How to remove Conquerable.app (Mac)

What is Conquerable.app

Conquerable.app is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that primarily targets macOS systems. It belongs to the Pirrit adware family and is designed to display intrusive advertisements to users. The program is often installed by users unknowingly, typically through deceptive pop-up ads or bundled with other software. Once installed, Conquerable.app hijacks the browser homepage and search engine, redirecting search queries through its own platform, which often leads to search result pages from search.yahoo.com. Once installed, Conquerable.app exhibits aggressive advertising behavior, displaying numerous ads that can disrupt the user experience and compromise device performance. It injects advertisements into websites you visit and opens new tabs in the browser that display advertisements trying to sell products, push fake software updates, and promote tech support scams. The ads linked to Conquerable.app could host malicious content, including malware. Users may inadvertently download harmful software that compromises the security and privacy of their systems. In addition to its intrusive advertising, Conquerable.app also collects user data, posing risks to privacy and security. The data collected can include IP addresses, search queries, URLs of visited websites, and geo-locations, which can be shared with third parties, potentially cybercriminals, who misuse private information to generate revenue.

How Conquerable.app infects Mac computers

Conquerable.app typically infiltrates macOS systems through deceptive methods. It often poses as a browser extension or is bundled with other software, exploiting users’ haste or oversight during the installation process. In some cases, malicious websites and misleading pop-up ads can trick users into clicking on download links, unknowingly initiating the download and installation of the unwanted program. The program can also be installed through deceptive pop-up ads or free software installers. These deceptive ads often mimic legitimate security software, tricking users into believing they are installing a useful tool.

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

Remove Conquerable.app manually for free

Note: Conquerable.app sets up to start on macOS 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 “Conquerable.app” entry. Select it, and click the “-“ (minus) button to remove it.

Note 2: Conquerable.app 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 Conquerable.app in the list.
3. Click Force Quit button.

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

Remove Conquerable.app from Applications

Remove Conquerable.app from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Conquerable.app

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

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

Remove Conquerable.app add-on from your browsers

Removing Conquerable.app 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 Conquerable.app 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 Conquerable.app 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 Conquerable.app 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 Conquerable.app extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish Conquerable.app 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 the 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 Conquerable.app


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


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