What is Weknow.au?
Weknow.au is another version of notorious Weknow.ac malware that affects MacOS computers. As a previous one, it gets on the system by means of third-party programs. Immediately after infiltration, it replaces your search engine, homepage with http://weknow.au page. This malware is very persistent and may appear again and again even after removing. Developers spread this program with the sole purpose – to generate advertising revenue by displaying altered search results leading to affiliate sites. Besides, it generates pop-up advertisements that may prevent you from viewing pages. And although it’s not as dangerous as other viruses, it’s not easy to remove; browser hijacker creates a new entry in Profiles to make Weknow.au appear again and again. To completely remove Weknow.au from Safari and other web-browsers, you may seek assistance from the anti-malware program, it’s the most convenient way. Experienced users may use the manual way. Both methods are provided below.
How to remove Weknow.au?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Weknow.au completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Weknow.au 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 Weknow.au. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Weknow.au but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Weknow.au manual removal
Uninstall Weknow.au 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 Weknow.au you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
Remove Weknow.au from Applications
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to Weknow.au right-click it and choose Move to Trash
Remove Weknow.au from Profiles
- Launch System Preferences
- Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
- Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.
Remove Weknow.au 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 Weknow.au 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 Weknow.au from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Weknow.au or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Weknow.au from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Weknow.au or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Weknow.au from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Weknow.au or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
You may use our video guide on how to remove Weknow.au redirect from your Mac:
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Weknow.au.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Weknow.au 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 Weknow.au.
