A macOS update is the way enhancements and new features are rolled out to existing users. It comes as no surprise that numerous MacBook Pro and iMac owners look forward to receiving the latest build of the operating system. Whereas this is a much-anticipated event overall, it could be accompanied by bugs such as the libecomlodr.dylib popup alerts. Moreover, some crude system components may be exploited to open up loopholes for malware to slither inside.

Mac malware is becoming growingly hybrid. Outright harmful apps aren’t the only type of threats users encounter. There are numerous potentially unwanted programs that can only be flagged malicious upon in-depth inspection and don’t appear bad at first sight. Chromium is one of them. It isn’t a virus per se at all, but its trojanized versions are nuisances and cannot be uninstalled easily.

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.