What is Search.blueslaluz.com?
Instead of your browser’s homepage, you are seeing Search.blueslaluz.com page? Well, this means that you have browser hijacker installed on your Mac device. Browser hijacker is a small application used for link promotion. This is achieved by displaying altered search results leading you to sponsored pages. Additionally, it is responsible for the appearance of pop-up ads and redirects. If you want to remove Search.blueslaluz.com, then you can easily do that by following this guide. By the way, it is worth noting that manual removal may cause difficulties for inexperienced users since it intends to leave some files behind so that it can be re-launched anytime. That’s why it would be better to use an automated removal tool that will do it much faster.
How to remove Search.blueslaluz.com?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Search.blueslaluz.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Search.blueslaluz.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 Search.blueslaluz.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Search.blueslaluz.com but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Search.blueslaluz.com manual removal
Uninstall Search.blueslaluz.com from the system
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Search.blueslaluz.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
Remove Search.blueslaluz.com from Applications
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to Search.blueslaluz.com right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Search.blueslaluz.com from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Search.blueslaluz.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 Search.blueslaluz.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 Search.blueslaluz.com from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Search.blueslaluz.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Search.blueslaluz.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Search.blueslaluz.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Search.blueslaluz.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Search.blueslaluz.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 Search.blueslaluz.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Search.blueslaluz.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Search.blueslaluz.com.
