Mac Viruses

Searchpowerapp.com redirects are caused by a deceptive browser hijacker called Power App or Flash App + that might be sneaking on your computer. According to its name, it is meant to provide powerful searching tools that will show more accurate results based on users' surfing habits. Searchpowerapp.com mainly targets the Google Chrome browser which has the biggest user database. Once installed, it instantly changes your homepage address to https:/searchpowerapp.com/ that relocates search queries to the Yahoo search engine. This is one downside that reveals its foolish behavior and has to bail you out already. Moreover, it violates surfing experience by altering browser settings and showing random ads from different resources that can contain redirects to adult websites, free-hosting domains, and other unwanted types. Such manipulations may, therefore, lead to severe data loss like passwords and other sensitive information. In addition, if you open a description of the extension, you will find: This extension configures your Default Search to Power App (searchpowerapp.com)" message.

Search.gratziany.com is a fake search engine, controlled by malicious Gratziany extension, that Mac users should be worried about. Likewise other shady extensions it is classified as a potentially unwanted application (PUA). Once installed on your computer, it alters the homepage domain to search.gratziany.com, therefore, changing the browser interface. Searching queries are displayed by the Yahoo engine which means that search.gratziany.com search engine is only a cover of fraudulent activity. Unfortunately, search.gratziany.com does not bring any benefit, on the contrary, it is capable of tracking your browser activity that means gathering a bunch of personal data like Passwords, Searching history and other types of information that can make up a big value for extortionists. In addition, search.gratziany.com is known to be disturbing browsing by spreading deceptive ads that are displayed across pages you visit.

MyCouponSmart is browser adware that is meant to save money while online shopping via discount coupons. It provides a wide database of different coupons that can be applied to various shopping platforms like Amazon, Aliexpress and so forth. While its main purpose comes down to making online shopping better, the actual activity contradicts this promise largely. When installed on a computer, it literally subjugates browsers like Safari, Chrome and other Mac-supported browsers to serve advertisements that disrupt the browsing. On top of that, the app gets deeply entrenched into the device to prevent users from manual removal. Besides altering the browser interface, it also changes the settings so that users could not reset them. Ads promoted by MyCouponSmart can come in various forms and shapes. Spanning from typical advertisements to obtrusive pop-ups. One of the biggest jeopardy that users might not be aware of is data tracking. Alongside "useful tools" it stealthily tracks and gathers the information that is accumulated whilst browsing (passwords, browsing history, etc.) and therefore delivered to third-parties for revenue purposes.

Nutaka.com is another malicious domain, that is known to be forcibly redirecting users to intrusive and harmful pages. Being classified as adware it is capable of disturbing browsing activity by constantly relocating users to suspicious resources, that promote potentially dangerous advertisements and other social-engineering tricks. Unfortunately, most people do not think it is dangerous, therefore, not paying any caution to its presence. However, this kind of software can potentially create a threat to your privacy and other precious data. This means that once it is installed on your computer, virus developers can get full access to your personal data like passwords, browsing history, and other valuable information that can be utilized badly by third-parties. When installed on your computer, it can cause other symptoms like advertising banners injected with the web pages, infectious hyperlinks and fake updates masked under pop-ups. Being surrounded by this content while surfing may inflict your device with other adware or even more dangerous pieces.

Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a feature of downloading videos directly to your computer. However, there are lots of independent services that allow doing so by pasting video URLs and downloading them for free. And Ytmp3.cc is one of those. But, because these services are usually not legitimate, they can display unwanted ads and redirect to other suspicious websites used to spread malicious content for revenue purposes. Of course, naive users are happy to use Ytmp3.cc regardless of intrusive redirects. However, this careless behavior often leads to adware infection that therefore shows malicious advertisements on the desktop. This type of infection can gather personal data and transmit it over to third parties without the user's consent. This is why we have prepared a guide on how to secure yourself from these tricks and remove Ytmp3.cc from your computer.

MacEnizer is a rogue system optimization program that is being classified as Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA). MacEnizer supposedly cleans and helps maintain your Macintosh by running a couple of features like cache, junk, and leftover removal. Although, these functions cannot be performed with the free/trial version. To use all MacEnizer features, people must purchase and activate it. They delusively trick users to opt for the paid version, however, you should not be doing that because it does not bring any value. The program often provides false results to urge people into believing that their computers can run faster and more optimized only if paid edition is purchased. If you really want to keep your Mac clean and well-organized then you can install reliable and powerful anti-malware tools, recommended in this tutorial.

Searchnewworld.com is a redirecting tool glossed under innocent-looking search engine that opens bing.com. Searchnewworld.com is then opened by goto-searchitnow.global.ssl.fastly.net. Users are being transferred to this domain through malicious advertisements and other unwanted applications like "Fake Calculator". As opposed to other hijacking tools, it does not alter browser settings, but it intentionally prompts people into visiting searchnewworld.com when attempting to search something on the web. There is a variety of Potentially Unwanted Programs that nurture their custom search engines offering a range of allegedly useful tools. Searchnewworld.com itself does not have its unique searching algorithm. On the contrary, it redirects users to Bing.com which is owned by Microsoft. At first glance, everything seems legitimate, however, the presence of this application can slow down the browsing experience and result in data loss. Hijackers acquire full access to all of your actions on the web. This means that they can easily gather information like URLs you visit, saved passwords, geolocations, and other essential data that third-parties can capitalize on.

Clever-find.com is a social engineering trick, developed to gather private data and transfer it to suspicious figures, like cybercriminals. However, on the other hand, Clever-find.com may seem to be an innocent browser search redirect, that gets installed to your computer and provides a more efficient browser usage accompanied by a couple of key features. According to its name, it feels like developers wanted to promote is as an equivalent to Google search engine that could display "more clever" searching results based on users' preferences. But how could unknown developers overcome Google corporation in this field? Of course, they could not! It is just another unwanted application that wants to impose ostensibly useful tools without users' consent. When infection attacks your computer it will start configuring browser settings for hijackers' needs so that you could not roll the back afterward. These settings manipulations can also cause a chain of malicious content like ads, free coupons, banners and promotional links alongside browsing.