How to Remove StandardBoostSupport Mac Virus

George Herman
George Herman
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What Is StandardBoostSupport Mac Virus?

StandardBoostSupport mac virus

StandardBoostSupport is a type of adware that targets Mac devices. It’s being promoted as a way to watch videos for free, but it comes with other malicious features. Your device will be infected if you click on the ads that it delivers, and its effects can range from simply annoying to losing data. This article will show you how to remove StandardBoostSupport so that you can protect your Mac device from future threats. StandardBoostSupport is an adware – a software with the sole purpose to serve ads. Adware can keep re-appearing even after you remove it. Before we get into how to remove StandardBoostSupport, let’s briefly talk about what adware is. Adware is software that delivers ads to your computer without your permission, and usually installs itself without you even knowing it. Often, it comes from third party sites or apps, which means you might not realize your installing something malicious when you click by accident on a pop-up or advertisement.

How Is StandardBoostSupport Mac Virus Distributed?

The same way most other Mac virus are distributed – through third party websites and ad networks. When you visit one of those sites and you have StandardBoostSupport installed on your Mac device, you may notice that ads are popping up. Because of that, you think the site is displaying ads for your benefit, but in reality it’s just packed with them. If a website does not generate income from ads or display adds for its users, it will not survive. Hence, you can see that the third party sites really make money by showing ads on your desktop or laptop. It seems that this method is not necessarily bad, after all it doesn’t affect you directly; however, there are instances when the third party sites will post fake content in order to get visitors. This type of adware can cause problems with your devices and Mac computer in general. In some cases, it can also delete your personal data and corrupt your system files.

How harmful is StandardBoostSupport hijacker? 

It does not matter if the adware is malignant or not: it is not needed on your device, and it will keep showing you ads. Even if you are able to disregard its presence from a computer standpoint, it can still cause other problems. You may lose your personal information if a virus encrypts or deletes your files (most Mac viruses do that), or even cause the infection of other devices in your home network.

How did I get infected?

Often, you can accidentally end up installing malware and adware on your devices. It can happen when you download a file and click on it because the pop-up window appears encouraging you to do so. If it happens that you gave permission to download and install StandardBoostSupport, this means that you have most likely agreed to install it on your device. Hence, before you install anything on your Mac device; make sure that the source is reliable and safe.

How can I Remove StandardBoostSupport virus ?

Step 1: Uninstall StandardBoostSupport and remove related files and objects

  • Open your Finder –> Click on GO –>Click on Utilities

macos utilities

  • Find Activity Monitor and open it

activity monitor macos

  • Review all the processes in Activity Monitor and write down the ones related to StandardBoostSupport virus

StandardBoostSupport stop

  • Select Quit

StandardBoostSupport info

  • To kill the malicious process, choose the Force Quit option.

force quit StandardBoostSupport

Step 2: Remove StandardBoostSupport – related extensions from Safari / Chrome / Firefox

The first thing you need to do is to make sure Safari is not running. If you have troubles closing it, you may need to Force Quit Safari - (Start Activity Monitor by opening up Finder, then proceed to Application --> Utilities --> Activity monitor. Locate the Safari process and force quit it.

Safely launch Safari again by holding the Shift key and clicking on the Safari application icon - This will prevent Safari’s previously opened malicious web pages.

In case that you still are having trouble with scripts interrupting the closing of unwanted pages, please do the following:

  • Force Quit Safari again.
  • Disconnect form Internet and try again.

Then Re-Launch Safari but don’t forget to press and hold the Shift button to prevent pop-ups. Then, click on Preferences.

  • Carefully take a look at your default home page and change it if the hijacker altered it.

  • Then go to the Extensions tab and make sure there are no unknow extensions installed.

  • Next step is to click on Privacy tab

  • Manage website data

  • Here you can remove any unwanted website data or just remove them all. Please, keep in mind that after you do this all stored website data will be deleted. You will need to sign-in again for all websites that require any form of authentication.
  • The next step is to Clear History (if you want), select the tab.

  • Click the menu next to clear and choose a time period — if you want to completely reset Safari, choose all history.
  • Press Clear History
  • To remove from Chrome, open the browser and click the icon with the three dots located in the top-right.
  • Select to More Tools --> Extensions and review what Chrome Extensions are present in the browser
  • Remove the ones that you do not recognize.

bad toolbar

  • If the parasite continues to disrupt your browsing with Chrome, this is what else you can do:
    1. Click again the menu of Google Chrome, and open Settings.
    2. Select the Search Engine from the left panel, review the available search engines and change the default to your preference.default search engine
    3. Then, click on Manage Search Engines, review the list of search engine availabilities and if any of the listed items looks suspicious, click the three-dots next to them, and delete.suspicious search engine
    4. Click on Privacy and Security in the left panel, select the Clear browsing data option, check every box except the Passwords one, and click Clear Data.clear browsing data
    5. Next step is to clear Notifications, select the Site settings option in the Privacy and Security section, then locate Notifications.clear notifications
    6. Review the listed websites in the Allow to send notifications section and if any of the entries shown there seem dubious or related to the browser hijacker, select the three dots next to the object and click on Remove.
  • Start Mozilla Firefox
  • On the top right click the three dashes

  • go to add-ons and themes
  • The add-ons manager will open
  • Carefully review review four Firefox Extensions
  • If any unwanted extension is present, click on the three horizontal dots and then Remove

  • After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red dot in the top left and start it again.
To make sure StandardBoostSupport is removed from the browser  we recommend to scan with a reputable antimalware program like SpyHunter for Mac

Step 3: Scan for and remove StandardBoostSupport files from your Mac

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Once you download and install SpyHunter for Mac run a scan.

Once the scan is complete, your mac will be virus free.

StandardBoostSupport malware Frequently Asked Questions:

  • How do I get rid of StandardBoostSupport?

StandardBoostSupport is a Browser hijacker – malicious software that can be installed by third-party applications or websites. They usually change the settings of web browsers and search engines to display certain ads, pop-ups, banners, etc.

  • What are the symptoms of StandardBoostSupport infection in your Mac?

StandardBoostSupport becomes your web browser’s built-in search engine.

Your browser’ s search queries are redirected through StandardBoostSupport.com

The “StandardBoostSupport” browser extension or some shady software is installed on your Mac.

  • How do I remove StandardBoostSupport from my browser?

In Internet Explorer, click the gear icon on the top left and select Manage add-ons. Under Add-on Types, select Search Providers. Select your search engine from the list of providers and click Remove to remove it. In Google Chrome, go to Settings (at the top right) and choose Search in the On Startup drop down menu.

  • How do I uninstall StandardBoostSupport?
If you made a mistake when installing an app on your mac, the easiest way to uninstall it is by right clicking on its icon in your dock, then going to ‘move to trash’. Once it’s gone, restart your mac. If that didn’t work for you, try rebooting and looking for an icon opening up. Once you’ve found that, go to utilities/get info, then go to the ‘Applications’ tab and look for the app. Right-click it and select ‘Get Info’ and then look for the option to ‘Uninstall this Version’. If that doesn’t work, restart your mac again. If you don’t have any luck you can always use the SpyHunter free uninstall.

How to Make Your Mac Run Faster?

You might be wondering how to make your Mac run faster? It is a common misconception that the more processing power you have, the faster your computer will run. In reality, it’s actually about what’s going on in your processor and memory. For the average person using a computer for just general applications like word processing and web browsing, you don’t need much in the way of computing power.

– Use an SSD drive instead of a hard disk drive.

– Double your RAM if possible.

– Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP). (Attention! – do this only if you know the consequences.)

References:

  1. More about pop-up advertisements on Wikipedia.
  2. MacOS malware
  3. SpyHunter Anti-Malware overview and also the reasons why we recommend it for malware elimination.

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