When confronted with the Chill Tab browser hijacker, Mac machine users feel frustrated and helpless because the problem won’t go away no matter what manual cleanup techniques they leverage. This potentially unwanted program (PUP) changes Safari, Chrome, Mozilla and other browsers settings on a compromised Mac computer so that the victim is stuck with browser redirects and annoying popups.

The Internet is first and foremost an inexhaustible source of data, everything else coming next on the list of benefits. No wonder the niche of web search enhancement tools is a prolific one. Many of these applications actually make it easier to find information, but others wreak havoc with user experience while pretending to be useful. The Search Pulse app for Mac is in the latter category.

Browser preferences are among the fundamentals of regular computer use, being nifty shortcuts to personalize one’s Internet experience. This convenience works flawlessly until a piece of malware shows up. The category of harmful code called adware is the one to blame for tweaking victims’ web navigation defaults, as is the case with the Yahoo redirect virus on Mac. This article explains the mechanics of said attack vector.

The manifestation of Mac malware activity can vary. It can be reflected in an outright way, that is, through nag screens, popups and browser redirects. There are usually additional symptoms that some users overlook, but once you start digging deeper than the routine usage – the predicament comes to the fore. For instance, the “maftask” process name in your Activity Monitor designates that your system is infected with the Mac Auto Fixer virus.

Macs are just as prone to adware attacks as Windows PCs are. Although these aren’t high-profile compromise incidents, they cause a great deal of trouble to users by badly affecting the web surfing facet of computing. The multi-platform and cross-browser potentially unwanted application called Safe Finder triggers a noxious redirect activity, where victims keep hitting search.safefinder.com or search.macsafefinder.com without intending to at all. Read this article to learn what goals this hijacker pursues and how to get rid of it on macOS.

It’s surprising at times how resourceful cybercriminals can be. Since persistence is among the strongholds of any malware campaign, malicious actors focus on finding new ways to establish it and their efforts have been very effective lately. Setting a rogue enterprise policy in Google Chrome is one of these methods, resulting in an overhaul of the victim’s Internet preferences and the appearance of a message saying “Managed by your organization”.