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

What is BeyondLaunch

BeyondLaunch is a malicious application that belongs to the Adware category. Adware serves unwanted advertisements on your internet browser. Some of these ads are scams or fake ads developed to trick you. Even the harmless ads can become really irritating. Adware can be installed unintentionally and without you knowing about it, when you open email attachments, install free software.

The worst is, the BeyondLaunch adware can analyze the location and which World Wide Web web pages you visit, and then show advertisements to the types of content, goods or services featured there. Its creators can collect and sell your browsing information and behavior to third parties. So, you should remove adware as quickly as possible. Here, in this article below, you can found the effective instructions on How to remove BeyondLaunch and get rid of unwanted ads from your MAC for free.

How does BeyondLaunch get on your machine

Adware actively distributed with free programs, along with the installation package of these programs. Therefore, it is very important, when installing an unknown program, read the Terms of use and the Software license, as well as to choose the Manual, Advanced or Custom install method. In this mode, you can disable the installation of additional modules and software and protect your MAC from adware software.

Threat Summary

Name	BeyondLaunch, BeyondLaunch 1.0 app
Type	adware software, PUP (potentially unwanted program), Mac virus, Mac malware
Detection Names	Adware.MAC.Generic, Trojan-Downloader.OSX.Adload, Adware/Adload!OSX, MacOS.Agent-MT, OSX.Trojan.Gen, Program:MacOS/Vigram.A, Osx.Adware.Cimpli and ApplicUnwnt
Distribution	Free software installers, fake updaters, misleading pop up advertisements and torrent downloads
Symptoms	The web-site links redirect to a web-sites different from what you expected, advertising pop-ups won’t go away, your MAC OS starts automatically installing unexpected software, unwanted browser extensions or toolbars keep coming back, your web browser home page has changed and you cannot change it back, your browser slows to a crawl.
Removal	BeyondLaunch removal guide

How to remove BeyondLaunch from Mac

The following steps will allow you to delete BeyondLaunch from the Safari, Firefox and Chrome. Moreover, the guide below will allow you to delete malware, hijackers, PUPs and toolbars that your computer may be infected. Please do the tutorial step by step. If you need help or have any questions, then ask for our assistance or type a comment below. Certain of the steps below will require you to close this web page. So, please read the few simple steps carefully, after that bookmark it or open it on your smartphone for later reference.

To remove BeyondLaunch, complete the following steps:

1. Remove profiles created by BeyondLaunch
2. Delete BeyondLaunch related applications through the Finder
3. Remove BeyondLaunch related files and folders
4. Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes
5. Remove BeyondLaunch from Safari, Chrome, Firefox
6. How to stay safe online

Remove profiles created by BeyondLaunch

BeyondLaunch can install a configuration profile on the Mac system to block changes made to the browser settings. Therefore, you need to open system preferences, find and delete the profile installed by the adware.

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 associated with BeyondLaunch.

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

Delete BeyondLaunch related applications through the Finder

Check the list of installed software and uninstall all unknown or suspicious apps. This is an important step, it so often happens that PUPs, browser hijackers and adware are built into freeware, so by removing these applications you can get rid of browser redirects and intrusive advertisements.

Make sure you have closed all internet browsers and other software. Next, delete any unrequested and suspicious apps from MAC OS using the Finder.

Open Finder and click “Applications”.

Look around the entire list of programs installed on your MAC OS. Most probably, one of them is the BeyondLaunch . Select the questionable program or the application that name is not familiar to you and uninstall it.

Drag the questionable program from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Most important, don’t forget, select Finder -> Empty Trash.

Remove BeyondLaunch related files and folders

Now you need to try to find BeyondLaunch 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.

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

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

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

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

Check for BeyondLaunch 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 BeyondLaunch 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.BeyondLaunch.system.plist, com.machelper.system.plist, com.installapp.system.plist, com.macsearch.system.plist and com.search.system.plist. In most cases, adware software, browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs create several files with similar names.

Scan your Mac with MalwareBytes

If you carefully followed the previous steps, then you should be able to remove BeyondLaunch. Of course, very often PUPs, browser hijackers and adware hides on a Mac device, disguising itself as legitimate apps and files. Therefore, in some cases, it is difficult for an inexperienced user to decide whether a particular file is part of PUPs, adware software and browser hijackers. Therefore, we advise you to use MalwareBytes to scan the Mac.

1. Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of MalwareBytes Free for Mac OS.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware (Mac)
   20992 downloads
   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: September 10, 2020
   
2. When the downloading process is finished, close all applications and windows on your MAC. Open a folder in which you saved it. Run the downloaded file and follow the prompts.
3. Click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the BeyondLaunch adware. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your machine. When a malicious software, adware software or PUPs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is complete.
4. After the system scan is finished, MalwareBytes Free will prepare a list of unwanted programs and adware. Once you’ve selected what you wish to delete from your MAC click “Quarantine”.

Remove BeyondLaunch from Safari, Chrome, Firefox

If you are still getting BeyondLaunch , then you can try to remove it by removing harmful addons.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
In the top right hand corner, click on ‘three vertical dots’, and this will open up the main menu on Google Chrome. Select ‘More tools’, then ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to remove BeyondLaunch adware software by reset 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 BeyondLaunch 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

Run ad-blocking program like AdGuard in order to stop ads, malvertisements, pop-ups and online trackers, avoid having to install malicious and adware browser plug-ins and add-ons that affect your Apple Mac performance and impact your computer security. Surf the Net anonymously and stay safe online!

Download AdGuard by clicking on the following link.

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

Each time, when you start your MAC OS, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop unwanted ads, block malicious and misleading webpages.

To sum up

Now your machine should be clean of the BeyondLaunch adware. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted advertisements and annoying malicious webpages) and MalwareBytes (to periodically scan your machine for new adwares and other malicious software).

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of BeyondLaunch from Safari, Firefox and Chrome, then ask for help here here.