What is iiiu.xyz?
iiiu.xyz may take place of your default homepage and resist to be removed. If you have faced such problem then your system is infected with browser hijacker. Browser hijacker is a sort of malware that is used for link promotion and advertising purposes. Once installed, it modifies browser settings so that users are forced to use the new engine and perform search queries via https://iiiu.xyz/. When a user performs a search on this page, the hijacker analyzes the query and then gives the results. Though it is usual for all search engines procedure, the hijacker puts additional steps to it. Before presenting the results, the iiiu.xyz redirect virus displaces them with fake ones that lead to partner websites. The sources you may accidentally visit may be of different nature – from usual but unpopular sites to malicious ones. Therefore, if you want to take back the control of your browser, you need to remove iiiu.xyz hijacker first.
How to remove iiiu.xyz?
- Remove iiiu.xyz automatically
- Uninstall iiiu.xyz from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove iiiu.xyz From Browsers
Automatic removal of iiiu.xyz
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete iiiu.xyz completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate iiiu.xyz but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of iiiu.xyz manual removal
Remove iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove iiiu.xyz from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete iiiu.xyz or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove iiiu.xyz from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete iiiu.xyz or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove iiiu.xyz from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete iiiu.xyz 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 iiiu.xyz.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after iiiu.xyz removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover iiiu.xyz.
