinder from the Appications
3. Remove rogue software from Profiles
4. Delete malcious elements using Terminal
5. Remove FreeAuctionFinder From Browsers

Automatic removal of FreeAuctionFinder

To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete FreeAuctionFinder completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as FreeAuctionFinder 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 FreeAuctionFinder. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate FreeAuctionFinder but also the safest and most assuring one.

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Steps of FreeAuctionFinder manual removal

Remove FreeAuctionFinder 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 FreeAuctionFinder you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

1. Open a Finder window
2. Click Applications line on the sidebar
3. Try to find applications related to FreeAuctionFinder (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash

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Remove FreeAuctionFinder from Profiles

1. Launch System Preferences
2. Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
3. Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.

Remove FreeAuctionFinder using Terminal

1. Open Terminal
2. Copy/paste:
   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
3. Press Return
4. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch
5. Navigate to: /Users/yourmacname/Library/Application Support/
6. Delete Folder: Agent
7. Go back to Terminal and copy/paste:
   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
8. Press Return
9. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch

Remove FreeAuctionFinder 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 FreeAuctionFinder from Safari

1. Start Safari
2. Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
3. Delete FreeAuctionFinder or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove FreeAuctionFinder from Google Chrome

1. Start Google Chrome
2. Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
3. Delete FreeAuctionFinder or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove FreeAuctionFinder from Mozilla Firefox

1. Start Mozilla Firefox
2. Click on the right-upper corner button
3. Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
4. Delete FreeAuctionFinder or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

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If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting FreeAuctionFinder.
Download SpyHunter We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after FreeAuctionFinder removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover FreeAuctionFinder.