How to Remove Weknow.ac From Mac

What Is Weknow.ac?

Delete https://www.weknow.ac/search/asset virus from Mac

A browser hijacker may set your browsers’ default search engine to https://www.weknow.ac/search/asset=[…] without your knowledge or agreement and make it difficult for you to change it to something else. Hijackers are usually distributed by free software installers, however in this case users reported to have downloaded a fake Adobe Flash Player update which brought them Weknow.ac hijacker and other malware/adware. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Weknow.ac search engine from your browser.

How to Remove Weknow.ac:

  1. Remove Weknow.ac Automatically
  2. Delete Rogue Applications
  3. Remove Admin Prefs
  4. Remove Weknow.ac From Browsers
  5. How to Protect Your PC From Weknow.ac and Other Browser Hijackers

Remove Weknow.ac Automatically

To get rid of Weknow.ac quickly and easily you may run a scan with Norton; it is a great antivirus that may be able to remove Weknow.ac from your Mac.

Download Norton For Mac

Some alternatives:
CleanMyMac X
Spyhunter (macOS & Windows)

Delete Rogue Applications:

Go to Applications folder and delete Weknow.ac and other new and suspicious apps.

  1. On the top menu select Go => Applications.
  2. Drag an unwanted application to the Trash bin.
  3. Right-click on the Trash and select Empty Trash.

Remove Admin Prefs:

  1. Click on System Preferences.
  2. Select Profiles.
  3. Find and click on AdminPrefs on the left bottom side.
  4. Delete unneeded settings in AdminPrefs.

Remove Weknow.ac from browsers:

Remove suspicious extensions, then change browsers’ homepage, new tab page, start page and default search engine.

Remove www.weknow.ac from Safari:

  1. On the top menu select Safari => Preferences.
  2. Select Extensions tab.
  3. Select an extension you want to delete and click Uninstall button next to it.
  4. Go to General tab.
  5. Select what you want Safari to open on start-up, new windows, new tabs and homepage.
  6. Go to Search tab.
  7. Select the search engine you want.

Remove www.weknow.ac from Google Chrome:

  1. Click on three dots menu button three dots menu.
  2. Select More tools => Extensions.
  3. Find an extension you want to delete and click REMOVE under it.
  4. Click Remove in the dialog box.
  5. Right-click the address bar and select Edit search engines….
  6. Click on three dots button three dots menu next to the search provider you want and select Make default.
  7. Click on three dots button three dots menu next to hijacker search engine and select Remove from list.
  8. Click on back arrow at the top of the page (near Manage search engines).
  9. Under On startup section select Open the New Tab page.
  10. Scroll to the top. Under Appearance section enable Show Home button setting.
  11. Clear the textfield of the existing address. Put the one you want or select New Tab page.
  12. Close Settings tab.

Remove www.weknow.ac from Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Click on menu button menu button and select Add-ons.
  2. Go to Extensions tab.
  3. To uninstall an add-on, click on Remove button next to it.
  4. Click on the search icon in the search bar and click Change Search Settings.
  5. Select search engine you want from the drop-down menu.
  6. Highlight the hijacker search engine in the table below and click Remove.
  7. Go to General tab.
  8. Under Startup section click Restore to Default button.

How to Protect Your Mac From Weknow.ac and Other Browser Hijackers:

  • Get a powerful anti-malware software, capable of detecting and eliminating PUPs. Having several on-demand scanners would be a good idea too.
  • Keep your OS, browsers and security software up to date. Malware creators find new browser and OS vulnerabilities to exploit all the time. Software writers, in turn, release patches and updates to get rid of the known vulnerabilities and lesser the chance of malware penetration. Antivirus program’s signature databases get updated every day and even more often to include new virus signatures.
  • Download and use uBlock Origin, Adblock, Adblock Plus or one of the similar trustworthy extensions for blocking third-party advertisements on web-sites.
  • Don’t download software from unverified web-sites. You can easily download a trojan (malware that pretends to be a useful application); or some unwanted programs could get installed along with the app.
  • When installing freeware or shareware, be sensible and don’t rush through the process. Choose Custom or Advanced installation mode, look for checkboxes that ask for your permission to install third-party apps and uncheck them, read End User License Agreement to make sure nothing else is going to get installed. You can make exceptions for the apps you know and trust, of course. If declining from installing unwanted programs is not possible, we advise you to cancel the installation completely.

8 thoughts on “How to Remove Weknow.ac From Mac

  1. Reply
    Julia Sandvoss - August 14, 2018

    HI! I purchased the Clean My Mac you suggested and still cannot get rid of the We Know Browser Hijacker. Please advise how you recommend removal if I have followed all steps and it’s still in my browsers.

    1. Reply
      Diana N - August 16, 2018

      Hi Julia,
      It seems Weknow.ac malware has been updated several days ago: there are a lot of people on Google Chrome Help Forum saying that previous instructions no longer work, and they cannot remove this page from Chrome. Someone said they were able to get rid of Weknow after completely uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome. You can try do that using CleanMyMac (just back up bookmarks and passwords beforehand if you need them). Also you can use Extensions section of CleanMyMac and take a look at Chrome extensions and LaunchAgents; delete or disable suspicious ones.

  2. Reply
    Angela Wesley - August 28, 2018

    Thanks so much for your help!!!

  3. Reply
    Sue Robinson - October 13, 2018

    IN Google, the option to remove the hijacking fricker is not available.
    I’ve followed the steps in Safari, still no change in either browser.
    Now what do I do?

  4. Reply
    Nicole - February 26, 2019

    Anyone have suggestons for getting rid of we know. I followed all steps above and stil not removing it.

  5. Reply
    Keith - March 15, 2019

    I think Apple needs to come up with this fix. A lot of us have tried all kinds of ways can’t get rid of it

  6. Reply
    Lana Hays - May 10, 2019

    The “weknow” just showed up on my computer 2 days ago. I used malwarebytes and it pulled out all the files. The problem still existed. I worked with a friend to get Chrome and Safari reset. All was good for one day……then it reappeared today. I used Time Machine and went back a couple of days before it showed up to restore. Unfortunately it reappeared. When I was just getting restarted after the restore a “macupdater” box appeared that I needed an update. I refused/cancelled. It reappeared 2 more times and each time I declined. It then went on to update which then becomes the malware. Now….I don’t know what to do or where to go. I’m trying another restore that was about 6 weeks ago…..it’ll be a couple of hours before it’s done. Any help or suggestions please.

  7. Reply
    Sophie Miller - May 17, 2019

    so ive had weknow for a little while now and have been following instrusctions on how to get rid of it from this website and many others adnd ive downloaded applications like malwarebytes and now nothing suspicious is on anywhere on my computer other than my safari and chrome what do I do now???????????

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