What is Hecktasit.club?
Hecktasit.club is yet another browser hijacker that promotes a related extension and search engine called Nicetab.live. Both applications affect all web browsers that are installed on Mac computers. They cannot be trusted because their primary goal is to make users visit ad sites, show you commercial content, and spy on your Internet activity. Once installed, it sets Nicetab.live as your default search engine. While it looks like an ordinary search engine, it provides users with altered search results putting sponsored websites at the top. The desire of developers to earn money by promoting third-party sites is also expressed in constant redirects that will occur each time you browse the Internet. Therefore, there is a high risk to end up on a malicious website since there is no guarantee that all links provided by this PUP are safe. The only way to avoid this scenario is to remove Hecktasit.club as soon as possible.
How to remove Hecktasit.club?
- Remove Hecktasit.club automatically
- Uninstall Hecktasit.club from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove Hecktasit.club From Browsers
Automatic removal of Hecktasit.club
Norton is a powerful tool that is able to keep your Mac clean. It would automatically search out and delete all elements related to malware. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate malware but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Hecktasit.club manual removal
Remove Hecktasit.club 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 Hecktasit.club 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 Hecktasit.club (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Hecktasit.club from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Hecktasit.club 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 Hecktasit.club 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 Hecktasit.club from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Hecktasit.club or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Hecktasit.club from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Hecktasit.club or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Hecktasit.club from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Hecktasit.club 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 Hecktasit.club.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Hecktasit.club removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover Hecktasit.club.
