What is Woxx.xyz?
Woxx.xyz is a fake search engine that serves as an element of a browser hijacker threat of the same name. The most tricky thing about browser hijackers is that they manage to win people’s trust by well-thought design that resembles popular search domains. We don’t advise using the Woxx.xyz search engine despite its reliable appearance, as it may bring more malware to your PC. 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 Woxx.xyz redirect virus displaces them with fake ones that lead to the pages of its sponsors. 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 Woxx.xyz hijacker first.
How to remove Woxx.xyz?
- Remove Woxx.xyz automatically
- Uninstall Woxx.xyz from the Appications
- Remove rogue software from Profiles
- Delete malcious elements using Terminal
- Remove Woxx.xyz From Browsers
Automatic removal of Woxx.xyz
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Woxx.xyz completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Woxx.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 Woxx.xyz. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Woxx.xyz but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Woxx.xyz manual removal
Remove Woxx.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 Woxx.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 Woxx.xyz (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Woxx.xyz from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Woxx.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 Woxx.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 Woxx.xyz from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Woxx.xyz or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Woxx.xyz from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Woxx.xyz or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Woxx.xyz from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Woxx.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 Woxx.xyz.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Woxx.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 Woxx.xyz.
