How to remove LogicalAnalog (Mac)

What is LogicalAnalog

LogicalAnalog is a type of adware, a category of software designed to display intrusive advertisements to users. This application is known to generate various forms of ads, including pop-ups, banners, and in-text ads, which can significantly disrupt users’ browsing experiences. Adware like LogicalAnalog is often disseminated through deceptive methods, leading users to install them without fully understanding the potential consequences. Interacting with the advertisements displayed by LogicalAnalog can result in visiting unreliable pages with various potential risks, including phishing websites, sites promoting fake or unnecessary products or services, and pages hosting online scams. Moreover, LogicalAnalog and similar adware applications have the potential to engage in data harvesting activities, compromising user privacy and security. Concerns include the exposure of personal information, login credentials, financial data, device details, and location information.

How LogicalAnalog infects Mac computers

LogicalAnalog, like many other adware programs, often infiltrates systems discreetly, often bundled with other software installations. Once installed, it primarily generates revenue by bombarding users with advertisements. LogicalAnalog promptly installs a browser extension upon finding its way into your Mac. This seemingly insignificant addition grants it alarming control over your browser’s operations. With control established, the adware gets to work, making several unauthorized changes. These can range from altering your default homepage, modifying your search results to provide sponsored or skewed results, and flooding your browsing experience with endless pop-ups.

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

Remove LogicalAnalog manually for free

Note: LogicalAnalog 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 “LogicalAnalog” entry. Select it, and click the “-“ (minus) button to remove it.

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

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

Remove LogicalAnalog from Applications

Remove LogicalAnalog from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall LogicalAnalog

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

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

Remove LogicalAnalog add-on from your browsers

Removing LogicalAnalog 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 LogicalAnalog 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 LogicalAnalog 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 LogicalAnalog 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 LogicalAnalog extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Reset browser settings

To finish LogicalAnalog 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 LogicalAnalog


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


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