Remove The Searchmine & Searchmine.Net From Mac
If you are wondering how to remove Searchmine & Searchmine.Net from Mac, then you’ve reached the right page for the solutions.
SearchMine.net is a browser hijacker that can be installed on your computer in many ways, even without your knowledge. Once it is installed on your computer, the browser’s home page will change to https://searchmine.net. SearchMine.net keeps on tracking your searches and displays advertisements related to it. Two common symptoms that prove your computer is infected by SearchMine.net are listed below:
- The browser’s default home page and the search engine would be replaced by SearchMine.net.
- The search queries of your browser will be redirected to SearchMine.net.
Scroll down this page to know how to remove SearchMine.net from Mac.
Perform the following steps one-by-one to remove SearchMine.net.
Step 1: Remove The Malicious Profile
- Generally, profiles are used by IT admins to control the behavior of a specific application or device. On your Mac computer, you have to check whether any configuration profiles related to SeachMine.net is installed.
- Open the System Preferences application on your Mac computer.
- In the search box, type Profiles and select the relevant one from the list.
- Look for any suspicious profile installed on your computer and select it.
- Click the minus icon available at the bottom of the screen.
Step 2: Remove SearchMine.net
- Before removing SearchMine.net from your computer, you have to quit it first.
- Look for the SearchMine.net icon on the Apple menu bar.
- If you find it, click on it and select the Quit option.
- Now, click on the Finder icon.
- Select the Applications option.
- Scroll down the Applications screen and look for the SearchMine.net application.
- Once you locate the application, highlight and right-click on it.
- Click the Move to Trash option.
- Make sure to empty the Trash folder of your Mac computer.
Step 3: Use Malwarebytes Free
Run the Malwarebytes free application to remove SearchMine.net from Mac.
- Download the Malwarebytes Free application.
- After downloading the file, open it and perform the on-screen instructions to install it on your Mac computer.
- When the Crush threats now, not later screen opens, click the Scan button below the Scanner section.
- Now, the application will start to scan your Mac computer.
- The detected threats will be displayed on the screen.
- To remove the threats, click the Quarantine button.
- Once all the threats are removed, make sure to restart your computer.
Step 4: Remove SearchMine.net From Mac
- Open the Safari browser on your computer.
- Select the Preferences option.
- Go to the General tab.
- Make sure that the Homepage option is set correctly. That means, a web page that you want to use as the start-up page is set as the home page.
- Now, click the Extension tab.
- Look for the SearchMine.net extension and select it.
- Click the Uninstall button.
Congratulations! You’ve remove remove Searchmine & Searchmine.Net from Mac computer.
