What is Genieonews.com?
Genieonews.com is a shady search tool that operates as a browser hijacker. It was noticed spreading in software installers and hijacking Safari, Google Chrome, or Firefox. Instantaneously after infiltration, users’ homepage, new tab URL, and the search engine are set to http://tab.genieonews.com/. In addition, hijacker alters the browser’s settings in order to prevent users from setting their preferred search tool or homepage. Even though it seems legitimate and useful, you should know that it shows misleading search results to trick users into visiting sponsored websites. The main problem is that you can be redirected to a malicious website as there is no guarantee that all links provided by this PUP are safe. Therefore, we recommend you to remove Genieonews.com as soon as possible.
How to remove Genieonews.com?
- Remove Genieonews.com automatically
- Uninstall Genieonews.com from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove Genieonews.com From Browsers
Automatic removal of Genieonews.com
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Genieonews.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Genieonews.com 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 Genieonews.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Genieonews.com but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Genieonews.com manual removal
Remove Genieonews.com 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 Genieonews.com 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 Genieonews.com (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Genieonews.com from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Genieonews.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 Genieonews.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 Genieonews.com from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Genieonews.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Genieonews.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Genieonews.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Genieonews.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Genieonews.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 Genieonews.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Genieonews.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover Genieonews.com.
