How to uninstall TypicalProcess app/extension from Mac

What is TypicalProcess

TypicalProcess is supposed to be an application that will improve the browsing experience, but according to security experts, this app is adware. Adware is type of malicious software which displays unwanted advertising on a computer, redirects search requests to advertising webpages and gathers privacy info for marketing purposes. Adware can show banner advertisements, full-screen advertisements, popups, videos, or other varieties of online advertising. Adware can attack your MAC’s web-browsers like the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. Maybe you approve the idea that the advertisements or pop ups is just a small problem. But these intrusive advertisements eat MAC system resources and slow down your computer performance.

Another reason why you need to remove adware is its online data-tracking activity. TypicalProcess app has the ability to gather personal information about you such as what websites you are opening, what you are looking for the Internet and so on. This sensitive information, afterwards, may be transferred third party companies.

If you noticed any of the symptoms mentioned above, we recommend you to complete step-by-step tutorial below to remove the TypicalProcess adware and get rid of unwanted ads from your internet browser.

How does TypicalProcess get on your MAC system

The most common way to get adware is a freeware installer. In many cases, a user have a chance to disable all unnecessary modules, but certain install packages are created to confuse the average users, in order to trick them into installing potentially unwanted software and adware. Anyway, easier to prevent adware rather than clean up your MAC system after one. So, keep your web-browser updated (turn on automatic updates), run good antivirus apps, double check free programs before you open it (do a google search, scan a downloaded file with VirusTotal), avoid suspicious and unknown webpages.

Threat Summary

Name	TypicalProcess, TypicalProcess 1.0 app
Type	adware software, PUP (potentially unwanted program), Mac malware, Mac virus
Detection Names	Program:MacOS/Vigram.A, ApplicUnwnt, Adware/Adload!OSX, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, MacOS.Agent-MT, OSX.Trojan.Gen, Osx.Adware.Cimpli and Adware.MAC.Generic
Distribution	Free software installers, fake update tools, malicious popup advertisements and torrent downloads
Symptoms	Every time you perform an Internet search, your internet browser is redirected to another website, unwanted advertising links appear on web sites that you are visiting, there is an unwanted program in the ‘Applications’ section of the Finder, unwanted internet browser toolbars, your web browser home page has modified and you cannot modify it back, slow browsing Internet.
Removal	TypicalProcess removal guide

How to remove TypicalProcess from Mac device

There are several steps to uninstalling the TypicalProcess adware, because it installs itself so deeply into the computer. You need to remove all suspicious and unknown software, then remove malicious addons from the Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome and other web browsers you’ve installed. Finally, you need to reset your web browser settings to remove any changes the adware has made, and then check your Apple Mac with MalwareBytes to ensure the adware software is fully removed. It will take a while.

To remove TypicalProcess, perform the following steps:

1. Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device
2. Remove TypicalProcess associated software by using the Finder
3. Remove TypicalProcess related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove TypicalProcess from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online
7. To sum up

Remove unwanted profiles on Mac device

TypicalProcess can make changes to the Mac system such as malicious changes to browser settings, and the addition of malicious system profiles. You need to check the system preferences, find and remove malicious profiles and ensure your settings are as you expect.

Click Apple menu ( ) > System Preferences.

In System Preferences, select Profiles. if there is no Profiles in the list of preferences, that means there are no profiles installed on the Mac. If there is Profiles in the list, then click on it, then select a profile associated with TypicalProcess.

To delete a malicious profile, click on the minus button ( – ) located at the bottom-left of the Profiles screen.

Remove TypicalProcess associated software by using the Finder

Check the list of installed programs on your Mac device and delete all unknown and recently installed apps. If you see an unknown application with incorrect spelling or varying capital letters, it have most likely been installed by malware and you should clean it off first with malicious software removal utility like MalwareBytes Anti-Malware.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

It will show a list of all programs installed on your Apple Mac. Scroll through the all list, and remove any dubious and unknown applications. Right click to dubious program and choose “Move to Trash”. Another solution is drag the program from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Most important, scroll through the all list, and move to trash any unknown applications. Don’t forget, select Finder -> Empty Trash.

Remove TypicalProcess related files and folders

Now you need to try to find TypicalProcess related files and folders, and then delete them manually. You need to look for these files in certain directories. To quickly open them, we recommend using the “Go to Folder…” command.

TypicalProcess creates several files, these files must be found and removed. Below is a list of files associated with this unwanted program.

• /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.TypicalProcess.system.plist
• ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.TypicalProcess.service.plist
• /Library/Application Support/.(RANDOM)/System/com.TypicalProcess.system
• ~/Library/Application Support/.(RANDOM)/Services/com.TypicalProcess.service.app

Some files created by TypicalProcess are hidden from the user. To find and delete them, you need to enable “show hidden files”. To do this, use the shortcut CMD + SHIFT + . Press once to show hidden files and again to hide them. There is another way. Click Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal. In Terminal, paste the following text: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

Press Enter. Hold the ‘Option/alt’ key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch.

Click on the Finder icon. From the menu bar, select Go and click “Go to Folder…”. As a result, a small window opens that allows you to quickly open a specific directory.

Check for TypicalProcess generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/LaunchAgents

This will open the contents of the “/Library/LaunchAgents” folder. Look carefully at it and pay special attention to recently created files, as well as files that have a suspicious name. Move all suspicious files to the Trash. A few examples of files: search.plist, com.TypicalProcess.service.plist, installapp.plist, com.google.defaultsearch.plist, , com.machelper.plist, macsearch.plist and com.net-preferences.plist. Most often, adware, PUPs and browser hijackers create several files with similar names.

Check for TypicalProcess generated files in the /Library/Application Support folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/Application Support

This will open the contents of the “Application Support” folder. Look carefully at its contents, pay special attention to recently added/changed folders and files. Check the contents of suspicious folders, if there is a file with a name similar to com.TypicalProcess.system, then this folder must be deleted. Move all suspicious folders and files to the Trash.

Check for TypicalProcess generated files in the “~/Library/LaunchAgents” folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
~/Library/LaunchAgents

Proceed in the same way as with the “/Library/LaunchAgents” and “/Library/Application Support” folders. Look for suspicious and recently added files. Move all suspicious files to the Trash.

Check for TypicalProcess generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder

In the “Go to Folder…” window, type the following text and press Go:
/Library/LaunchDaemons

Carefully browse the entire list of files and pay special attention to recently created files, as well as files that have a suspicious name. Move all suspicious files to the Trash. A few examples of files to be deleted: com.search.system.plist, com.TypicalProcess.system.plist, com.machelper.system.plist, com.installapp.system.plist and com.macsearch.system.plist. In most cases, adware, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs create several files with similar names.

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

We suggest using MalwareBytes to scan the Mac device for browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and adware. This free tool is an advanced malicious software removal program developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti-malware technology. It is able to help you remove ransomware and other security threats from your Mac device for free.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) for Mac OS.

When the download is complete, close all windows on your Apple Mac. Further, open the saved file. Follow the prompts.

The MalwareBytes will automatically run and you can see its main window as shown in the following example.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes AntiMalware application will scan through the whole MAC OS for the TypicalProcess adware. This task can take some time, so please be patient. While the utility is checking, you may see number of objects and files has already scanned.

When that process is complete, MalwareBytes AntiMalware will show a scan report. Review the scan results and then click the “Quarantine” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti Malware will remove TypicalProcess .

Remove TypicalProcess from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

If you have ‘TypicalProcess adware’ removal problem, then remove unwanted add-ons can help you. In the steps below we’ll show you the way to delete malicious add-ons without reinstall. This will also help to remove TypicalProcess from your internet browser.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
Click on ‘three dots menu’ button at the top right corner of the Chrome window. When the drop-down menu appears, select ‘More tools’ and click on ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to delete TypicalProcess adware by reset Google Chrome settings.	Click on ‘menu’ button and select ‘Add-ons’. Go to ‘Extensions’ tab. To uninstall an add-on, click on ‘Remove’ button next to it. If you are still experiencing issues with TypicalProcess adware removal, you need to reset Firefox browser.
Safari
On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select ‘Extensions’ tab. Select an extension you want to delete and click ‘Uninstall’ button next to it.

How to stay safe online

The AdGuard is a very good ad-blocking program for the Firefox, Safari and Chrome, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of annoying advertisements, popunders, popups, unwanted new tab pages, and even full page ads and webpage overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can stop harmful websites automatically or by using a custom filter rule.

AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link.

When the downloading process is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen. Follow the prompts.

Each time, when you start your MAC OS, AdGuard will run automatically and stop unwanted pop up advertisements, block harmful and misleading websites.

To sum up

Now your MAC OS should be clean of the TypicalProcess adware. We suggest that you keep MalwareBytes Free (to periodically scan your MAC OS for new adware softwares and other malicious software) and AdGuard (to help you stop annoying pop-up advertisements and harmful web-sites). Moreover, to prevent any adware software, please stay clear of unknown and third party programs.

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