How to remove CladRumble (Mac)

What is CladRumble

CladRumble is an adware application designed for MacOS systems. It belongs to Adload malware family, a group of malware of similar type, that spread and infect Mac computers similarly, with similar consequences. In most cases, CladRumble infects victims’ machines with fake Adobe Player installers, that users occasionally or mistakenly downloads from the phishing pages, when browsing. After this, adware installs a malicious application and Safari extension with the same name: CladRumble. It has the typical icon for this type of viruses: white loop in gray circle (sometimes the circle is green or blue). After getting access to victims’ browser, malicious app can steal browsing data and display annoying ads, pop-ups, notifications and send private data to third parties, etc. Generally, CladRumble can be uninstalled manually using system features, but many users complain that it leaves residual data or reinstall itself. We did a research and in this article we prepared thorough removal guide for CladRumble, ways and tools that will help you remove unwanted application completely.

CladRumble application

CladRumble extension

How CladRumble infected your computer

As we mentioned, most often, users download CladRumble themselves along with fake Adobe Player or Adobe Flash updates. Such misleading offers can be met on torrent, pirated or adult content websites. Such resources offer victims to download “necessary” update to be able to proceed with downloading the files, or watching the video. Fake installer sets up malware in the system and installs browser extension. CladRumble can be also installed in Launch Agents and Login Items to start along with MacOS. We created the guide below to help you remove CladRumble manually or with help of tested malware removal tools.

1. Download CladRumble Removal Tool
2. Remove CladRumble from Login Items
3. Remove/Uninstall CladRumble from Applications
4. Remove CladRumble from browsers
5. Reset browser settings
6. Remove CladRumble files and folders
7. Block CladRumble ads and pop-ups
8. How to protect from threats, like CladRumble

Remove CladRumble manually for free

Note: CladRumble sets up to start on Mac OS startup. Therefore, before starting the removal, perform these steps:

1. Open System Preferences, choose Users & Groups.
2. Choose your account (set up as Current User).
3. Click Login Items tab.
4. Find “CladRumble” entry. Select it, and click the “-“ (minus) button to remove it.

Note 2: CladRumble won’t quit just by closing it, therefor use Force Quit to end the process.

1. Press 3 buttons at the same time: Option, Command, and Esc (Escape). This is similar to Control-Alt-Delete on a Windows PC.
2. Choose CladRumble in the list.
3. Click Force Quit button.

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full CladRumble removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of CladRumble installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove CladRumble from Applications

Remove CladRumble from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. CladRumble might have an Uninstaller. If you see Uninstall CladRumble or CladRumble Uninstaller, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions.
3. Otherwise, drag CladRumble from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall CladRumble

If you can’t uninstall CladRumble using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of CladRumble. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag CladRumble from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with CladRumble.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove CladRumble add-on from your browsers

Removing CladRumble from Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It is a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove the CladRumble extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find CladRumble extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find CladRumble extension.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose CladRumble extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish CladRumble removal reset your browser settings to make sure, there are no leftover items in browser folders.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Reset Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Reset Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
4. Click Refresh Firefox to confirm.

Remove following files and folders of CladRumble


~/Library/Application Support/.[random_string]/Services/com.CladRumble.service.app
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.CladRumble.service.plist
/Library/Application Support/.[random_string]/System/com.CladRumble.system
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.CladRumble.system.plist


Download AdGuard for Mac to block malicious pop-ups, that promote CladRumble

AdGuard is the best ad-blocker, internet filtering, and internet security application for macOS. It can cut out unwanted banners from site pages, block pop-ups, stop redirects, and prevent users from visiting potentially dangerous resources. Use it to stop ads promoting CladRumble in browsers.

How to protect Mac OSX from adware, like CladRumble

Mac OSX is known to be one of the safest operating systems, and for a long time, there was no need for antivirus products for Mac. But with the growing popularity of Mac computers and notebooks and evolving technology, viruses, trojans, adware, toolbars, hijackers, and other malware paved the way for Mac users. We recommend you to use one of the best anti-malware for Mac available – Malwarebytes for Mac.