How to remove Gsecurecontent.com (Mac)

What is Gsecurecontent.com

Gsecurecontent.com is a rogue website that is designed to redirect visitors to other untrusted or malicious web pages and present them with dubious content. It is part of an advertising service that website publishers can use to generate revenue on their sites. However, there are malicious programs that are redirecting users to these Gsecurecontent.com ads without the permission of the publisher in order to generate revenue. Adware installs Safari extensions and LaunchAgents, takes cotrol over browser settings and can perform redirects, launches at browser starup and opens random advertising websites. Gsecurecontent.com can affect Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on MacOS. To remove Gsecurecontent.com completely from Mac, get rid of pop-ups, redirects and notifications and restore default browser settings.

How Gsecurecontent.com infects Macs

The most common way for Gsecurecontent.com to infect a Mac is through the installation of adware-type Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). These PUAs can be inadvertently installed when users download and install free software from untrustworthy sources. During the installation process, the adware may be promoted as a bonus or additional feature, and if users do not opt-out, the adware gets installed on their Macs. Once the adware is installed, it can modify the settings on the user’s web browser to cause browser redirects and display unwanted ads. Users may also be redirected to Gsecurecontent.com and similar web pages by intrusive advertisements. The behavior of some rogue websites like Gsecurecontent.com is determined by visitors’ geolocations, which they learn by checking users’ IP addresses.

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

Remove Gsecurecontent.com manually for free

Note: Gsecurecontent.com 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 “Gsecurecontent”, “tBrains” or other suspicious entry. Select it, and click the “-“ (minus) button to remove it.

Note 2: Gsecurecontent.com 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 Gsecurecontent.com, tBrains or other suspicious entry in the list.
3. Click Force Quit button.

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

Remove Gsecurecontent.com from Applications

Remove Gsecurecontent.com from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall Gsecurecontent.com

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

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

Remove Gsecurecontent.com add-on from your browsers

Removing Gsecurecontent.com 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 Gsecurecontent.com 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 Gsecurecontent, tBrains or other suspicious 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 Gsecurecontent, tBrains or other suspicious 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 Gsecurecontent, tBrains or other suspicious extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish Gsecurecontent.com 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 Gsecurecontent.com


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


Download AdGuard for Mac to block malicious pop-ups, that promote Gsecurecontent.com

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 Gsecurecontent.com in browsers.

How to protect Mac OSX from adware, like Gsecurecontent.com

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