How to uninstall OpticalRatePro app/extension from Mac (Virus removal guide)

What is OpticalRatePro

OpticalRatePro is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that belongs to the Adware family. Adware can make big problem to your MAC. Adware also known as ‘adware software’ is a form of malicious applications which shows a large number of advertisements in form of popup windows, coupons, promos or even fake alerts on the Apple Mac. Adware can seriously affect your privacy, your computer’s performance and security. Adware can be installed onto your machine without your knowledge.

Does adware software steal your personal data? Adware software is often harmless, but sometimes the adware you inadvertently download can also be spyware. Spyware can sometimes seek out your confidential data stored on the MAC system, gather this information and use it to steal your identity.

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How does OpticalRatePro get on your Apple Mac

Most of unwanted ads and popups come from web-browser toolbars and/or plugins, BHOs (browser helper objects) and optional programs. Most commonly, these items claim itself as apps which improve your experience on the Internet by providing a fast and interactive start page or a search engine that does not track you. Remember, how to avoid the unwanted apps. Be cautious, run only reputable software which download from reputable sources. NEVER install any unknown and suspicious apps.

Threat Summary

Name	OpticalRatePro, OpticalRatePro 1.0 app
Type	adware, potentially unwanted program (PUP), Mac virus, Mac malware
Detection Names	Adware.MAC.Generic, Adware/Adload!OSX, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, Program:MacOS/Vigram.A, OSX.Trojan.Gen, MacOS.Agent-MT, Osx.Adware.Cimpli and ApplicUnwnt
Distribution	Freeware installers, misleading pop-up advertisements, fake updaters and torrent downloads
Symptoms	Every time you perform an Internet search, your internet browser is redirected to another web-page, pop-up ads won’t go away, new entries appear in your Applications folder, an unwanted toolbar appears in your web-browser, your internet browser homepage has modified without your permission, slow browsing Internet.
Removal	OpticalRatePro removal guide

How to remove OpticalRatePro from Mac device

As with removing adware software, malicious software or PUPs, there are few steps you may do. We recommend trying them all. If you do only one part of the guidance, then it should be run malware removal tool, because it should delete adware software and block any further infection. But to completely delete OpticalRatePro you will have to at least reset your browser settings like search engine, home page and newtab page to default state, remove all unwanted and suspicious applications, and remove adware with malware removal tools. Certain of the steps below will require you to close this web-site. So, please read the steps carefully, after that bookmark it or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove OpticalRatePro, perform the steps below:

1. Remove profiles created by OpticalRatePro
2. Check the list of installed apps
3. Remove OpticalRatePro related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove OpticalRatePro from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online
7. Finish words

Remove profiles created by OpticalRatePro

OpticalRatePro 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 computer. If there is Profiles in the list, then click on it, then select a profile related to OpticalRatePro.

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

Check the list of installed apps

In the next step, you need to check the list of installed applications on your Mac and uninstall all unused, unknown and dubious applications.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

Very carefully look around the entire list of apps installed on your MAC. Most likely, one of them is the OpticalRatePro adware. Once you have found a questionable, unwanted or unused application, right click to it and select “Move to Trash”. Another method is drag the program from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Don’t forget, select Finder -> “Empty Trash”.

Remove OpticalRatePro related files and folders

Now you need to try to find OpticalRatePro 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.

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

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

Some files created by OpticalRatePro 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 OpticalRatePro 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: installapp.plist, macsearch.plist, search.plist, com.google.defaultsearch.plist, , com.machelper.plist, com.OpticalRatePro.service.plist and com.net-preferences.plist. Most often, browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and adware software create several files with similar names.

Check for OpticalRatePro 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.OpticalRatePro.system, then this folder must be deleted. Move all suspicious folders and files to the Trash.

Check for OpticalRatePro 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 OpticalRatePro 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.installapp.system.plist, com.macsearch.system.plist, com.search.system.plist, com.OpticalRatePro.system.plist and com.machelper.system.plist. In most cases, PUPs, adware and browser hijackers create several files with similar names.

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

Manual OpticalRatePro removal requires some computer skills. Some files and system entries that created by the adware can be not completely removed. We suggest that use MalwareBytes AntiMalware to scan the Mac device. Moreover, this program will help you to delete adware, toolbars, browser hijackers and PUPs that your MAC system can be affected too.

MalwareBytes AntiMalware can be downloaded from the following link.

After downloading is done, close all software and windows on your MAC OS. Open a directory in which you saved it. Run the saved file and follow the prompts.

Once installation is complete, you’ll see window as shown on the screen below.

Now press the “Scan” button to begin scanning your MAC for the OpticalRatePro . During the scan MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) will find threats present on your Apple Mac.

After the system scan is done, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will open a list of found threats. You may delete items (move to Quarantine) by simply click “Quarantine” button.

The Malwarebytes will now begin to remove OpticalRatePro .

Remove OpticalRatePro from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

If you have ‘OpticalRatePro ‘ removal problem, then remove unwanted extensions can help you. In the steps below we will show you the way to delete malicious extensions without reinstall. This will also help to remove OpticalRatePro from your web-browser.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
Click on ‘three dots menu’ button at the top right corner of the Chrome window. Select ‘More tools’, then ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to get rid of OpticalRatePro adware software 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 problems with OpticalRatePro removal, you need to reset Mozilla 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 blocker program for the Safari, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of annoying advertisements, popunders, pop-ups, annoying newtabs, and even full page advertisements and web site overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can stop malicious web pages automatically or by using a custom filter rule.

1. Please go to the link below to download AdGuard.
   
   

   AdGuard for Mac download
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   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: January 17, 2018
   
2. Once the downloading process is complete, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. After the installation is complete, click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and stop unwanted advertisements, block malicious and misleading web sites.

Finish words

Now your MAC OS should be free of the OpticalRatePro adware. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted popup ads and unwanted malicious web sites) and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (to periodically scan your MAC for new malware, hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Mac OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijackers, harmful apps and adware software are released.

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