ActiveToken is a dangerous application that generates ads and changes browser settings without the user’s permission. This is an adware application that also collects certain personally identifiable information, such as frequently visited pages, requests, and sometimes even logins, passwords and bank accounts. Therefore, it is very dangerous for your financial data.
UniversalNetResults is a browser hijacker that may get installed on your Macbook together with a free program, a cracked game, or a fake software update. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that changes homepage, the default search engine and other similar settings on browsers to make sure users are getting redirected to a promoted search engine time and again. UniversalNetResults may alter your search engine and stop you from changing it back. UniversalNetResults may also display its own ads on websites that you visit or redirect you to advertising sites. This step-by-step guide will help you remove UniversalNetResults and the search engine redirect from your Mac.
ExpertProjectSearch is a PUA (potentially unwanted application) that may get installed on your Macbook together with some free program or app, or with a fake software update (for example, an Adobe Flash Player update). Expert Project Search will change your browsers’ default search engine and may display ads on webpage that you visit or redirect you to promoted sites. A program that changes browsers’ search engine against users’ wishes is called a browser hijacker. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove ExpertProjectSearch and get your preferred search engine back.
Disk Tuner is an ad-type program created by scammers for Mac. Many people know that Macs are well protected from virus attacks, however, there are many programs that are capable of attacking Mac devices. This virus is on this list.
Department.limited is an adware that is designed to infect Mac. After penetrating the system, virus provides Mac with endless advertisements that will appear throughout the entire Internet browsing experience. Advertising overlaps the necessary information on the screen, this leads to inconvenience in the work. Inconvenience is also caused by redirects that send victims to unwanted pages instead of the necessary ones.
Search Marquis is a browser hijacker that may get installed on your Macbook together with some free app or a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source (for example, a fake Flash Player update). The browser hijacker may set your browsers’ new tab page or default search engine to searchmarquis.com, and you won’t be able to change those settings anymore. Browser hijackers are created to redirect users to promoted search engines and bring more ad revenue to those. Many hijackers also collect some data from users (like their browsing history or search history) and use it to show users ads based on their interests or sell the data to third parties. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove Search Marquis software from your Macbook.
SearchInitialOptimizer is shady software that may appear on your Mac after you run a file downloaded from an untrustworthy source or install a free app and don’t decline extra software installation. SearchInitialOptimizer is a browser hijacker: it may redirect your searches to Yahoo or another search engine that you don’t want to use. SearchInitialOptimizer can make itself “installed by administrator” so that you could not easily remove it. You may follow this step-by-step guide to remove SearchInitialOptimizer and get rid of Yahoo redirect on your browser.
Search.upgradediscovery.com (Upgrade Discovery) is a fake search engine redirecting all searches to search.yahoo.com. If your browser’s default search engine has been changed to Search.upgradediscovery.com without your participation, you probably have a browser hijacker on your Macbook. A browser hijacker alters the default search engine and some other browser settings to force users to visit a search engine it promotes, bringing more Internet traffic to the site. Upgrade Discovery also adds new profiles to your Mac (with names like Positive Search Guide, Simple Search Guide, Skilled Search Advise, Accessible Search Engine, etc.).
RequestPlan is an adware application aimed at infecting Mac. The main purpose of this virus is to degrade device performance and slow down activity.
WebAdviseSearch is the name of a dangerous adware type application that aims to infect Mac. Advertising viruses inject a large number of advertisements and display them on the desktop screen. These ads interfere with the Internet because they overlap relevant information on the screen. User accidentally clicks on an ad and goes to unwanted pages.