Remove Mac Auto Fixer “Virus”

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Welcome to our Mac Auto Fixer removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC.

Have you recently gotten unwanted homepage or search engine changes on your computer? Is your default browser getting you redirected to various unfamiliar domains? Are you seeing different pop-up ads, banners and new tabs, every time you open your Safari, Chrome or Firefox? If yes, then continue reading this helpful guide because here we will tell you how to quickly find an effective solution to this disturbance and locate its source. Usually, the above-described symptoms are a sure sign that there is a browser hijacker on your computer. That’s why we will focus our attention on this type of software. What is more, we will discuss the specifics of one particular representative of this software group called Mac Auto Fixer which has recently been reported to cause browsing-related issues to the users who have had it installed in their computer systems. If you have this hijacker on your machine and are unable to find an effective way to have it removed, in the text below, we have prepared a detailed Removal Guide as well as a tested Mac Auto Fixer removal tool both of which can be used for the removal of the unpleasant piece of software. The instructions there will help you uninstall Mac Auto Fixer without risk for your PC and get rid of its annoying browser changes once and for all.

A brief summary of Mac Auto Fixer and its specifics

Mac Auto Fixer is a potentially unwanted application which is often referred to as a “virus” but most of the security experts actually categorize it as a browser hijacker. This app typically operates as a page redirecting tool which lands the web users on different sponsored web locations. It is usually claimed that the purpose of Mac Auto Fixer is to enhance the browsing experience of the users and to generate the best search results. However, even though the appearance of this application is not much different from a typical browsing extension, its behavior is. Instead of showing you genuine search results, Mac Auto Fixer typically tries to redirect you to certain promoted websites, ads or sponsored links that different from the ones you actually want to visit. For this reason, this annoying software may impose some changes to its homepage domain, search engine settings or search results as tis would make its advertising campaigns more effective. It is very common for the browser hijacker to also display various intrusive ads, pop-ups, banners, new tab windows or links all over your screen during every browsing session. The idea of this action is again to expose you to some offers, goods, services or software, which needs to be promoted as well as to generate Pay-Per-Click revenue.

Most of the users find the activity of Mac Auto Fixer quite irritating and questionable which is why this application is often regarded as potentially unwanted. The number of people who want to uninstall it is quite significant and some of them even fear that this hijacker wants to harm their PC by gaining control over their Chrome, Firefox or IE browser. The truth, however, is quite different. The browser hijacking software is not a virus-like software and does not really intend to cause harm or some sort of corruption to the users’ machines. Its primary goal is to advertise which is why it is really unlikely for you to experience anything else than a browsing-related disturbance similar to what we have already described above. Unlike a real virus, (such as a Trojan horse or a Ransomware for instance), Mac Auto Fixer will not affect your data or your system processes, but only your browser. What is more, this application can be removed from the PC without any actual malicious consequences and you don’t even need to be a computer expert to do that. A simple Removal Guide or a scan with some reliable professional antimalware tool (such as the Mac Auto Fixer removal tool on this page) can help you in that. In the case of a real malware attack, however, your system may not be in a condition to be repaired so easily and you may need the assistance of a security professional.

How can Mac Auto Fixer become part of your system?

There are very many ways in which a browser hijacker may get installed on your system. However, all of them more or less require your approval (informed or uninformed). For instance, if you are regularly downloading and installing free software setups such as games, video players, audio players, browser tools updates and free extensions, this may oftentimes land you an application like Mac Auto Fixer. The annoying hijacking software typically gets bundled inside the installers of different free software packages and gets installed into the system by default when the users agree on the Automatic/Quick installation. Unlike sneaky threats such as Ransomware or Trojans which typically infect you without your knowledge, an application like Mac Auto Fixer cannot typically do that. You can easily prevent its installation and disable it from any bundle if you select the Advanced/Custom/Manual installation options and remove any related checkmarks which offer you to make this application part of your system.

Source: Howtoremove.guide’s instructions: How to remove Mac Auto Fixer “Virus” (August 2018 Update)

Mac Auto Fixer Removal

I – Safe mode and revealing hidden files

1. Boot your PC into Safe Mode /link/
2. Reveal hidden files and folders /link/

II – Uninstallation

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1. Use the Winkey+R keyboard combination, write Control Panel in the search field and hit enter.
   
2. Go to Uninstall a program under Programs.
   
3. Seek the unwanted software, select it and then click on Uninstall

If you are unable to spot Mac Auto Fixer, search for any unrecognized programs that you do not remember installing on your PC – the unwanted software might disguise itself by going under a different name.

III – Cleaning all your browsers

1. Go to your browser’s icon, right-click on it and select Properties.
   
2. Go to the Shortcut tab and in the Target make sure to delete anything written after “.exe”.
   
3. Now, open your browser and follow the instructions below depending on whether you are using Chrome, Mozilla or IE.

• Chrome users:

1. Go to your browser’s main menu located in the top-right corner of the screen and select Settings.
   
2. Scroll down, click on Show Advanced Settings and then select Clear browsing data. Just to be sure, tick everything and clear the data.
   
3. Now, in the left pane, go to Extensions and look through all extensions that are integrated within your browser. If you notice any suspicious add-on, disable it and then remove it.
   

• Firefox users:

1. Similarly to Chrome, go to the main menu and select Add-ons and then Extensions.
2. Remove any suspicious browser extensions that you may have even if they do not have the name Mac Auto Fixer on them.

• IE users:

1. Go to Tools and select Manage add-ons.
   
2. Click on all add-on types from the left pane and check if there is anything suspicious in the right panel. In case you find anything shade, make sure to remove it.

IV – Removing Shady processes

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1. Go to your start menu, type Task Manager in the search field and from the results open View running processes with Task Manager.
   
2. Thoroughly look through all processes. The name Mac Auto Fixer might not be there, but if you notice any shady looking process that consumes high amounts of memory it might be ran by the unwanted program.
3. If you spot the process ran by Mac Auto Fixer, right-click on it, open its file location and delete everything in there. Then go back to the Task Manager and end the process.
   

V – DNS check

1. In the start menu search box write View Network Connections and open the first result.
   
2. Right-click on the network connection you are using and go to Properties.
   
3. Select Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties.
   
4. If Obtain DNS server addresses automatically is not checked, check it.
   
5. Go to Advanced and select the DNS If there is anything in the DNS server addresses field, remove it and click OK.
   
6. Click OK on the rest of the opened windows.